The Mystery of Acts
Unraveling Its Story
The author of Acts unwittingly committed a near-perfect crime: He told his story so well that all rival accounts vanished with but the faintest of traces. And thus future generations were left with no documents that recount the history of the early Christian tradition; because Acts is not history. According to Richard Pervo, 'Acts is a beautiful house that readers may happily admire, but it is not a home in which the historian can responsibly live.' Luke did not even aspire to write history but rather told his story to defend the gentile communities of his day as the legitimate heirs of Israelite religion. In The Mystery of Acts, Pervo explor…
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- ISBN: 978-1-59815-012-4
- EAN: 9781598150124
- Produktnummer: 19412828
- Verlag: Polebridge Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.1 cm 268 g
- Gewicht: 268
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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