The Acts of the Apostles

by James D. G. Dunn

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 2016

Overview

Authored by one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars, this commentary on the Acts of the Apostles was originally published in 1996. James Dunn first takes the reader through questions of authorship, audience, date, purpose, and literary structure. He then considers the kind of history writing that we find in the narrative of Acts, delineates the book’s theological teaching, and offers bibliographic comments on sources and selected studies, including work published between 1996 and 2016. This commentary as a whole provides the information and perspective necessary for reading to best effect what Dunn believes is the most exciting book in the New Testament.

Key Features

• Presents an insightful, in-depth commentary that factors in history, theology, and context
• Features verse by verse commentary

Contents

• Part 1: Beginning in Jerusalem (Acts 1–5)
• Part 2: The Initial Expansion (Acts 6–12)
• Part 3: The Mission from Antioch and the Jerusalem Council (Acts 13–15)
• Part 4: The Aegean Mission (Acts 16–20)
• Part 5: The Final Acts: From Jerusalem to Rome (Acts 21–28)

Top Highlights

“The Spirit of God ‘transcends human ability and transforms human inability.’” (Page vii)

“(1) The creator is God of all, sovereign in the ordering of times and seasons (4:24; 14:15; 17:24–27).” (Page xix)

“(6) So too the overarching objective includes an apologetic strand in relation to the power of Rome.” (Page xiii)

“The prominence of the Spirit in Luke’s narrative from Pentecost onwards makes clear beyond doubt that for Luke the mission of the church could not hope to be effective without this empowering from God (the Spirit of God) which transcends human ability and transforms human inability.” (Page 12)

“At some point within Judaism Pentecost came to be celebrated as the giving of the law and renewal of the covenant” (Page 24)

Product Details

• Title: The Acts of the Apostles
• Author: James D. G. Dunn
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Print Publication Date: 2016
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Pages: 420
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Acts › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780802874023, 0802874029
• Resource ID: LLS:ACTSDUNN
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T21:49:02Z

About James D. G. Dunn

James D. G. Dunn (1939–) is emeritus Lightfoot Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham and is a leading British New Testament scholar. Dunn is a significant proponent of the New Perspective on Paul, and coined the term in a 1982 lecture. He received a PhD and DD from the University of Cambridge, and a MA and BD from the University of Glasgow. In 2002 he became only the third British scholar to be made the president of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.

His recent works include Did the First Christians Worship Jesus? The New Testament Evidence, A New Perspective on Jesus: What the Quest for the Historical Jesus Missed, the volumes Romans 1–8 and Romans 9–16 of the Word Biblical Commentary, and The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon in The New International Greek Testament Commentary (12 vols.).