Acts (by date)

Last update:  9 Sept 2009

Pervo, Richard I. Acts: A Commentary. Hermeneia. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2009.

Peterson, David G. The Acts of the Apostles. Pillar New Testament Commentaries. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009.

Hakola, Raimo. “‘Friendly’ Pharisees and Social Identity in Acts.” Pages 181-200 in Contemporary Studies in Acts. Edited by Thomas E. Phillips. Macon, Ga: Mercer University Press, 2009.

Phillips, Thomas E., ed. Contemporary Studies in Acts. Macon, Ga: Mercer University Press, 2009.

Horton, Dennis. Death and Resurrection: The Shape and Function of a Literary Motif in the Book of Acts. Eugene, Ore: Pickwick, 2009.

Hamilton, James M. Jr. “The Center of Biblical Theology in Acts: Deliverance and Damnation Display the Divine.” Themelios 33, no. 3 (2008): 34-47.

Lamoreaux, Jason T. “Social Identity, Boundary Breaking, and Ritual: Saul’s Recruitement on the Road to Damascus.” Biblical Theology Bulletin 38 (2008): 122-134.

Spencer, Patrick E. “The Unity of Luke-Acts: A Four-Bolted Hermeneutical Hinge.” Currents in Biblical Research 5, no. 3 (2007): 341-366.

Campbell, William Sanger. The We Passages in the Acts of the Apostles: The Narrator As Narrative Character. Studies in Biblical Literature 14. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007.

Anderson, Kevin L. But God Raised Him from the Dead: The Theology of Jesus’ Resurrection in Luke-Acts. Eugene, Ore: Wipf & Stock, 2007.

Miller, James C. “The Jewish Context of Paul’s Gentile Mission.” Tyndale Bulletin 58, no. 1 (2007): 101-116.

Bock, Darrell. Acts. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2007.

Kilgallen, John J. “Luke 18,11 – Pharisees and Lucan Irony.” Revue biblique 113, no. 1 (2006): 53-64.

Pervo, Richard I. Dating Acts: Between the Evangelists and the Apologists. Santa Rosa, Calif: Polebridge, 2006.

Litwak, Kenneth D. “Peri twn peplhrofophmenwn en hmin pragmatwn: Concerning the Things Fulfilled or Accomplished?.” Revue biblique 113, no. 1 (2006): 37-52.

Faulkner, Anne. “Jewish Identity and the Jerusalem Conference: Social Identity and Self-categorization in the Early Church Communities.” ESharp 6, no. 1 (2005): 1-19.

Brawley, Robert L. “Social Identity and the Aim of Accomplished Life in Acts 2.” Pages 16-33 in Acts and Ethics. Edited by Thomas E. Phillips. New Testament Monographs 9. Sheffield: Phoenix, 2005.

Koet, Bart J. “Isaiah in Luke-Acts.” Pages 79-100 in Isaiah in the New Testament. Edited by Steve Moyise and Maarten J. J. Menken. The New Testament and the Scriptures of Israel. New York: T&T Clark, 2005.

Steyn, Gert J. “Soteriological Perspectives in Luke’s Gospel.” Pages 67-99 in Salvation in the New Testament: Perspectives on Soteriology. Edited by Jan G. van der Watt. Supplements to Novum Testamentum 121. Leiden: Brill, 2005.

van Zyl, Hermie C. “The Soteriology of Acts: Restoration to Life.” Pages 133-160 in Salvation in the New Testament: Perspectives on Soteriology. Edited by Jan G. van der Watt. Supplements to Novum Testamentum 121. Leiden: Brill, 2005.

Thompson, Richard P. “‘What Do You Think You Are Doing, Paul?’ Synagogues, Accusations, and Ethics in Paul’s Ministry in Acts 16-21.” Pages 64-78 in Acts and Ethics. Edited by Thomas E. Phillips. New Testament Monographs 9. Sheffield: Phoenix, 2005.

Tannehill, Robert C. “The Narrator’s Strategy in the Scenes of Paul’s Defense.” Pages 238-253 in The Shape of Luke’s Story: Essays on Luke-Acts. Eugene, Ore: Wipf & Stock, 2005.

Litwak, Kenneth Duncan. Echoes of Scripture in Luke-Acts: Telling the History God’s People Intertextually. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 282. London: T&T Clark, 2005.

