Title The first Christian historian : writing the "Acts of the Apostles" / Daniel Marguerat ; translated by Ken McKinney, Gregory J. Laughery, and Richard Bauckham.

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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 299 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ; 121
	Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 121.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-281) and index.
Contents	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.
Summary	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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Subject	Bible. Acts -- Historiography.
	Bible. Acts.
	Historiography.
	Bible. Acts -- Historiography.
	Bible. Actes des Apôtres -- Historiographie.
	Bible. Acts.
Indexed Term	Teologi Teologi.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Title	Première histoire du christianisme. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002094207
Other Form:	Print version: Marguerat, Daniel, 1943- Première histoire du christianisme. English. First Christian historian. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521816505 (DLC) 2002019251 (OCoLC)49031504
ISBN	0511042639 (electronic book)
	9780511042638 (electronic book)
	0511148658
	9780511148651
	0511045867
	9780511045868
	9780521816502 (hardback)
	0521816505 (hardback)
	9780511488061 (ebook)
	0511488068 (ebook)

Title The first Christian historian : writing the "Acts of the Apostles" / Daniel Marguerat ; translated by Ken McKinney, Gregory J. Laughery, and Richard Bauckham.

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