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The first Christian historian : writing the "Acts of the Apostles" / Daniel Marguerat ; translated by Ken McKinney, Gregory J. Laughery, and Richard Bauckham.

By: Language: English Original language: French Series: Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 121.Publication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 299 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0511042639
  • 9780511042638
  • 0511148658
  • 9780511148651
  • 0511045867
  • 9780511045868
  • 9780521816502
  • 0521816505
  • 9780511488061
  • 0511488068
Uniform titles:
  • Première histoire du christianisme. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: First Christian historian.DDC classification:
  • 226.6/067 22
LOC classification:
  • BS2625.6.H55 M2713 2002eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- How Luke wrote history -- A narrative of beginnings -- The unity of Luke -- Acts: the task of reading -- A Christianity between Jerusalem and Rome -- The God of Acts -- The work of the Spirit -- Jews and Christians in conflict -- Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5.1-11): the original sin -- Saul's conversion (Acts 9; 22; 26) -- The enigma of the end of Acts (28.16-31) -- Travels and travellers -- Bibliography -- Index of passages.
Summary: Luke is considered the first historian of Christianity, but his reliability is vigorously disputed among scholars. Daniel Marguerat avoids this true/false quagmire by setting his evaluation of Luke's talent as a historian firmly within the framework of ancient historiography, the rules of ancient historians and narrative criticism.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-281) and index.

Preface -- How Luke wrote history -- A narrative of beginnings -- The unity of Luke -- Acts: the task of reading -- A Christianity between Jerusalem and Rome -- The God of Acts -- The work of the Spirit -- Jews and Christians in conflict -- Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5.1-11): the original sin -- Saul's conversion (Acts 9; 22; 26) -- The enigma of the end of Acts (28.16-31) -- Travels and travellers -- Bibliography -- Index of passages.

Luke is considered the first historian of Christianity, but his reliability is vigorously disputed among scholars. Daniel Marguerat avoids this true/false quagmire by setting his evaluation of Luke's talent as a historian firmly within the framework of ancient historiography, the rules of ancient historians and narrative criticism.

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