General Resources for the Book of Acts
(Check the Scripture
Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
- Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
- Acts and Historical Narrative, at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
- Bible Briefs, Luke/Acts: study guide from Virginia Theological Seminary.
- Introduction to the Book of Acts, New American Bible.
- Acts of the Apostles, Wikipedia.
- Introduction, Outline and Selected Bibliography for the Book of Acts, by David Malick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- The Book of Acts: Introduction and Outline by Professor Barry D. Smith, Atlantic Baptist University, in Religious Studies 1023: The New Testament and Its Context.
- The World Wide Study Bible on the Book of Acts.
- The Catholic Encyclopedia: Acts of the Apostles.
- John N. Darby's Synopsis.
- Bible Basics (The Acts) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
- Walking Through the Bible: Acts.
- Biblenotes summary: Acts.
- "The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts," from A Historical Introduction to the New Testament, Robert M. Grant, 1963. Full text at Religion Online.
- "A Study Outline of Acts," by Greg Herrick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "Acts: Introduction, Argument and Outline," by Daniel B. Wallace, Associate Professor of New Testament Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary.
- "The Acts of the Apostles," extended introductory booklet, Dom Henry Wansbrough, 2005.
- Commentary, Exegesis, Studies, etc.:
- Acts, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
- Acts, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
- Acts, John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament.
- Acts, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
- Acts, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
- Acts, People's New Testament, 1891.
- Acts, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
- Acts, John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
- Acts, Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament.
- The Book of Acts, William R. Cannon, 1982. Full text online at Religion Online.
- The Acts of the Apostles, textual commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
- Acts, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
- Free Bible Commentary, Matthew, Dr. Bob Utley, Professor of Hermeneutics, East Texas Baptist University.
- Articles and Background:
- "By Land and by Sea: The We-Passages and Ancient Sea Voyages," Vernon K. Robbins, Perspectives on Luke-Acts, CH Talbert., ed., 1978.
- "The Social Location of the Implied Author of Luke-Acts," Vernon K. Robbins, The Social World of Luke-Acts: Models for Interpretation, JH Neyrey, ed., 1991.
- "Luke-Acts: A Mixed Population Seeks a Home in the Roman Empire," Vernon K. Robbins, Images of Empire, L. Alexander, 1991.
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Luke-Acts, Volume XII, Number 1,
- "Salvation in Luke-Acts," Mark Allan Powell
- "God's Faithfulness to the Faithless People: Trends in Interpretation of Luke-Acts," Jacob Jervell
- "Interpretation of Luke-Acts and Implications for Jewish-Christian Dialogue," Anthony J. Saldarini
- "Luke-Acts and a Theology of Creation," Walter E. Pilgrim
- "Variation in the Book of Acts (Part II)," Garard Mussies, Filologia Neotestamentaria, 1995.
- "Summary Comments on Second Temple Jewish Sects and Parties," J. Julius Scott, Jr., Wheaton College Distance Learning.
- "The Acts of the Apostles and the Growth of the Church," Part Two of An Introduction to the New Testament by Richard Heard. Full text of book online at Religion Online.
- "Examples of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation in the Acts of the Apostles," at Dr. Vernon Robbins' Encyclopedia of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation.
- "Luke's Social Location of Paul: Cultural Anthropology and the Status of Paul in Acts." Jerome H. Neyrey, History, Literature, and Society in the Book of Acts, 251-79. B. Witherington III. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996.
- "John Mark in Acts: A New Testament Jonah?" by Greg Herrick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- Excerpts from Evidence
and Paul's Journeys by Jefferson's White:
- Paul's Voyage to Rome and Shipwreck, (Acts 27 and 28).
- Paul's Trial Before Gallio, (Acts 18:5-12).
- Philip's Daughters, (Acts 21:8-9).
- Erastus: City Treasurer of Corinth, (Acts 19:22).
- The Riot at Lystra, (Acts 14:8-18).
- Felix is Replaced as Procurator, (Acts 24:27).
- Paul's Companions at Corinth, (Acts 20:4, Romans 16:21-23).
- "Speaking in (the World's) Tongues," Wes Howard-Brook, Living the Word, Sojourner's, November-December 2000.
- Apostolic Commission Narratives in the Canonical and Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, István Czachesz, 2002. (Full text of book.)
- "Preaching on Acts for Mission Information," David W. Kuck, Currents in Theology and Mission, 2004.
- "The Narrative Role of Semitic Languages in the Book of Acts," John C. Poirier, Filologia Neotestamentaria, 2003.
- "Did Paul Get Whacked? The Endings of the Sopranos and the Acts of the Apostles," Micah Kiel, SBL Forum, 2007.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Alexander, Loveday,
"Mapping Early Christianity - Acts and the Shape of Early Church History,"
Interpretation, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Bockmuehl, Markus,
"Why Not Let Acts Be Acts?"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament,
2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Croatto, J. Severino,
"Jesus, Prophet like Elijah, and Prophet-Teacher like Moses in Luke-Acts,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Holmås, Geir Otto,
"'My House Shall Be a House of Prayer': Regarding the Temple as a Place of
Prayer in Acts within the Context of Luke's Apologetical Objective," Journal for the Study of the New Testament,
2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Johnson, Luke Timothy,
"Literary Criticism of Luke-Acts: Is Reception-History Pertinent?"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kuck, David W.,
"Preaching on Acts for Mission Formation," Currents in Theology and
Mission, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Larkin, William J.,
Jr.,
"The Recovery of Luke-Acts as 'Grand Narrative' for the Church's
Evangelistic and Edification Tasks in a Postmodern Age," Journal for
the Evangelical Theological Society, 2000.'
