Paul in Acts / Stanley E. Porter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porter, Stanley E., 1956-

Series:

Library of Pauline studies

Standardized Title:

Paul of Acts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paul, the Apostle, Saint.

Paul.

Bible. Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Acts.

Physical Description:

ix, 233 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, [2001]

Summary:

Stanley E. Porter focuses upon the depiction of Paul in the book of Acts from literary-critical, rhetorical, and theological perspectives, among several others. The essays within this volume examine various topics related to the Paul of Acts such as the extent to which the we passages of Acts should function as a source regarding Paul, and the theology and perspective of these passages in terms of their portrait of him. Porter analyzes the Acts passages that deal with Paul and the Holy Spirit and the question of whether Paul is an epistolographer or rhetorician. He examines Paul s missionary speeches and apologetic speeches in Acts. Porter also looks at Acts 21 and Paul s arrest in Jerusalem before he closes with an analysis of some common conceptions and misconceptions of the Paul of Acts and the Paul of the letters.

The Library of Pauline Studies is a series of books exploring key issuesin Pauline and related studies. This series is edited by Stanley E. Porter, Principal, Dean, and Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Methods and Assumptions in this Study of the Paul of Acts 1

Chapter 2 The "We" Passages in Acts as a Source regarding Paul 10

2. Theories regarding the Literary Character of Acts 12

a. Acts as Reflecting the Old Testament 13

b. Acts as Ancient Romance 13

c. Acts as Ancient Sea Voyage 20

d. The "We" Passages as Redactional Additions 24

3. The "We" Passages as an Independent Source regarding Paul 27

a. Defining the "We" Passages 28

b. Implications of the "We" Passages 33

Excursus: The "We" Source of Acts 42

Chapter 3 The Theology and Perspective of the "We" Passages in Acts and the Portrait of Paul 47

2. The Theology and Character of the "We" Source 48

a. Understated Depiction of Divine Guidance 51

b. Hellenism and Judaism in the "We" Passages 55

c. Paul, the Man of Competence but not the Orator 58

d. Paul as Miracle Worker? 60

3. Luke's Use of the "We" Source and his Depiction of Paul 62

Chapter 4 Paul and the Holy Spirit in Acts 67

2. Exegesis of Pauline Holy Spirit Passages in Acts 69

a. Paul's Meeting with Ananias (Acts 9:17) 70

b. Paul's Commissioning with Barnabas and Initial Missionary Events (Acts 13:2, 4, 9) 73

c. Jerusalem Council (Acts 15:8, 28) 75

d. Paul's Thwarted Missionary Endeavors in Asia, and his Subsequent Visit to Macedonia (Acts 16:6, 7) 77

e. Paul's First Visit to Ephesus (Acts 19:2, 6) 80

f. Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders (Acts 20:22, 23, 28) 86

g. Last Warnings to Paul before Going to Jerusalem (Acts 21:4, 11) 89

h. Encapsulation of Paul's Mission to the Gentiles (Acts 28:25) 91

3. Implications of the Exegetical Study 93

Chapter 5 Paul as Epistolographer and Rhetorician? Implications for the Study of the Paul of Acts 98

2. The Relationship between the Paul of the Letters and the Paul of Acts 99

3. The Rhetoric of Paul and his Letters 101

4. The Rhetoric of Paul and the Speeches in Acts 109

a. Paul's Speech to the Ephesian Elders at Miletus (Acts 20:18-35) 115

b. Paul's Speech on the Areopagus in Athens (Acts 17:22-31) 118

Chapter 6 The Argumentative Dimension of Paul's Missionary Speeches in Acts 126

2. Speeches in Acts: Their Purpose or Purposes 126

3. Paul's Missionary Speeches in Acts: An Analysis 129

a. Paul's Speech at Pisidian Antioch (Acts 13:16-41) 131

b. The Speech of Barnabas and Paul at Lystra (Acts 14:15-17) 136

c. Paul's Speech on the Areopagus in Athens (Acts 17:22-31) 141

Chapter 7 The Argumentative Dimension of Paul's Apologetic Speeches in Acts 151

2. Paul's Apologetic or Defensive Speeches in Acts: An Analysis 152

a. Paul's Speech to the Jerusalem Jews (Acts 22:1-21) 152

b. Paul's Speech before Felix (Acts 24:10-21) 154

c. Paul's Speech before Agrippa and Others (Acts 26:2-23) 158

d. Paul's Speech to the Roman Jewish Leaders (Acts 28:17-20) 162

3. The Argumentative Dimension of the Speeches of Paul in Acts 163

4. Comparison of the Paul of Acts and the Paul of the Letters 165

Chapter 8 Acts 21:17-26 and Paul, the Man for All Seasons, or the Man Betrayed by this Friends? 172

2. Acts 21 and Paul's Participation in the Temple Ritual 174

Chapter 9 The Paul of Acts and the Paul of the Letters: Some Common Conceptions and Misconceptions 187

2. The Paul of Acts and of the Letters 189

a. The Person of Paul in Acts and in the Letters 190

b. The Theology of Paul in Acts and in the Letters 199.

Notes:

Originally published: The Paul of Acts. Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, c1999, in series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-211) and indexes.

ISBN:

1565636139

OCLC:

48131971