{"product_id":"social-science-commentary-on-the-book-of-acts-9780800638450","title":"Social-Science Commentary on the Book of Acts","description":"Like earlier volumes in the Social Science Commentary series, this volume situates Acts squarely in the cultural matrix of the first century Mediterranean world, elaborating its codes of patron and client, mediatorship, honor and shame, healing and sickening, wizardry and witchcraft accusations, and the understanding of the Spirit of God as well as deities and demons as personal causes of significant events. Part 1: Jesus First Command to the Twelve - Their Activities Among Israelite Majority Populations (Acts 1:4-12:25) Part 2: Jesus Second Command to Saul\/Paul - His Activities Among Israelite Minority Populations (Acts 12:25-25:31)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce J. Malina, John J. Pilch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.02w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780800638450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePilch, John J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn J. Pilch\u003c\/b\u003eteaches at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Among his numerous publications are \u003ci\u003eThe Cultural World of Jesus: Sunday by Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e (1995-97), \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCultural Dictionary of the Bible\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and \u003ci\u003eHealing in the New Testament\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). Malina and Pilch have co-authored the \u003ci\u003eSocial Science Commentary on the Book of Acts \u003c\/i\u003e(2008) and the \u003ci\u003eSocial-Science Commentary on the Letters of Paul\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), both from Fortress Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMalina, Bruce J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBruce J. Malina \u003c\/strong\u003eis professor of new testament at Creighton University, Omaha, and author or coauthor or editor of many influential volumes in New Testament, including several recent Fortress Press titles: \u003cem\u003eSocial Science Commentary on the Book of Revelation\u003c\/em\u003e (2000); \u003cem\u003eSocial Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels\u003c\/em\u003e (2nd edition 2003); \u003cem\u003eSocial Science Commentary on the Gospel of John\u003c\/em\u003e (1998); and \u003cem\u003eThe Social Gospel of Jesus\u003c\/em\u003e (2001).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fortress Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40133731319923,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_fd334899-31c6-4e5e-95ea-8c9661a95beb.jpg?v=1654176749","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/social-science-commentary-on-the-book-of-acts-9780800638450","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}