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OverviewBorgman, Paul. The Way According to Luke: Hearing the Whole Story of Luke-Acts.

Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006.Dunn, James D. G. The Acts of the Apostles. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press Inter-

national, 1996.Gaventa, Beverly Roberts. The Acts of the Apostles. ANTC. Nashville: Abingdon,

2003.Hamm, Dennis. The Acts of the Apostles. NColBC 5. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical

Press, 2005.Jervell, Jacob. The Theology of the Acts of the Apostles. NTT. Cambridge: Cam-

bridge University Press, 1996.Kee, Howard Clark. To Every Nation under Heaven: The Acts of the Apostles. Har-

risburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1997.Marshall, I. H. Acts. TNTC. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1980.Powell, Mark Allan. What Are They Saying about Acts? Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press,

1991.Puskas, Charles B., and David Crump. An Introduction to the Gospels and Acts.

Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008.Shillington, V. George. An Introduction to the Study of Luke-Acts. Harrisburg, PA:

Trinity Press International, 2007.Spencer, F. Scott. The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles. Interpreting Biblical

Texts. Nashville: Abingdon, 2008.Talbert, Charles H. Reading Acts: A Literary and Theological Commentary. Rev.

ed. RNTS. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2005.Wallaskay, Paul W. Acts. WestBC. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1998.Willimon, William H. Acts. IBC. Atlanta: John Knox, 1988.

Critical CommentariesBarrett, C. K. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles. 2

vols. ICC. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1994–1998.Bock, Darrell L. Acts. BECNT. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007.Bruce, F. F. Commentary on the Book of Acts. 2nd ed. NICNT. Grand Rapids:

Eerdmans, 1988.Chance, J. Bradley. Acts. SHBC. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2007.Conzelmann, Hans. Acts of the Apostles. Translated by James Limburg, A. Thomas

Kraabel, and Donald H. Juel. Hermeneia. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1987.Fitzmyer, Joseph. The Acts of the Apostles. AB 31. New York: Doubleday, 1998.Haenchen, Ernst. The Acts of the Apostles: A Commentary. Translated by Bernard

Noble et al. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1971 [1965].Johnson, Luke Timothy. The Acts of the Apostles. SP. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical

Press, 1992.Krodel, Gerhard. Acts. ACNT. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1986.Parsons, Mikeal C. Acts. Paideia. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008.Peterson, David G. The Acts of the Apostles. PNTC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009.

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Pelikan, Jaroslav. Acts. BTCB. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2005.Witherington, Ben, III. The Acts of the Apostles: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary.

Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Academic StudiesAchtemeier, Paul J. The Quest for Unity in the New Testament Church. Philadel-

phia: Fortress, 1987. Analyzes discrepancies between Acts 15 and Galatians 2 and concludes that Luke’s account is theologically driven, if historically inaccurate.

Alexander, Loveday C. A. Acts in Its Ancient Literary Context. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2005.

Anderson, Kevin L. “But God Raised Him from the Dead”: The Theology of Jesus’ Resurrection in Luke-Acts. PBM. Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster, 2006.

Baban, Octavian D. On the Road in Luke-Acts: Hellenistic Mimesis and Luke’s Theology of the Way. Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster, 2006.

Barrett, C. K. Luke the Historian in Recent Study. London: Epworth, 1961. A clas-sic survey of attitudes toward Luke as a historian that concludes that the evangelist’s interest in biographical method is prompted by his rejection of Gnosticism.

Bock, Darrell. Proclamation from Prophecy and Pattern: Lucan Old Testament Christology. JSNTSup12. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1987. Studies Luke’s use of the Old Testament in light of his christological interests.

Bonnah, George Kwame Agyei. The Holy Spirit: A Narrative Factor in the Acts of the Apostles. Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 2007.

Bonz, Marianne Palmer. The Past as Legacy. Luke-Acts and Ancient Epic. Min-neapolis: Fortress, 2000.

