Social-Science Commentary on the Book of Acts

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)

Author: Bruce J. Malina, John J. Pilch
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 02/27/2008
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.97h x 6.02w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9780800638450

About the Author
Pilch, John J.: -

John J. Pilchteaches at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Among his numerous publications are The Cultural World of Jesus: Sunday by Sunday (1995-97), The Cultural Dictionary of the Bible (1999), and Healing in the New Testament (2000). Malina and Pilch have co-authored the Social Science Commentary on the Book of Acts (2008) and the Social-Science Commentary on the Letters of Paul (2005), both from Fortress Press.

Malina, Bruce J.: -

Bruce J. Malina is 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: Social Science Commentary on the Book of Revelation (2000); Social Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels (2nd edition 2003); Social Science Commentary on the Gospel of John (1998); and The Social Gospel of Jesus (2001).

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