Phillips, Thomas E. Acts and Ethics. New Testament Monographs 9. Sheffield: Phoenix, 2005.

Shauf, Scott. Theology as History, History as Theology: Paul in Ephesus in Acts 19. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 133. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2005.

Skinner, Matthew L. “Unchained Ministry: Paul’s Roman Custody (Acts 21-28) and the Sociopolitical outlook of the Book of Acts.” Pages 79-95 in Acts and Ethics. Edited by Thomas E. Phillips. New Testament Monographs 9. Sheffield: Phoenix, 2005.

Schnabel, Eckhard J. “Contextualising paul in Athens: The Proclamation of the Gospel before Pagan Audiences in the Graeco-Roman World.” Religion and Theology 12, no. 2 (2005): 172-190.

Pervo, Richard I. “The Gates Have Been Closed (Acts 21:30): The Jews in Acts.” Journal of Higher Criticism 11 (2005): 128-149.

Weaver, John B. Plots of Epiphany: Prison-Escapes in Acts of the Apostles. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 131. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2004.

Breytenbach, Cilliers. “Probable Reasons for Paul’s Unfruitful Missionary Attempts in Asia Minor (A Note on Acts 16:6-7).” Pages 157-169 in Die Apostelgeschichte und die Hellenistische Geschichtsschreibung: Festschrift für Eckhard Plümacher zu seinem 65. Edited by Cilliers Breytenbach and Jens Schröter, Jens. Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity. Leiden: Brill, 2004.

Moessner, David P. “‘Completed End(s)ings’ of Historiographical Narrative: Diodorus Siculus and the End(ing) of Acts.” Pages 193-221 in Die Apostelgeschichte und die Hellenistische Geschichtsschreibung: Festschrift für Eckhard Plümacher zu seinem 65. Edited by Cilliers Breytenbach and Jens Schröter, Jens. Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity. Leiden: Brill, 2004.

Penner, Todd. In Praise of Christian Origins: Stephen and the Hellenists in Lukan Apologetic Historiography. Emory Studies in Early Christianity. New York: T&T Clark, 2004.

Walton, Steve. “Acts: Many Questions, Many Answers.” Pages 229-250 in The Face of New Testament Studies: A Survey of Recent Research. Edited by Scot McKnight and Grant R. Osborne. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2004.

Rius-Camps, Josep and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger. The Message of Acts in Codex Bezae: A Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition, Volume 1 – Acts 1.1-5.42: Jerusalem. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 257. London: T&T Clark, 2004.

Strelan, Rick. Strange Acts: Studies in the Cultural World of the Acts of the Apostles. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 126. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2004.

Labahn, Michael. “‘Boldly and Without Hindrance He Preached the Kingdom of God and Taught about the Lord Jesus Christ’ (Acts 28.31). Paul’s Public Proclamation in Rome as the Finale of a Shipwreck.” Pages 56-76 in Christians as a Religious Minority in a Multicultural City: Modes of Interaction and Identity Formation in Early Imperial Rome. Edited by Jürgen Zangenberg and Michael Labahn. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 243. New York: T&T Clark, 2004.

Bunine, Alexis. “Paul, Jacques, Félix, Festus, et les Autres; Pour une Révision de la Chronologie des Derniers Procurateurs de Palestine.” Revue biblique 111 (2004): 387-408; 531-562.

Steyn, Gert J. “Notes on the Vorlage of the Amos Quotations in Acts.” Pages 59-81 in Die Apostelgeschichte und die Hellenistische Geschichtsschreibung: Festschrift für Eckhard Plümacher zu seinem 65. Edited by Cilliers Breytenbach and Jens Schröter, Jens. Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity. Leiden: Brill, 2004.

Breytenbach, Cilliers and Jens Schröter, eds. Die Apostelgeschichte und die Hellenistische Geschichtsschreibung: Festschrift für Eckhard Plümacher zu seinem 65. Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity. Leiden: Brill, 2004.

Penner, Todd. “Madness in the Method? The Acts of the Apostles in Current Study.” Currents of Biblical Research 2, no. 2 (2004): 223-293.

Shiell, William David. Reading Acts: The Lector and the Early Christian Audience. Boston: Brill, 2004.

