The book of Acts in its Palestinian setting /

The book of Acts in its Palestinian setting / edited by Richard Bauckham. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Carlisle, UK : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. ; Paternoster Press, 1995. - xiv, 526 p. : map ; 24 cm. - The book of Acts in its first century setting ; v. 4 . - Book of Acts in its first century setting ; v. 4. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The location of cultures in Second Temple Palestine / Tessa Rajak -- Acts and Roman policy in Judaea / David W.J. Gill -- The geography of Palestine in Acts / Martin Hengel -- Palestinian Jewish personal names in Acts / Margaret H. Williams -- Chief priests, Sadducees, Pharisees and Sanhedrin in Acts / Steve Mason -- Synagogues in Jerusalem / Rainer Riesner -- The composition of the Jerusalem church / David A. Fiensy -- The population size of Jerusalem and the numerical growth of the Jerusalem church / Wolfgang Reinhardt -- Jewish prayer literature and the Jerusalem church in Acts / Daniel K. Falk -- The cenacle--topographical setting for Acts 2:44-45 / Jerome Murphy-O'Connor -- The Palestinian cultural context of earliest Christian community of goods / Brian Capper -- Jewish activity against Christians in Palestine according to Acts / Ernst Bammel -- Paul's pre-Christian career according to Acts / Simon Legasse -- Peter and Ben Stada in Lydda / Joshua Schwartz -- James and the Jerusalem church / Richard Bauckham.

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Bible.--Acts--History of contemporary events.


Church history--Primitive and early church, approximately 30-600.
Jews--History--168 B.C.-135 A.D.
Palestine--In Christianity.


Palestine--Politics and government.
Palestine--Ethnic relations.

BS2625.2 / .B66 1995

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