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Maxwell, Kathy R.,
"The Role of the Audience in Ancient Narrative: Acts as a Case Study,"
Restoration Quarterly, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Pervo, Richard I.,
"Direct Speech in Acts and the Question of Genre," Journal for the
Study of the New Testament, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rowe, C. Kavin,
"Luke-Acts and the Imperial Cult: A Way Through the Conundrum?" Journal for the Study of the New Testament,
2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Meeks, Wayne A.,
"Assisting the Word by Making (up) History - Luke's Project and Ours,"
Interpretation, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rowe, C. Kavin,
"History, Hermeneutics and the Unity of Luke-Acts," Journal for the
Study of the New Testament, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Alexander, Loveday,
"Mapping Early Christianity - Acts and the Shape of Early Church History,"
Interpretation, 2003.
- Reviews:
- 1999:
- Verheyden, J. , ed., The Unity of Luke-Acts. Leuven University Press, 1999. Review by Kenneth Litwak in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- 2000:
- Bonz, Marianne Palmer, The Past as Legacy: Luke-Acts and Ancient Epic. Fortress, 2000. Review by George W Young in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Pao, David W, Acts and the Isaianic New Exodus. Baker, 2000.
- 2001:
- Woods, Edward J., The Finger of God and Pneumatology in Luke-Acts, Sheffield Academic Press, 2001. Reviews by O Wesley Allen, Jr. and Kenneth D. Litwak in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- 2002:
- Daniel Marguerat, The First Christian Historian: Writing the 'Acts of the Apostles'. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Nave, Guy D., The Role and Function of Repentance in Luke-Acts. Society of Biblical Literature, 2002. Review by F. Scott Spencer in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Smith, David E., The Canonical Function of Acts: A Comparative Analysis. Liturgical Press, 2002. Review by Thomas E Phillips in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003.
- 2003:
- Gaventa, Beverly Roberts, The Acts of the Apostles. Abingdon, 2003.
- Penner, Todd, and Caroline Vander Stichele, eds., Contextualizing Acts: Lukan Narrative in Greco-Roman Discourse. SBL/Brill, 2003. Review by Paul Elbert, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
- Skinner, Matthew L., Locating Paul: Places of Custody as Narrative Settings in Acts 21-28. Brill, 2003.
- Talbert, Charles H., Reading Luke-Acts in its Mediterranean Milieu, Brill, 2003. Review by Robert Tannehill, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
- 2004:
- Dibelius, Martin and K. Hanson, ed., The Book of Acts: Form, Style, and Theology. Fortress, 2004. Reviews by Renate Hood, Carl Toney and Craig Blomberg, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
- Dionne, Christian O.M.I., La Bonne Nouvelle de Dieu: Une analyse de la figure narrative de Dieu dans le discours pétriniens d'évangélisation des Actes des Apôtres. Cerf, 2004. Review by Robert L. Brawley, in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.
- Levine, Amy-Jill, A Feminist Companion to the Acts of the Apostles. T&T Clark International, 2004. Review by Kimberly Stratton, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
- Pilch, John, Visions and Healing in the Acts of the Apostles: How the Early Believers Experienced God. Liturgical Press, 2004. Reviews by Ronald Clark, Steve Walton and Tobias Nicklas in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Shiell, William, Reading Acts: The Lector and the Early Christian Audience. Brill, 2004. Review by Verlyn D. Verbrugge, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- 2005:
- Hamm, Dennis, The Acts of the Apostles. Liturgical Press, 2005. (New Collegeville Bible Commentary) Review by Steve Walton, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- Litwak, Kenneth Duncan, Echoes of Scripture in Luke-Acts: Telling the History of God's People Intertextually. T&T Clark, 2005. Review by Bart Koet, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
- Pelikan, Jaroslav, Acts. Brazos, 2005. Review by John B.F. Miller, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
- Phillips, Thomas E., ed., Acts and Ethics. Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2005. Review by Gert J. Steyn, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- Tannehill, Robert, The Shape of Luke's Story: Essays on Luke-Acts. Wipf & Stock, 2005. Review by Robert F. O'Toole, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
- 2006:
- Baban, Octavian, On the Road Encounters in Luke-Acts: Hellenistic Mimesis and Luke's Theology of the Way. Paternoster, 2006. Review by Thomas L. Brodie, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- Borgman, Paul, The Way according to Luke: Hearing the Whole Story of Luke-Acts. Eerdmans, 2006. Review by Gert J. Steyn, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
- Bovon, François. Luke the Theologian: Fifty-Five Years of Research (1950-2005). Baylor University Press, 2006. Review by Christoph Stenschke, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- Fuller, Michael, The Restoration of Israel: Israel's Re-gathering and the Fate of the Nations in Early Jewish Literature and Luke-Acts. deGruyter, 2006. Review by M. Eugene Boring, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- Robinson, Anthony B. and Robert W. Wall, Called to Be Church: The Book of Acts for a New Day. Eerdmans, 2006. Review by Ronald Clark, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- Thompson, Richard P., Keeping the Church in Its Place: The Church as Narrative Character in Acts. T&T Clark, 2006. Review by Steve Walton, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- 2007:
- Alexander, Loveday C.A., Acts in Its Ancient Literary Context: A Classicist Looks at the Acts of the Apostles. Continuum, 2007. Review by Chrys C. Caragounis, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
- Finger, Reta Halterman, Of Widows and Meals: Communal Meals in the Book of Acts. Eerdmans, 2007. Review by Steve Walton, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
- Parsons, Mikeal, Luke: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist. Hendrickson, 2007. Review by Robert C. Tannehill, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
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