The First Christian Historian: Writing the 'Acts of the Apostles' (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521609494)

Luke's Acts of the Apostles is the only documentation available on the birth of Christianity, despite the author's vigorously disputed reliability as a historian. Daniel Marguerat avoids this true/false quagmire by establishing his evaluation of Luke's talent as an historian within the framework of ancient historiography (the rules of ancient historians and narrative criticism). His study portrays Luke as a skillful and sound theologian, and provides an original approach to the classic themes of Lucan theology.

Author: Daniel Marguerat
ISBN-10: 0521609496
ISBN-13: 9780521609494
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/23/2004
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d