The Acts of the Apostles

doi:10.1017/9781108888882.015

14 - The Acts of the Apostles

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 January 2025

Matthew L. Skinner

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Keith Bodner

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Keith Bodner: Affiliation:
Crandall University, Canada

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Summary

Among all the narratives collected in the Bible, none tells a story quite like the Acts of the Apostles. Readers travel along with the action over very long distances and visit a range of cultural settings in this geographically expansive tale that brings a wide spectrum of people onto the narrative stage.

Keywords

Acts motif travel gospel as character

Type: Chapter
Information: The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Narrative , pp. 274 - 291

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108888882.015 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2025

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Aarflot, Christine H. God (in) Acts: The Characterization of God in the Acts of the Apostles. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2020.Google Scholar

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Bauer, David R. The Book of Acts as Story: A Narrative-Critical Study. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2021.Google Scholar

Bonz, Marianne Palmer. The Past as Legacy: Luke, Acts, and Ancient Epic. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2000.Google Scholar

Dupertuis, Rubén René. “The Acts of the Apostles, Narrative, and History.” Pages 330–40 in The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Narrative. Edited by Fewell, Danna Nolan; New York: Oxford University Press, 2016).Google Scholar

Jennings, Willie James. Acts. Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2017.Google Scholar

Marguerat, Daniel. The First Christian Historian: Writing the “Acts of the Apostles.” Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 121. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.CrossRef Google Scholar

Matthews, Shelly. The Acts of the Apostles: Taming the Tongues of Fire. T&T Clark’s Study Guides to the New Testament. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017.Google Scholar

Reimer, Ivoni Richter. Women in the Acts of the Apostles: A Feminist Liberation Perspective. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995.Google Scholar

Shauf, Scott. The Divine in Acts and in Ancient Historiography. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2015.CrossRef Google Scholar

Shepherd, William H. The Narrative Function of the Holy Spirit as a Character in Luke-Acts. Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series 147. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1994.Google Scholar

Skinner, Matthew L. Intrusive God, Disruptive Gospel: Encountering the Divine in the Book of Acts. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2015.Google Scholar

Spencer, F. Scott. Journeying through Acts: A Literary-Cultural Reading. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2004.Google Scholar

Tannehill, Robert C. The Narrative Unity of Luke-Acts: A Literary Interpretation, vol. 2: The Acts of the Apostles. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990.Google Scholar