Bovon, François. Luke the Theologian. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2006. A survey of scholarship, originally published in 1978, with major updates through 1987 and minor updates since then.

Brawley, Robert L. Centering on God: Method and Message in Luke-Acts. LCBI. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1990. A literary-critical study of Luke-Acts that focuses on point of view, levels of reliability, reader response, narrative structure, characterization, textual gaps, cultural repertoire, and redundant antitheses.

------. Luke-Acts and the Jews: Conflict, Apology, and Conciliation. SBLMS 33. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1987. Argues that Luke ties Gentile Christianity to Judaism and appeals to Jews to accept it as such.

Brown, Schuyler. Apostasy and Perseverance in the Theology of Luke. AnBib 36. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1969. Studies Luke’s concept of temptation and faith and argues that the evangelist stresses the faithfulness of Jesus’ disciples so as to ensure a reliable transmission of apostolic tradition.

Buckwalter, H. Douglas. The Character and Purpose of Luke’s Christology. SNTSMS 89. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Cadbury, Henry J. The Book of Acts in History. New York: Harper, 1955. Provides context for understanding Acts through discussion of various cultural environments, including the ancient Near Eastern world in general and Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian environments in particular.


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------. The Making of Luke-Acts. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999 [1927]. A classic study that treats Luke as an author in his own right and examines the literary process that resulted in his two works.

Carroll, John. Response to the End of History: Eschatology and Situation in Luke-Acts. SBLDS 92. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988. Emphasizes “unpredictability” as the main feature of Luke’s eschatological perspective and describes the manner in which Luke thus weds eschatology to parenetic interests and to his concept of salvation history.

Cassidy, Richard J. Society and Politics in the Acts of the Apostles. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1987. Refutes the notion of an attempt by Luke to foster an essen-tial compatibility between church and state and argues that Luke instead prepares Christians for possible persecution.

Cassidy, Richard J., and Philip J. Sharper, eds. Political Issues in Luke-Acts. Mary-knoll, NY: Orbis, 1983.

Chance, J. Bradley. Jerusalem, the Temple, and the New Age in Luke-Acts. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1988. Discusses the role that Luke believes Jerusalem and the temple are to play in the new age of salvation that has dawned.

Conzelmann, Hans. The Theology of St. Luke. Translated by Geoffrey Buswell. 2nd ed. London: Faber & Faber, 1960 [1957]. A classic synthesis of Luke’s theology by an outstanding redaction critic, with special focus on salvation history and eschatology.

Czachesz, I. Commission Narratives: A Comparative Study of the Canonical and Apocryphal Acts. Studies on Early Christian Apocrypha 8. Leuven: Peeters, 2007.

Darr, John A. On Character Building: The Reader and the Rhetoric of Characteriza-tion in Luke-Acts. LCBI. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1992.

De Long, Kindalee P. Surprised by God: Praise Responses in the Narrative of Luke-Acts. BZWKK 166. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2009. Explores praise as a significant human response to key acts of God in the narrative of Luke-Acts.

Dibelius, Martin. The Book of Acts: Form, Style, and Theology. Edited by K. C. Han-son. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2004. Essays by an influential German scholar of the mid-twentieth century.

------. Studies in the Acts of the Apostles. New York: Scribner, 1956. A collection of classic essays on various topics, including interpretations of the speeches and the travel narrative in Acts from the perspective of “style criticism.”

Ðô, Maria Y. T. The Lucan Journey: A Study of Luke 9.28–36 and Acts 1.6–11 as an Architectural Pair. EUSS 23/895. Bern: Lang, 2010. Demonstrates how the Luke-Acts saga is framed as a journey, considering one pair of texts that indicate a relationship between Jesus’ missionary journey in Luke and that of the disciples in Acts.

Dupont, Jacques. The Salvation of the Gentiles: Essays on the Acts of the Apostles. Translated by John R. Keating. New York: Paulist Press, 1967. A collection of essays by this French scholar on themes such as universalism, Pentecost, conversion, community of goods, and Luke’s use of the Old Testament.

