Praise for Volume Two
Praise for Volume Two
“Acts has now taken a new step forward . . . the starting point for all Acts scholarship from now on!”
—Scot McKnight, Northern Seminary
“This is the most expansive treatment of Acts in modern scholarship. Keener offers the reader a sweeping tour of the relevant ancient material and modern scholarship on Acts. He takes Acts seriously as a work of ancient history; at the same time, he is aware of the literary and rhetorical dimensions of the text.”
—Gregory E. Sterling, Yale Divinity School
“Craig Keener, a master of primary and secondary sources, has crafted another meticulous commentary that is a joy to read. It is full of information that shows Keener’s unusual industriousness and precision. Highly recommended.”
—James H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary
“A magnificent achievement. This volume continues in the same vein as the first, with superbly detailed exegesis of the text as well as many helpful excursuses on more general topics of interest—with a wealth of material to back up all the claims made. Without any shadow of doubt, an indispensable reference work for all students of Acts and early Christianity.”
—Christopher Tuckett, Pembroke College, University of Oxford; president of the Society for New Testament Studies (2013)
“Craig Keener has proved himself to be one of the greatest living commentators on the New Testament. This second volume on Acts—packed with an incredible amount of contextual information as well as wisdom about the text itself—is bound to become a standard reference work for many years to come.”
—Ben Witherington III, Asbury Theological Seminary; St. Andrews University, Scotland
“This commentary is so thorough and comprehensive that it can truly be said to ‘leave no stone unturned.’ Keener has single-handedly wrought an encyclopedic work, the likes of which only whole teams of scholars have been able to produce in multivolume compendia. It therefore will be the first commentary to which scholars, students, and pastors will turn with any question on the text of Acts.”
—Seyoon Kim, Fuller Theological Seminary
“Keener’s commentary on Acts is a tour de force. One might be daunted by such hefty volume(s) on one book of the New Testament, but be reassured: this commentary may be all that you will ever need on Acts. It is not only exhaustive in its historical detail, it is rich in inspiring interpretation.”
—David E. Garland, George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University
“This is the second of a projected four volumes of Craig Keener’s monumental commentary on the Acts of the Apostles. To describe this as ‘monumental’ is an understatement. In size alone it will certainly be the most extensive commentary on Acts ever penned. . . . More important than its size, however, is the quality of Keener’s scholarship and his interpretation of this key New Testament book. . . . Keener musters a truly impressive array of knowledge about the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts of the first century and has a command of the extensive literature on the Acts of the Apostles and related topics. This will certainly remain a standard resource work for study of Acts.”
—Donald Senior, CP, The Bible Today