The New Testament In Its First Century Setting

Download or read book The Book of Acts Ain Its Palestinian Setting written by Bauckham and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1995-07-24 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Acts in Its Palestinian Setting is devoted to a series of studies of those parts of the narrative of Acts that are specifically set in Palestine. The geographical, political, cultural, social, and religious aspects of first-century Jewish Palestine are all explored in order to throw light on Luke's account of the Palestinian origins of early Christianity . There are fresh assessments of the historical significance of key features, persons, and events in Luke's narrative.