------. The Sources of Acts: The Present Position. London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1964. A historical survey of theories on Luke’s sources for Acts that concludes that it is impossible to identify any of these with certainty.


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Easton, B. S. Early Christianity: The Purpose of Acts and Other Papers. Greenwich, CT: Seabury, 1954. Contains an important essay, originally published in 1936, that argues that Acts presents Christianity as a legitimate religion under the leadership of a Christian Sanhedrin.

Ellis, E. Earle. Eschatology in Luke. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1972. Presents a two-stage model (present and future) for understanding Luke’s concept of eschatology and salvation history.

Epp, Eldon Jay. The Theological Tendency of Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis in Acts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966. Demonstrates that an anti-Jewish bias underlies the variant readings in the Western text of Acts.

Esler, Philip. Community and Gospel in Luke-Acts: The Social and Political Moti-vations of Lucan Theology. SNTSMS 57. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. A study of Luke’s community that seeks to combine insights based on sociological research with those of redaction criticism.

Estrada, Nelson P. From Followers to Leaders: The Apostles in the Ritual of Status Transformation in Acts 1–2. London: T&T Clark, 2004.

Evans, Craig A., and James A. Sanders. Luke and Scripture: The Function of Sacred Tradition in Luke-Acts. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.

Finger, Reta Halteman. Of Widows and Meals: Communal Meals in the Book of Acts. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007.

Fitzmyer, Joseph A. Luke the Theologian: Aspects of His Teaching. New York: Paulist Press, 1989. A collection of essays on a variety of themes, including authorship, discipleship, Satan and demons, the Jewish people, and the thief on the cross.

Flender, Helmut. St. Luke: Theologian of Redemptive History. Translated by Regi-nald H. Fuller and Ilse Fuller. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1967 [1965]. Offers an alternative to Conzelmann’s view of salvation history and eschatology in Luke by proposing that Luke presents the exaltation of Jesus as the con-summation of salvation in heaven.

Franklin, Eric. Christ the Lord: A Study in the Purpose and Theology of Luke-Acts. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1975. An overarching study of such matters as Luke’s eschatology, Christology, and view of the Jews that tries to situate the evangelist within the mainstream of early Christianity.

Garrett, Susan R. The Demise of the Devil: Magic and the Demonic in Luke’s Writings. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1989. Studies Luke-Acts against the background of contemporary ideas concerning magic and the supernatural, concluding that Luke presents Jesus’ ministry as an overthrow of Satan.

Gärtner, Bertil. The Areopagus Speech and Natural Revelation. Translated by Carolyn Hannay King. ASNU 21. Lund: Gleerup, 1955. Interprets Acts 17:22–31 in a way that is basically compatible with Pauline theology.

Gasque, W. Ward. A History of the Interpretation of the Acts of the Apostles. 2nd ed. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1989. A detailed survey of literature through the 1960s, augmented by an article on recent scholarship published in 1988.

Gillman, John. Possessions and the Life of Faith: A Reading of Luke-Acts. ZS. Col-legeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1991. Explores Luke’s views on possessions and draws connections for the faith life of twentieth-century Christians.

González, Justo L. Acts: The Gospel of the Spirit. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2000.


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Goulder, M. D. Type and History in Acts. London: SPCK, 1964. Offers a complex scheme for understanding the structure of Acts based on cyclical patterns and the use of Old Testament typology.

Gowler, David B. Host, Guest, Enemy, and Friend: Portraits of the Pharisees in Luke-Acts. New York: Peter Lang, 1991. Combines narrative criticism and sociological analysis in the study of the Pharisees as a character group in Luke’s two-volume story.

Green, Michael. Thirty Years That Changed the World: The Book of Acts for Today. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.

Gregory, Andrew. The Reception of Luke and Acts in the Period before Irenaus: Looking for Luke in the Second Century. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2003.