Alexander, Loveday. “Septuaginta, Fachprosa, Imitatio: Albert Wifstrand and the Language of Luke-Acts.” Pages 1-26 in Die Apostelgeschichte und die Hellenistische Geschichtsschreibung: Festschrift für Eckhard Plümacher zu seinem 65. Edited by Cilliers Breytenbach and Jens Schröter, Jens. Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity. Leiden: Brill, 2004.

Baur, F. C. Paul the Apostle of Jesus Christ: His Life and Works, His Epistles and Teachings. London: Williams & Norgate, 1873-1875 [1845]. Repr., Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson, 2003.

Nicklas, Tobias and Michael Tilly, eds. The Book of Acts as Church History – Apostelgeschichte als Kirchengeschichte. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 120. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2003.

Longenecker, Bruce W. “Moral Character and Divine Generosity: Acts 13:13-52 adn the Narrative Dynamics of Luke-Acts.” Pages 141-164 in New Testament Greek and Exegesis: Essays in Honor of Gerald F. Hawthorne. Edited by Amy M. Donaldson and Timothy B. Sailors. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.

MacDonald, Dennis R. Does the New Testament Imitate Homer? Four Cases from the Acts of the Apostles. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 2003.

Rius-Camps, Josep. “The Gradual Awakening of Paul’s Awareness of His Mission to the Gentiles.” Pages 281-296 in The Book of Acts as Church History – Apostelgeschichte als Kirchengeschichte. Edited by Tobias Nicklas and Michael Tilly. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 120. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2003.

Tyson, Joseph B. “From History to Rhetoric and Back: Assessing New Trends in Acts Studies.” Pages 23-42 in Contextualizing Acts: Lukan Narrative and Greco-Roman Discourse. Edited by Todd C. Penner and Caroline Vander Stichele. Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series 20. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2003.

Epp, Eldon Jay. “Anti-Judaic Tendencies in the D-Text of Acts: Forty Years of Conversation.” Pages 111-146 in The Book of Acts as Church History – Apostelgeschichte als Kirchengeschichte. Edited by Tobias Nicklas and Michael Tilly. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 120. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2003.

Taylor, N. H. “Stephen, the Temple, and Early Christian Eschatology.” Revue Biblique 110, no. 1 (2003): 62-85.

Kilgallen, John J. “Acts 17, 22B-31 – What Kind of Speech is This?.” Revue biblique 110, no. 3 (2003): 417-424.

Gilbert, Gary. “Roman Propaganda and Christian Identity in the Worldview of Luke-Acts.” Pages 233-257 in Contextualizing Acts: Lukan Narrative and Greco-Roman Discourse. Edited by Todd C. Penner and Caroline Vander Stichele. Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series 20. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2003.

Penner, Todd C. and Caroline Vander Stichele, eds. Contextualizing Acts: Lukan Narrative and Greco-Roman Discourse. Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series 20. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2003.

Larkin, William J. Jr. “The Spirit and Jesus ‘on Mission’ in the Postresurrection and Postascension Stages of Salvation History: The Impact of the Pneumatology of Acts on Its Christology.” Pages 121-139 in New Testament Greek and Exegesis: Essays in Honor of Gerald F. Hawthorne. Edited by Amy M. Donaldson and Timothy B. Sailors. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.

Gaventa, Beverly. The Acts of the Apostles. Abingdon New Testament Commentaries. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2003.

Culy, Martin M. and Mikeal C. Parsons. Acts: A Handbook on the Greek Text. 1st Edition ed. Waco Texas: Baylor University Press, 2003.

Marguerat, Daniel. “The Enigma of the End of Acts (28. 16-31).” Pages 205-230 in The First Christian Historian: Writing the “Acts of the Apostles”. Translated by Ken McKinney, Gregory J. Laughery and Richard Bauckham Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 121. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Nave, Guy D., Jr. The Role and Function of Repentance in Luke-Acts. Academia Biblica 4. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2002.

Ó Fearghail, Fearghus. “The Jews in the Hellenistic Cities of Acts.” Pages 39-54 in Jews in the Hellenistic and Roman Cities. Edited by John R. Bartlett. London: Routledge, 2002.

Pao, David W. Acts and the Isaianic New Exodus. Biblical Studies Library. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2002.

