The first Christian historian [electronic resource] : writing the "Acts of the Apostles" / Daniel Marguerat ; translated by Ken McKinney, Gregory J. Laughery, and Richard Bauckham.
Material type: TextLanguage: 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 p.)ISBN:- 0511042639 (electronic bk.)
- 9780511042638 (electronic bk.)
- 0511148658
- 9780511148651
- 0511045867
- 9780511045868
- 9780521816502 (hbk.)
- 0521816505 (hbk.)
- Premi�ere histoire du christianisme. English
- 226.6/067 22
- BS2625.6.H55 M2713 2002eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
Description based on print version record.
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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