The Theology of the Acts of the Apostles (New Testament Theology)

✍ Scribed by Jacob Jervell

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 162
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Who are the people of God? Luke's purposes in Acts are to identify the Church, to establish the legitimacy of its gospel and to demonstrate that God was an active force in history. He shows that the communities of Jewish and Gentile Christians are the true heirs of God's promises to Israel. This is a theological interpretation of the history of the Church within history: Luke is an artist, a narrator rather than a systematic theologian, but he writes about the roles of God, Christ and the Holy Spirit and of the Church.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Editor's preface......Page 11
Abbreviations......Page 13
1. The author and his sources......Page 17
2. Purpose and historical setting......Page 27
God and his people......Page 34
The Messiah for the people......Page 41
Crisis: the divided people of God......Page 50
The people of the Spirit......Page 59
The law......Page 70
The Scriptures......Page 77
The Twelve......Page 91
Paul – the teacher of Israel......Page 98
Salvation......Page 110
The people of God in the Empire......Page 116
The last days are upon us......Page 122
4. Acts and the New Testament......Page 132
5. Acts in the history of early Christianity......Page 139
6. The significance of Acts for today......Page 144
Select bibliography......Page 153
Index......Page 156
Back Cover......Page 162