The Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting, Volume 2: The Book of Acts in Its Graeco-Roman Setting
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Overview
In The Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting, vol. 2: Graeco-Roman Setting expert contributors in archaeology, anthropology, history, and other fields reconstruct the stage on which Luke wrote Acts.
Be sure to check out The Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting (5 vols.) series.
Top Highlights
“who defaulted in 45/46, increasing to 1,678 the following year, and declining in 47/48.” (Page 63)
“the ill-fated goal of those who built the tower (cf. Gen 11:4–5 LXX)” (Page 530)
“same geographic orientation as the programmatic verse of Acts” (Page 530)
- Title: The Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting, Volume 2: The Book of Acts in Its Graeco-Roman Setting
- Authors: Conrad Gempf, David W. J. Gill
- Series: The Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting
- Publishers: Eerdmans, Paternoster
- Print Publication Date: 1994
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 641
- Era: era:Contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Acts › History of contemporary events; Bible. N.T. Acts › Geography; Rome › History--Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D
- ISBNs: 9780802848475, 0853645647, 0802848478, 9780853645641
- Resource ID: LLS:BKCTSGRCSTTNG02
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:14:27Z
David Gill is head of the division of humanities and professor of archaeological heritage at University Campus Suffolk. He holds the 2012 Archaeological Institute of America Outstanding Public Service Award and the 2012 SAFE Beacon Award. He is the author of Sifting the Soil of Greece: The Early Years of British School at Athens.
Conrad Gempf is lecturer in New Testament at the London School of Theology. He was a translation advisor to the NIV Translation Committee and to the New Testament of The Manga Bible.
