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Acts : a commentary / by Richard I. Pervo ; edited by Harold W. Attridge.
Van Pelt Library BS2625.53 .P42 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pervo, Richard I.
- Series:
- Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Acts--Commentaries.
- Bible.
- Bible. Acts.
- Genre:
- Commentaries.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvi, 812 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Introduction. The earliest witnesses to Acts and its canonical history ; The text ; The date and place of composition: the author ; Language and style ; Sources ; Genre ; THe unity/ies of Luke and Acts ; Structure ; General purpose ; Theology ; Bibliography and history of research
- Commentary
- Appendixes. Appendix 1. The conversion of Polemo ; Appendix 2. The "Sarapis Aretalogy" from Delos: the foundation of a cult ; Appendix 3. Political activity by a Guild ; Appendix 4. Artemidorus Oneirocritica ; Appendix 5. Endings.
- Back matter.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 697-760) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780800660451
- 0800660455
- OCLC:
- 191697404
- Publisher Number:
- 99938768738
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