Chapter 2 of 58

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Title Page

Preface and Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Part 1: A Question of History

1. Luke-Acts and the Historical Jesus

2. First-Person Claims in Acts and in Ancient History

3. Paul and Sedition

4. The Church’s Disputed Growth Rate in Acts (Acts 2:41; 4:4; 21:20)

5. A Novel Official in Acts 8:27?

6. Were Troops Really Stationed in Caesarea During Agrippa’s Rule?

7. Dionysius or Stephanas

Part 2: A Question of Context

8. Interethnic Marriages in Acts 7:29 and 16:1–3

9. Irony and Figurative Language

10. Turning from Idols in Acts 14:15–17

11. Between Asia and Europe

12. How Were Asiarchs Paul’s Friends (Acts 19:31)?

13. One New Temple

14. Some Rhetorical Techniques in Acts 24:2–21

15. Insanity, Inspiration or Intellect

16. Fever and Dysentery in Acts 28:8 and Ancient Medicine

Part 3: A Question of Spirit

17. Miracles and History in Acts and the Jesus Tradition

18. Power of Pentecost

19. Tongues as Evidence of the Character of Spirit’s Empowerment in Acts 2:4

20. Acts 16:16–18, 19:12–16, and Spirit Possession in Modern Anthropology

21. A Spirit-Filled Teaching Ministry in Acts 19:9

22. Anticipating Ancient African Christianity

23. Reviews of Some Acts-focused Works

Bibliography

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