TY - BOOK AU - Talbert,Charles H. TI - Reading Luke-Acts in its Mediterranean milieu T2 - Supplements to Novum Testamentum SN - 9004129642 (hb) U1 - 226.406/TAL PY - 2003/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Bible KW - N.T KW - Luke KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Acts N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-231) and indexes; Contents : On reading Luke and Acts - Succession in Luke-Acts and in the Lukan Milieu -- Reading Aune's reading of Talbert -- Prophecies of future greatness : the contributions of Greco-Roman biographies to an understanding of Luke 1:5-4:1 -- Jesus' birth in Luke and the nature of religious language -- The way of the Lukan Jesus : dimensions of Lukan spirituality -- Martyrdom in Luke-Acts and the Lukan social ethic -- The place of the Resurrection in the theology of Luke -- Conversion in the Acts of the Apostles : Ancient auditors' perceptions -- Acts 20:7-12 as early Christian apologetic -- Once again : the gentile mission in Luke-Acts -- The theology of sea storms in Luke-Acts -- What is meant by the historicity of Acts? ER -