Marguerat, Daniel. “A Christianity Between Jerusalem and Rome.” Pages 65-84 in The First Christian Historian: Writing the “Acts of the Apostles”. Translated by Ken McKinney, Gregory J. Laughery and Richard Bauckham Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 121. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Gourgues, Michel. “La Littérature Profane Dans le Discours D’Athènes (AC 17,16-31): Un Dossier Fermé?.” Revue biblique 109, no. 2 (2002): 241-269.

Marguerat, Daniel. “Saul’s Conversion (Acts 9; 22; 26).” Pages 179-204 in The First Christian Historian: Writing the “Acts of the Apostles”. Translated by Ken McKinney, Gregory J. Laughery and Richard Bauckham Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 121. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Ponsot, Hervé. “Peut-on encore Parler de <<Concile>> de Jérusalem?: À Propos DAC 15 et de la Chronologie Paulinienne.” Revue biblique 109, no. 4 (2002): 556-586.

Gilbert, Gary. “The List of Nations in Acts 2: Roman Propaganda and the Lukan Response.” Journal of Biblical Literature 121, no. 3 (2002): 497-529.

Neagoe, Alexandru. The Trial of the Gospel: An Apologetic Reading of Luke’s Trial Narratives. Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 116. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Marguerat, Daniel. The First Christian Historian: Writing the “Acts of the Apostles”. Translated by Ken McKinney, Gregory J. Laughery and Richard Bauckham. Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 121. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Wall, Robert W. Acts. New Interpreter’s Bible. Vol 10: Acts – 1 Corinthians. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2002.

Martín-Asensio, Gustavo. Transitivity-Based Foregrounding in the Acts of the Apostles: A Functional-Grammatical Approach to the Lukan Perspective. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 202. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002.

Clark, Andrew C. Parallel Lives: The Relation of Paul to the Apostles in the Lukan Perspective. Paternoster Biblical and Theological Monographs. Carlisle, Cumbria, UK: Paternoster, 2001.

Porter, Stanley E. Paul in Acts. Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson, 2001.

Matthews, Shelly. First Converts: Rich Pagan Women and the Rhetoric of Mission in Early Judaism and Christianity. Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 2001.

Porter, Stanley E. The Paul of Acts: Essays in Literary Criticism, Rhetoric, and Theology. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 115. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1999. Repr., Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson, 2001.

Wilson, Walter T. “Urban Legends: Acts 10:1-11:18 and the strategies of Greco-Roman Foundation Narratives.” Journal of Biblical Literature 120, no. 1 (2001): 77-99.

Strelan, Rick. “Recognizing the Gods (Acts 14.8-10).” New Testament Studies 46, no. 4 (2000): 488-503.

Deutschmann, Anton. “Die Hoffnung Israels (Apg 28, 20).” Biblische Notizen 105 (2000): 54-60.

Wall, Robert W. “The Function of LXX Habakkuk 1:5 in the Book of Acts.” Bulletin for Biblical Research 10, no. 2 (2000).

Turner, Max. Power from on High: The Spirit in Israel’s Restoration and Witness. Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement Series 9. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000.

Marguerat, Daniel. “Luc-Actes entre Jérusalem et Rome: Un Procédé Lucanien de Double Signification.” New Testament Studies 45, no. 1 (1999): 70-87.

Taylor, Justin. “The List of the Nations in Acts 2:9-11.” Revue Biblique 106, no. 3 (1999): 408-420.

Martín-Asensio, Gustavo. “Hallidayan Functional Grammar as Heir to New Testament Rhetorical Criticism.” Pages 84-197 in The Rhetorical Interpretation of Scripture: Essays from the 1996 Malibu Conference. Edited by Stanley E. Porter and Dennis L. Stamps. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 180. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.

Alexander, Loveday. “The Acts of the Apostles as an Apologetic Text.” Pages 13-44 in Apologetics in the Roman Empire: Pagans, Jews, and Christians. Edited by Mark Edwards, Marting Goodman, Simon Price and Christopher Rowland. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Barrett, C. K. The Acts of the Apostles Vol. 2 (15-28). International Critical Commentary. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2004 [1998].

Rosner, Brian. “The Progress of the the Word.” Pages 215-234 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Bayer, Hans F. “The Preaching of Peter in Acts.” Pages 257-274 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Bolt, Peter. “Mission and Witness.” Pages 191-214 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Kilgallen, John J. “Your Servant Jesus Whom You Anointed (Acts 4,27).” Revue biblique 105, no. 2 (1998): 185-201.