Gregory, Andrew, and C. Kavin Rowe, eds. Rethinking the Unity and Reception of Luke and Acts. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2010. Covers a wide range of topics concerning how best to understand the relationship between Luke and Acts.

Hartsock, Chad. Sight and Blindness in Luke-Acts: The Use of Physical Features in Characterization. BI 94. Leiden: Brill, 2008. Treats physiognomy and blind-ness in the OT, Second Temple Judaism, and in the wider NT, arguing that blindness serves as a programmatic interpretive principle in Luke-Acts.

Hemer, Colin J. The Book of Acts in the Setting of Hellenistic History. WUNT 49. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1989. Argues for the essential historicity of mate-rial in Acts, based on comparisons with Paul’s letters and information from the Roman world.

Hengel, Martin. Acts and the History of Earliest Christianity. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980. Argues that Acts can and should be used as a source for reconstruct-ing early Christian history and then sketches the history that can be derived from Acts.

Holmås, Geir Otto. Prayer and Vindication in Luke-Acts: The Theme of Prayer within the Context of the Legitimating and Edifying Objective of the Lukan Narrative. LNTS 433. New York: T&T Clark, 2011.

Horton, Dennis J. Death & Resurrection: The Shape and Function of a Literary Motif in the Book of Acts. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2009. Analyzes death and resurrection as a literary motif in Acts, examining instances of “telling” or reciting the motif, “showing” the motif in the experiences of various char-acters within the narrative, and intensifying the motif contra the theme of death and decay.

Hovenden, Gerald. Speaking in Tongues: The New Testament Evidence in Context. JPTSup 3. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002.

Jervell, Jacob. Luke and the People of God. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1972. A col-lection of essays expounding the author’s view that Luke writes primarily for Jewish Christians, addressing their questions about relationships with other Jews and with Gentiles.

------. The Unknown Paul: Essays on Luke-Acts and Early Christian History. Min-neapolis: Augsburg, 1984. A collection of essays written from the same perspective as Luke and the People of God on themes such as historicity, Luke’s portrait of Paul, the Holy Spirit, and women in Acts.

Johnson, Luke T. The Literary Function of Possessions in Luke-Acts. SBLDS 39. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1977. Suggests that Luke’s emphasis on pos-


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sessions has implications that go beyond the literal consideration of how to handle wealth.

Juel, Donald. Luke-Acts: The Promise of History. Atlanta: John Knox, 1983. A general introduction to Luke-Acts that, following Jervell, interprets the two-volume work within the framework of Jewish crisis literature.

Kauppi, Lynn Allan. Foreign but Familiar: Greco-Romans Read Religion in Acts. LNTS 277. London: T&T Clark, 2006.

Keck, Leander, and J. Louis Martyn, eds. Studies in Luke-Acts. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980 [1966].

Kee, Howard Clark. Good News to the Ends of the Earth: The Theology of Acts. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1990. Considers five important themes in Acts: Jesus, the Holy Spirit, Christian community, outreach, and witness.

Kilgallen, John. The Stephen Speech: A Literary and Redactional Study of Acts 7:2–53. AnBib 67. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1975. A detailed analysis that interprets this speech as a thoroughly redacted Lukan construction.

Klauck, Hans-Josef. Magic and Paganism in Early Christianity: The World of the Acts of the Apostles. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 2003.

Koet, B. J. Dreams and Scripture in Luke-Acts: Collected Essays. Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology 42. Leuven: Peeters, 2006.

Land, Darin H. The Diffusion of Ecclesiastical Authority: Sociological Dimensions of Leadership in the Book of Acts. Princeton Theological Monograph Series. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2008.

Lennartsson, Göran. Refreshing and Restoration: Two Eschatological Motifs in Acts 3:19–21. Lund: Lund University, 2007.

Lentz, John C., Jr. Luke’s Portrait of Paul. SNTSMS 77. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Levine, Amy-Jill, ed. A Feminist Companion to the Acts of the Apostles. FCNTECW 9. London: T&T Clark, 2004.

