essays in honour of Loveday C.A. Alexander Alexander, Loveday. Walton, Steve Dr ed. text bibliography festschrift nyu London, UK New York, NY T. and T. Clark c2011 2011 monographic eng

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xxiii, 232 p. ; illus. ; hbk ; 24 cm. Introduction: The honouree: Loveday Alexander / Lloyd K. Pietersen. Part I. Reading Acts in its ancient context -- The genre of Acts: revisited / Richard A. Burridge -- Why did Mary wrap the newborn Jesus in "swaddling clothes"?: Luke 2.7 and 2.12 in the context of Luke/Acts and first-century literature / Thomas E. Phillips -- Luke's use of Papias for narrating the death of Judas / Dennis R. MacDonald -- Scared to death: the rhetoric of fear in the "tragedy" of Ananias and Sapphira / F. Scott Spencer -- Does the road to Damascus run through the letters of Paul? / R. Barry Matlock -- Part II. Reading themes in Acts -- Luke/Acts, or Luke and Acts?: a reaffirmation of narrative unity / Joel B. Green -- Luke's Jerusalem perspective / James D.G. Dunn -- Philological and performative perspectives on Pentecost / Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons -- The place of Acts 20.28 in Luke's theology of the cross / I. Howard Marshall -- The resurrection and its witnesses in the book of Acts / Daniel Marguerat -- A spirituality of Acts? / Steve Walton. edited by Steve Walton ... [et. al.]. Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-217) and indexes. Criticism, interpretation, etc 226.606/REA 9780567238139 056723813X 2011275236 BTCTA 111201 20120404160958.0 17064580 eng