TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marguerat,Daniel
TI  - The first Christian historian: writing the "Acts of the Apostles" 
T2  - Society for New Testament Studies monograph series
SN  - 0511042639
AV  - BS2625.6.H55 M2713 2002eb
U1  - 226.6/067 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Cambridge, U.K., New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Acts
KW  - Historiography
KW  - New Testament
KW  - Actes des Apôtres
KW  - Historiographie
KW  - fast
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Jesus, the Gospels & Acts
KW  - Teologi
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=112682
ER  -