Litwak, Kenneth Duncan. Echoes of Scripture in Luke-Acts: Telling the History of God’s People Intertextually. JSNTSup 282. London: T&T Clark, 2005.

Lüdemann, Gerd. Early Christianity According to the Traditions in Acts. Minne-apolis: Fortress, 1989. Separates tradition from redaction in every pericope of Acts and discusses the historical value of what is deemed traditional.

MacDonald, Dennis R. Does the New Testament Imitate Homer? Four Cases from the Acts of the Apostles. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003.

Maddox, Robert L. The Purpose of Luke-Acts. SNTW. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1985 [1982]. Considers the various theories as to why Luke wrote his two works and decides the best explanation is that he wished to reassure Christians of the validity of their faith in response to Jewish criticisms.

Malina, Bruce J., and John J. Pilch. Social-Science Commentary on the Book of Acts. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007.

Mallen, Peter. The Reading and Transformation of Isaiah in Luke-Acts. LNTS 367. London: T&T Clark, 2008.

Margeurat, Daniel, and Gregory J. Laughery. The First Christian Historian: Writ-ing the “Acts of the Apostles.” New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Marshall, I. H. Luke: Historian and Theologian. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989. Argues that an appreciation for Luke’s interest in history is essential to


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a proper understanding of his theology, especially in regard to his concept of salvation.

Matthews, Shelly. Perfect Martyr: The Stoning of Stephen and the Construction of Christian Identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Discusses the story of Stephen’s martyrdom with regard to violence, solidarity, and resistance among Jews and early Christians and with regard to the forming of a non-Jewish Christian identity.

Mattill, A. J. Luke and the Last Things: A Perspective for the Understanding of Lukan Thought. Dillsboro: Western North Carolina Press, 1979. Argues that Luke expects the parousia to come soon and rallies Christians to accomplish the mission that they have been given.

Mattill, A. J., and Mary Bedford Mattill. A Classified Bibliography of Literature on the Acts of the Apostles. NTTS 7. Leiden: Brill, 1966.

Maxwell, Kathy Reiko. Hearing between the Lines: The Audience as Fellow-Worker in Luke-Acts and Its Literary Mileu. LNTS 425. New York: T&T Clark, 2010.

Meek, James A. The Gentile Mission in Old Testament Citations in Acts: Text, Her-meneutic, and Purpose. LNTS 385. London: T&T Clark, 2008. Argues that the use of OT citations in Acts is intended to provide “proof from prophecy” legitimation to the Gentile mission.

Mills, Watson E. A Bibliography on the Periodical Literature on the Acts of the Apostles, 1962–1984. NovTSup 58. Leiden: Brill, 1986.

Minear, Paul. To Heal and to Reveal: The Prophetic Vocation According to Luke. New York: Seabury, 1976. Focuses on Luke’s understanding of Jesus as a prophet and of the disciples as prophets like Jesus.

Miura, Yuzuru. David in Luke-Acts: His Protrayal in the Light of Early Judaism. WUNT 2/232. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2007.

Nave, Guy D. The Role and Function of Repentance in Luke-Acts. SBLAcBib 4. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 2002.

Navone, John. Themes of St. Luke. Rome: Gregorian University Press, 1970. A collection of studies on twenty important topics, such as conversion, Jerusalem, prophet, salvation, and witness.

Neyrey, Jerome H., ed. The Social World of Luke-Acts: Models for Interpretation. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1991. A collection of articles from a conference of scholars using the insights and methods of cultural anthropology to study Luke’s writings.

Nuttall, Geoffrey F. The Moment of Recognition: Luke as Story-Teller. London: Athlone, 1978. The published form of a brief lecture that calls attention to Luke’s unusual skill at telling a story.

O’Neill, J. C. The Theology of Acts in Its Historical Setting. London: SPCK, 1961. Dates Acts in the second century and interprets its theology as an expres-sion of “early catholicism” similar to that of Justin Martyr.