Marshall, I. Howard and David Peterson, eds. Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Wall, Robert. “Israel and the Gentile Mission in Acts and Paul: A Canonical Approach.” Pages 437-458 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Green, Joel B. “‘Salvation to the End of the Earth’ (Acts 13:47): God as Saviour in the Acts of the Apostles.” Pages 83-106 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Witherington III, Ben. “Salvation and Health in Christian Antiquity: The Soteriology of Luke-Acts in its First Century Setting.” Pages 145-166 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Barton, Stephen C. “Sociology and Theology.” Pages 459-472 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Peterson, David. “Luke’s Theological Enterprise: Integration and Intent.” Pages 521-544 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Capper, Brian. “Reciprocity and the Ethic of Acts.” Pages 499-518 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Turner, Max. “The ‘Spirit of Prophecy’ as the Power of Israel’s Restoration and Witness.” Pages 327-348 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Nolland, John. “Salvation-history and Eschatology.” Pages 63-81 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Fitzmyer, Joseph A. The Acts of the Apostles. Anchor Bible 31. New York: Doubleday, 1998.

Fitzmyer, Joseph. The Acts of the Apostles. Anchor Bible 31. New York: Doubleday, 1998.

Seccombe, David. “The New People of God.” Pages 349-372 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Squires, John T. “The Plan of God.” Pages 19-40 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Marshall, I. Howard. “How Does One Write on the Theology of Acts?.” Pages 3-16 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Mendels, Doron. “Pagan or Jewish? The Presentation of Paul’s Mission in the Book of Acts.” Pages 394-419 in Identity, Religion and Historiography: Studies in Hellenistic History. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement Series 24. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998.

Clark, Andrew. “The Role of the Apostles.” Pages 169-190 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Buckwalter, H. Douglas. “The Divine Saviour.” Pages 107-124 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Rapske, Brian. “Opposition to the Plan of God and Persecution.” Pages 235-256 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Witherington III, Ben. The Acts of the Apostles: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Bock, Darrell. “Scripture and the Realisation of God’s Promises.” Pages 41-62 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Stenschke, Christoph. “The Need for Salvation.” Pages 125-144 in Witness to the Gospel: the Theology of Acts. Edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Winandy, Jacques. “La finale des des Actes: Histoire ou théologie.” Ephemerides theologicae lovanienses 73 (1997): 103-106.

Talbert, Charles H. Reading Acts: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles. New York: Crossroads, 1997.

Johnson, Dennis E. The Message of Acts in the History of Redemption. Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R, 1997.

Osburn, Carroll D. “The Search for the Original Text of Acts – The International Project on the Text of Acts.” Pages 17-33 in New Testament Text and Language: A Sheffield Reader. Edited by Stanley E. Porter and Craig A. Evans. The Biblical Seminar 44. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997. Repr. from Journal for the Study of the New Testament 44 (1991): 39-55.

Croy, N. Clayton. “Hellenistic Philosophies and the Preaching of the Resurrection (Acts 17:18, 32).” Novum Testamentum 39, no. 1 (1997): 21-39.

Alexander, Loveday C. A. “The Preface to Acts and the Historians.” Pages 73-103 in History, Literature, and Society in the Book of Acts. Edited by Ben Witherington III. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Jervell, Jacob. Theology of the Acts of the Apostles. New Testament Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Crouch, Frank. “The Persuasive Moment: Rhetorical Resolution in Paul’s Defense Before Agrippa.” Pages 333-342 in SBL Seminar Papers, 1996. Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers 35. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996.

Levinskaya, Irina. The Book of Acts in Its Diaspora Setting. Vol. 5 of The Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.

Witherington III, Ben, ed. History, Literature, and Society in the Book of Acts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Strelan, Rick. Paul, Artemis, and the Jews in Ephesus. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 80. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1996.

Alexander, Loveday. “‘In Journeyings Often’: Voyaging in the Acts of the Apostles and in Greek Romance.” Pages 17-49 in Luke’s Literary Achievement: Collected Essays. Edited by C. M. Tuckett. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 116. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995.

Marguerat, Daniel. “Saul’s Conversion (Acts 9, 22, 26) and the Multiplication of Narrative in Acts.” Pages 127-155 in Luke’s Literary Achievement: Collected Essays. Edited by C. M. Tuckett. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 116. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995.

