Title
The Acts of the Apostles, Narrative, and History
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
The Acts of the Apostles offers a kind of sequel to Gospel of Luke, telling the story of the spread of the Jesus movement through the activities of key leaders, beginning in Jerusalem, moving westward into the Aegean region, and finally to Rome, the imperial center. Narrative approaches have been instrumental in turning attention to how the author tells the story using the tools of narrative—plot, characterization, and so on—as well as to how the author’s use of linguistic and cultural codes would have been heard by ancient readers. This chapter explores the importance of this westward geographical movement in Acts and, through a reading of the story of Paul’s visit to Philippi (Acts 16:11–40), looks at the ways in which the author of Acts adapts narrative conventions to highlight particular moments in the progression.
Editor
Danna Nolan Fewell
Identifier
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199967728.013.28
Publisher
Oxford University Press
City
New York
ISBN
9780199967728
Repository Citation
Dupertuis, R. R. (2016). The acts of the Apostles, narrative, and history. In D. N. Fewell (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of biblical narrative (pp. 330-340). Oxford University Press.
Publication Information
The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Narrative