For Further Reading

Commentaries

Alford, H. An Exegetical and Critical Commentary. Vol. 2. 1895; Grand Rapids: Guardian Press, 1976.

Barker, C. J. The Acts of the Apostles. London: Epworth Press, 1969.

Blaiklock, E. M. The Acts of the Apostles. London: Tyndale Press, 1959.

Bruce, F. F. The Acts of the Apostles. London: Tyndale Press, 1951. (Bruce, Acts).

———. The Book of the Acts. London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1954. (Bruce, Book).

Foakes Jackson, F. J. The Acts of the Apostles. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1931.

———. F. J. & Lake, K., eds. The Beginning of Christianity. Vol. 5. London: Macmillan, 1920–1933.

Haenchen, E. The Acts of the Apostles. Translated by B. Noble and G. Shinn. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1971 (Haenchen).

Hanson, R. P. C. The Acts. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967 (Hanson).

Harrison, E. F. Acts: The Expanding Church. Chicago: Moody Press, 1975.

Knowling, R. J. “The Acts of the Apostles” in The Expositor’s Greek Testament. Edited by W. R. Nicoll. Vol. 2. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1900.

Knox, W. L. The Acts of the Apostles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1948.

Krodel, G. Acts. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1981 (Krodel).

Marshall, I. H. The Acts of the Apostles. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1980 (Marshall).

Munck, J. The Acts of the Apostles. New York: Doubleday, 1967.

Neil, W. The Acts of the Apostles. London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1973 (Neil).

Rackham, R. B. The Acts of the Apostles. London: Methuen, 1901 (Rackham).

Williams, C. S. C. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1964 (Williams).

Other Studies

Banks, R. Paul’s Idea of Community. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1979.

Barrett, C. K. Luke the Historian in Recent Study. London: Epworth Press, 1961.

———. “Stephen and the Son of Man.” In Apophoreta. Festschrift Ernst Haenchen. Edited by W. Eltester. Berlin: Töpelmann Verlag, 1964.

Bauer, W. Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity. London: S.C.M. Press, 1972.

Black, M. An Aramaic Approach to the Gospels and Acts. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967.

———. The Scrolls and Christian Origins. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1961.

Brown, S. Apostasy and Perseverance in the Theology of Luke. Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1961.

Bruce, F. F. Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1977.

Cadbury, H. J. The Book of Acts in History. New York: Harper Brothers, 1955.

———. The Making of Luke–Acts. New York: Macmillan, 1927.

———. The Style and Literary Method of Luke. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1919.

Caird, G. B. The Apostolic Age. London: Gerald Duckworth, 1955.

Cassidy, R. J., and Scharper, P. J., eds. Political Issues in Luke–Acts. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1983.

Conybeare, W. J., and Howson, J. S. The Life and Epistles of St. Paul. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1889.

Conzelmann, H. The Theology of St. Luke. New York: Harper, 1960.

Cullmann, O. The Early Church. London: S.C.M. Press, 1956.

Dibelius, M. Studies in the Acts of the Apostles. New York: Scribner’s, 1956.

Dix, G. Jew and Greek. A Study in the Primitive Church. London: Dacre Press, 1953.

Dodd, C. H. According to the Scriptures. New York: Scribner’s, 1953 (Dodd, Scriptures).

———. The Apostolic Preaching and Its Development. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1944 (Dodd, Preaching).

———. History and the Gospel. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1938 (Dodd, History).

Duncan, G. S. St. Paul’s Ephesian Ministry. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1929.

Dunn, J. D. G. Baptism in the Holy Spirit. London: S.C.M. Press, 1975 (Dunn, Baptism).

———. Jesus and the Spirit. London: S.C.M. Press, 1975 (Dunn, Jesus).

———. Unity and Diversity in the New Testament. London: S.C.M. Press, 1977 (Dunn, Unity).

Dupont, J. The Salvation of the Gentiles: Studies in the Acts of the Apostles. New York: Paulist Press, 1979.

———. The Sources of Acts. New York: Herder & Herder, 1964.

Ehrhardt, A. The Acts of the Apostles. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1969 (Ehrhardt).

Ellis, E. E. Prophecy and Hermeneutic in Earliest Christianity. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.

Foakes Jackson, F. J. The Rise of Gentile Christianity. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1927.

Franklin, E. Christ the Lord: Study in the Purpose and Theology of Luke–Acts. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1975.

Gasque, W. W. History of the Criticism of the Acts of the Apostles. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975.

Gasque, W. W., and Martin, R. P., eds. Apostolic History and the Gospel. Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1970.

Hengel, M. Acts and the History of Earliest Christianity. London: S.C.M. Press, 1979 (Hengel, Acts).

———. Between Jesus and Paul. London: S.C.M. Press, 1983 (Hengel, Jesus).

Hock, R. F. The Social Context of Paul’s Ministry. Tent Making and Apostleship. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1980 (Hock).

Hull, J. H. E. The Holy Spirit in the Acts of the Apostles. London: Lutterworth Press, 1967.

Jervell, J. Luke and the People of God: A New Look at Luke–Acts. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1972.

Jewett, R. Dating Paul’s Life. London: S.C.M. Press, 1979.

Johnson, L. T. The Literary Function of Possessions in Luke–Acts. Missoula, Mont.: Scholars Press, 1977.

Keck, L. E., and Martyn, J. L., eds. Studies in Luke–Acts. London: S.P.C.K., 1968.

Knox, W. L. St. Paul and the Church of Jerusalem. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1925.

Lindars, B. New Testament Apologetic. London: S.C.M. Press, 1961.

Maddox, R. The Purpose of Luke–Acts. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1982 (Maddox).