Parry, David T. N. “Release of the Captives–Reflections on Acts 12.” Pages 156-164 in Luke’s Literary Achievement: Collected Essays. Edited by C. M. Tuckett. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 116. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995.

Liefeld, Walter L. Interpreting the Book of Acts. Guides to New Testament Exegesis 4. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1995.

Tomes, Roger. “Why Did Paul Get His Hair Cut? (Acts 18:18; 21:23-24).” Pages 188-197 in Luke’s Literary Achievement: Collected Essays. Edited by C. M. Tuckett. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 116. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995.

Larkin, William J. Jr. Acts. IVP New Testament. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1995.

Larkin, William J. Acts. IVP New Testament Commentary Series. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1995.

Soards, Marion L. The Speeches in Acts: Their Content, Context, and Concerns. Louisville, Ky: Westminster John Knox, 1994.

Barrett, C.K. The Acts of the Apostels Vol. 1 (1-14). International Critical Commentary. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2004 [1994].

Wedderburn, A. J. M. “Traditions and Redaction in Acts 2.1-13.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 55 (1994): 27-54.

Scott, James M. “Luke’s Geographical Horizon.” Pages 483-544 in The Book of Acts in Its Graeco-Roman Setting. Edited by David W.J. Gill and Conrad Gempf. Vol. 2 of The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.

Stott, John R. W. The Message of Acts. The Bible Speaks Today. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1994.

Barbi, Augusto. “The Use and Meaning of ‘(Hoi) Ioudaioi’ in Acts.” Pages 123-142 in Luke and Acts. Edited by Gerald O’Collins and Gilberto Marconi. Mahwah, N.J: Paulist, 1993.

Betori, Giuseppe. “Luke 24:47: Jerusalem and the Beginning of the Preaching to the Pagans in the Acts of the Apostles.” Pages 103-120 in Luke and Acts. Edited by Gerald O’Collins and Gilberto Marconi. Mahwah, N.J: Paulist, 1993.

Marshall, I. Howard. “Acts and the ‘Former Treatise’.” Pages 163-182 in The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter and Andrew D. Clark. Vol. 1 of The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

Harding, Mark. “On the Historicity of Acts: Comparing Acts 9.23-5 with 2 Corinthians 11.23-3.” New Testament Studies 39 (1993): 518-538.

Larsson, Edvin. “Temple-Criticism and the Jewish Heritage: Some Reflexions on Acts 6-7.” New Testament Studies 39 (1993): 379-395.

Trumbower, Jeffrey A. “The Historical Jesus and the Speech of Gamaliel (Acts 5.35-9).” New Testament Studies 39 (1993): 500-517.

Palmer, Darryl W. “Mission to Jews and Gentiles in the last Episode of Acts.” The Reformed Theological Review 52 (1993): 62-73.

Peterson, David. “The Motif of Fulfilment and the Purpose of Luke-Acts.” Pages 83-104 in The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter and Andrew D. Clark. Vol. 1 of The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

Winter, Bruce W. “Official Proceedings and the Forensic Speeches in Acts 24-26.” Pages 305-336 in The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter and Andrew D. Clark. Vol. 1 of The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

Marguerat, Daniel. “La Mort D’Ananias et Saphira (AC 5.1-11) dans la Stratégie Narrative de Luc.” New Testament Studies, no. 39 (1993): 209-226.

Head, Peter. “Acts and the Problem of Its Text.” Pages 415-444 in The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter and Andrew D. Clark. Vol. 1 of The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

Bauckham, Richard. “The Acts of Paul as a Sequel to Acts.” Pages 105-152 in The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter and Andrew D. Clark. Vol. 1 of The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

Rosner, Brian S. “Acts and Biblical History.” Pages 65-82 in The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter and Andrew D. Clark. Vol. 1 of The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

Alexander, L. C. A. “Acts and Ancient Intellectual Biography.” Pages 31-63 in The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter and Andrew D. Clark. Vol. 1 of The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

Satterthwaite, Philip E. “Acts Against the Background of Classical Rhetoric.” Pages 337-379 in The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter and Andrew D. Clark. Vol. 1 of The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting. Edited by Bruce W. Winter. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

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