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Delightful Acts: New Essays on Canonical and Non-Canonical Acts

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Delightful Acts: New Essays on Canonical and Non-Canonical Acts - Attridge, Harold W (Editor), and MacDonald, Dennis R (Editor), and Rothschild, Clare K (Editor)
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The impetus for this collection of essays on canonical and non-canonical Acts is to honor the scholarly achievements of Richard I. Pervo. Pervo pioneered the view that canonical Acts is comparable to ancient fiction - the various episodes about Peter, Paul, and the other apostles composed to entertain, even as they inform. In the spirit of this work, contributors prod and provoke readers, traveling at different speeds and with notable variation from the center of the broad orbit of canonical Acts. The hope is that the ...

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Delightful Acts: New Essays on Canonical and Non-Canonical Acts 2017, Mohr Siebeck, Tuebingen

ISBN-13: 9783161544774

Hardcover