Manson, T. W. On Paul and John. London. S.C.M. Press, 1963.

Martin, R. P. New Testament Foundations. Vol. 2. Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1978 (Martin).

Metzger, B. M. A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. New York: United Bible Societies, 1971.

Moule, C. F. D. Worship in the New Testament. London: Lutterworth Press, 1961.

O’Neill, J. C. The Theology of Acts in its Historical Setting. London: S.P.C.K., 1970.

O’Toole, R. F. Acts 26: The Christological Climax of Paul’s Defence. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1978.

Richard, E. Acts 6:1–8:4. The Author’s Method of Composition. Missoula, Mont.: Scholars Press, 1978.

Ridderbos, H. N. The Speeches of Peter in the Acts of the Apostles. London: The Tyndale Press, 1962.

Robinson, J. A. T. Redating the New Testament. London: S.C.M. Press, 1976.

Scharlemann, M. H. A Stephen: Singular Saint. Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1968.

Schmithals, W. Paul and James. London: S.C.M. Press, 1965.

Simon, M. St. Stephen and the Hellenists. London: Longmans, Green, 1958.

Stonehouse, N. B. The Areopagus Address. London: Tyndale Press, 1949.

Talbert, C. H. Literary Patterns, Theological Themes, and the Genre of Luke–Acts. Missoula, Mont.: Scholars Press, 1974.

———. Perspectives on Luke–Acts. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1978.

Torrey, C. C. The Composition and Date of Acts. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1916.

Van Unnik, W. C. Tarsus or Jerusalem. The City of Paul’s Youth. London: Epworth Press, 1962.

Weiss, J. Earliest Christianity. 2 vols. New York: Harper Brothers, 1959.

Wilcox, M. The Semitisms of Acts. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1965.

Wilson, S. G. The Gentiles and the Gentile Mission in Luke–Acts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973.

Zehnle, R. F. Peter’s Pentecost Discourse. Tradition and Lukan Reinterpretation in Peter’s Speeches of Acts 2 and 3. New York: Abingdon Press, 1971.

General Background

Aharoni, Y. and Avi-Yonah, M. Bible Atlas. New York: Macmillan, 1968.

Austin, M. M. The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981

Barrett, C. K. The New Testament Background: Selected Documents. London: S.P.C.K., 1961

Barrow, R. H. The Romans. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1969.

Brown, R. E., and Meier, J. P. Antioch and Rome. Ramsey, N.J.: Paulist Press, 1983.

Bruce, F. F. New Testament History. New York: Doubleday, 1971.

Buckler, W. H. and Calder, W. M., eds. Anatolian Studies Presented to Sir William Mitchell Ramsay. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1923.

Carcopino, J. Daily Life in Ancient Rome. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1981.

Chevallier, R. Roman Roads. London: B. T. Batsford, 1976.

Cuncliffe, B. Rome and Her Empire. London: The Bodley Head, 1978.

Daube, D. The New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism. London: Athlone Press, 1956.

Davies, W. D. Paul and Rabbinic Judaism. London: S.P.C.K., 1948.

Deissmann, A. Light from the Ancient East. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922.

Finegan, J. The Archaeology of the New Testament. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969.

Gowan, D. E. Bridge Between the Testaments. Pittsburgh: Pickwick Press, 1976.

Hengel, M. Jews, Greeks and Barbarians. London: S.C.M. Press, 1980.

Jeremias, J. Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1969 (Jeremias, Jerusalem).

Jones, A. H. M. The Greek City. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1940.

Larsen, J. A. O. Greek Federal States. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968.

Liversidge, J. Everyday Life in the Roman Empire. London: B. T. Batsford, 1976.

MacDonald, J. The Theology of the Samaritans. London: S.C.M. Press, 1964.

Malina, B. J. The New Testament World. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1981.

Meeks, W. A. The First Urban Christians. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983.

Metzger, H. St. Paul’s Journeys in the Greek Orient. London: S.C.M. Press, 1955.

Meyers, E. M., and Strange, J. F. Archaeology, the Rabbis and Early Christianity. London: S.C.M. Press, 1981.

Moore, G. F. Judaism. 3 vols. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1927.

Murphy-O’Connor, J. St. Paul’s Church. Wilmington, Del.: Michael Glazier, 1983.

Nickelsburg, G. W. E. Jewish Literature Between the Bible and the Mishnah. London: S.C.M. Press, 1981.

Nock, A. D. Essays on Religion and the Ancient World. 2 vols. London: Oxford University Press, 1972.

O’Sullivan, F. The Egnatian Way. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1972.

Ramsay, W. M. The Bearing of Recent Discovery on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1915.

———. The Church in the Roman Empire. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1897.

———. St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1895 (Ramsay, Paul).

Reicke, B. The New Testament Era. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1968.

Sanders, E. P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism. London: S.C.M. Press, 1977.

Schürer, E. The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ. Revised and edited by G. Vermes, F. Millar, and M. Black. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1979.

Sherwin-White, A. N. Roman Society and Roman Law in the New Testament. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969 (Sherwin-White).

Smith, J. S. The Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul. London: Longmans, Green, 1880.

Stendahl, K., ed. The Scrolls and the New Testament. London: S.C.M. Press, 1958.

Tarn, W. W., and Griffith, G. T. Hellenistic Civilization. London: Edward Arnold, 1952.

Vickers, M. The Roman World. Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1977.

Wright, W. B. Cities of Paul. London: Archibald Constable, 1906.

Yamauchi, E. The Archaeology of New Testament Cities in Western Asia Minor. Glasgow: Pickering & Inglis, 1980.