Acts

Makes more widely available and accessible the research behind Keener's monumental, acclaimed, 4500-page commentary on Acts.

Craig S. Keener (Author)

9781108475587, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 2 April 2020

714 pages, 47 tables
23.5 x 15.6 x 3.5 cm, 1.24 kg

'Keener's four-volume commentary on Acts has become a standard work. All readers will welcome this one-volume abridgement of the longer commentary which still contains all the key discussions, as well as the wealth of information from ancient sources, contained in the longer work. Keener's work is essential reading for all seeking to read Luke's work in its original historical context.' Christopher Tuckett, Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford

As the earliest narrative source for the origins of Christianity, Acts is of unrivalled importance for understanding early Christianity and the mission that originally brought it from Judea and Galilee to gentiles, and even the heart of the Roman Empire. This volume is an abridged version of Keener's monumental, four-volume commentary on Acts, the longest and one of the most thorough engagements with Acts in its ancient setting. Sensitive to the work's narrative unity, Keener's commentary is especially known for its direct engagement with the wide range of ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman sources. The original commentary cited some 45,000 references from ancient extrabiblical sources to shed light on the Book of Acts. This accessible edition, aimed at students, scholars, and pastors, makes more widely available the decades of research that Keener has devoted to one of the key texts of Early Christianity.

1. Introduction
2. Acts bibliography
3. Commentary
Supplementary section.

Subject Areas: Theology [HRLB], New Testaments [HRCF2], Religion: general [HRA]