The First Christian Historian. Writing the "Acts of the Apostles"

As the first historian of Christianity, Luke's reliability is vigorously disputed among scholars. The author of the Acts is often accused of being a biased, imprecise, and anti-Jewish historian who created a distorted portrait of Paul. Daniel Marguerat tries to avoid being caught in this true/false quagmire when examining Luke's interpretation of history. Instead he combines different tools - reflection upon historiography, the rules of ancient historians and narrative criticism - to analyse the Acts and gauge the historiographical aims of their author. Marguerat examines the construction of the narrative, the framing of the plot and the characterization, and places his evaluation firmly in the framework of ancient historiography, where history reflects tradition and not documentation. This is a fresh and original approach to the classic themes of Lucan theology: Christianity between Jerusalem and Rome, the image of God, the work of the Spirit, the unity of Luke and the Acts.

The four Gospels and the Acts of the apostles in Persian.

Edited by C.B. Lewis. cf. Brit. mus. Cat.

The Basilewsky Situla, top row, Christ washing the Disciples' Feet, and The Betrayal of Christ; bottom row, Christ appearing to the Women and Christ appearing to the Apostles

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The Basilewsky Situla, top row, Crucifixion, and Judas the money to the High Priest. bottom row, Christ appearing to the Apostles, and the Incredulity of St Thomas

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The Gospel of St. Luke, and the Acts of the apostles/

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The life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; together with the lives of his Holy Apostles and Evangelists. To which is added, evidences of the truth of Christianity; by Beilby Porteous. The Golden Grove; a choice manual of what is to be believed, practised, and desired or prayed for; by Jeremy Taylor. Meditations upon the Lord's Prayer; by Sir Matthew Hale, and a Sermon of the Death of Christ; by Hugh Blair.

Mode of access: Internet.

A dictionary of Christian antiquities, comprising the history, institutions and antiquities of the Christian church, from the time of the apostles to the age of Charlemagne,

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The Acts of the Apostles

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Andreas and The fates of the apostles; two Anglo-Saxon narrative poems;

The "andreas" is often ascribed to Cynewulf, and the "Fata apostolorum" is considered his undoubted work. For full discussion of authorship, cf. Introd. (p. xxxiii-li)

The Acts of the Apostles: according to the text of Augustus Hahn; with notes and a lexicon: for the use of schools, colleges, and theological seminaries.

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Moses and the prophets ; Christ and the apostles ; fathers & martyrs ... embracing a period of more than 2000 years /

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