O’Reilly, Leo. Word and Sign in the Acts of the Apostles: A Study in Lucan Theology. Rome: Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 1987. Examines the twin themes of preaching and miracles in Acts and the relationship of both to the Holy Spirit.

O’Toole, Robert F. Acts 26: The Christological Climax of Paul’s Defense (Ac 22:1–26:32). AnBib 78. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1978. Proposes that Luke’s main interest in presenting Paul’s defense speech before Agrippa is not so


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much to defend Paul himself as to defend the Christian belief in resurrec-tion of the dead realized in Jesus.

------. The Unity of Luke’s Theology: An Analysis of Luke-Acts. GNS 9. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1984. A popular exposition of major themes in Luke’s theology, emphasizing God’s offer of salvation in Jesus and the anticipated response of Christians to this.

Padilla, Osvaldo. The Speeches of Outsiders in Acts: Poetics, Theology and His-toriography. SNTSMS 144. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Examines the speeches given by outsiders, arguing for an important insight into Luke’s theology: if God can control the history of the Jesus movement even through the voices of outsiders, then the movement is certainly sanctioned by God.

Park, Hyung Dae. Finding Herem? A Study of Luke and Acts in Light of Herem. LNTS 357. London: T&T Clark, 2007.

Parsons, Mikeal C. Body and Character in Luke and Acts: The Subversion of Physi-ognomy in Early Christianity. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006.

------. The Departure of Jesus in Luke-Acts: The Ascension Narratives in Context. JSNTSup 21. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1987. Offers insights into Luke 24:50–53 and Acts 1:1–11 based on literary theories concerning be-ginnings and endings in literature.

Penner, Todd. In Praise of Christian Origins: Stephen and the Hellenists in Lukan Apologetic Historiography. London: T&T Clark, 2003.

Penner, Todd, and Caroline Vander Stichele, eds. Contextualizing Acts: Lukan Narrative and Greco-Roman Discourse. SBLSymS 20. Atlanta: Society of Bibli-cal Literature, 2003.

Pereira, Francis. Ephesus: Climax of Universalism in Luke-Acts; A Redaction-Critical Study of Paul’s Ephesian Ministry (Acts 18:23–20:1). Anand: Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, 1983. A detailed exegetical analysis of this section of Acts with emphasis on Luke’s hope of salvation for all people.

Pervo, Richard I. Luke’s Story of Paul. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990. A popular reading of the story of Acts from the perspective of a first-time reader.

------. The Mystery of Acts: Unraveling Its Story. Santa Rosa, CA: Polebridge, 2008. Examines several aspects of Luke’s storytelling and the challenges he meets, then moves on to some of the historical inconsistencies in order to show that the work should be seen as that of an author and a theologian, not a historian.

------. Profit with Delight: The Literary Genre of the Acts of the Apostles. Phila-delphia: Fortress, 1987. Argues that Acts should be interpreted as an early Christian novel intended to edify its readers.

Phillips, Thomas E., ed. Acts and Ethics. NTM 9. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2005.

------, ed. Contemporary Studies in Acts. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2009. A diverse range of essays exploring new avenues of study in Acts.

------. Paul, His Letters, and Acts. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2009. Assesses the level of congruity between the character of Paul described in Acts and that of his own letters, arguing that the Paul of Acts is a rehabilitated version of Paul in his own letters made more appealing to the later church.

Pilch, John J. Visions and Healing in the Acts of the Apostles: How the Early Believ-ers Experienced God. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2004.


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Pilgrim, Walter E. Good News to the Poor: Wealth and Poverty in Luke-Acts. Min-neapolis: Augsburg, 1981. Interprets the Lukan material dealing with pos-sessions in terms of messages that the evangelist wants to send to both the rich and the poor.

Porter, Stanley. Paul in Acts. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2001.Puskas, Charles B. The Conclusion of Luke-Acts: The Significance of Acts 28:16–31.

Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2009. Argues that Acts 28:16–31 concludes Luke-Acts as a whole thereby characterizing Paul in Rome as one like Jesus who does the work of Jesus.

Reimer, Andy M. Miracle and Magic: A Study in the Acts of the Apostles and the Life of Apollonius of Tyana. JSNTSup 235. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2003.

Richard, Earl. ed. Acts 6:1–8:4: The Author’s Method of Composition. SBLDS 41. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1978. A comprehensive treatment of the Ste-phen speech, including attention to its stylistic features and redactional function within Luke’s second volume.

------. New Views on Luke and Acts. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1990.Richardson, Neil. The Panorama of Luke. London: Epworth, 1982. A general

introduction to Luke’s two works.Rius-Camp, Josep, and Jenny Read-Heimerdinger. The Message of Acts in Codex-

Bezae: A Comparison with the Alexandrian Tradition. Vol. 1, Acts 1.1–5.42: Jerusalem. JSNTSS 257. London: T&T Clark, 2004.

Robinson, Anthony B., and Robert W. Wall. Called to Be Church: The Book of Acts for a New Day. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006.

Rowe, C. Kavin. World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Concludes that Acts is a theologically sophisticated political document and culture-forming narrative which constructs an entire alternative lifestyle contra others available in the Greco-Roman world.

Samkutty, V. J. The Samaritan Mission in Acts. LNTS 328. London: T&T Clark, 2006.Sanders, Jack. The Jews in Luke-Acts. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1987. Offers exegeti-

cal commentary on the key passages in Luke-Acts dealing with the Jews and concludes that the third evangelist is anti-Semitic.

Schweizer, Eduard. Luke: A Challenge to Present Theology. Atlanta: John Knox, 1982. Emphasizes basic theological questions that Luke’s writings pose for systematic theology today.

Seccombe, David. Possessions and the Poor in Luke-Acts. SNTSU 6. Linz: Fuchs, 1982. Suggests that Luke’s treatment of this theme is an evangelistic ad-dress to persons whose devotion to wealth prevents them from accepting Christianity.

Sheeley, Steven. Narrative Asides in Luke-Acts. JSNTSup 72. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1992. A literary-critical analysis of those passages in Luke-Acts where the narrator speaks directly to the reader.

Shepherd, William H. The Narrative Function of the Holy Spirit as a Character in Luke-Acts. SBLDS 147. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1994.

Shiell, William. Reading Acts: The Lector and the Early Christian Audience. BIS 70. Leiden: Brill, 2004.

Shipp, Blake. Paul the Reluctant Witness: Power and Weakness in Luke’s Portrayal. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2005.


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Skinner, Matthew L. Locating Paul: Places of Custody as Narrative Settings in Acts 21–28. SBLAcBib 13. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.

Sleeman, Matthew. Geography and the Ascension Narrative in Acts. SNTSMS 146. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2009. Explores the often recognized but poorly understood role of geography in constructing the theology of Acts.

Soards, Marion L. The Speeches in Acts: Their Content, Context, and Concerns. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1993.

Spencer, F. Scott. Journeying through Acts: A Literary-Cultural Reading. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2004.

------. The Portrait of Philip in Acts: A Study of Roles and Relations. JSNTSup 67. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1967.

Spencer, Patrick E. Rhetorical Texture and Narrative Trajectories of the Lukan Galilean Ministry Speeches: Hermeneutical Appropriation by Authorial Readers of Luke-Acts. LNTS 341. New York: T&T Clark, 2007.

Squires, John T. The Plan of God in Luke-Acts. SNTSMS 76. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Stronstad, Roger. The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke. Peabody, MA: Hendrick-son, 1984. A study of Luke’s presentation of the Holy Spirit and its work in the church.

Sweetland, Dennis M. Our Journey with Jesus: Discipleship According to Luke-Acts. GNS 23. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1990. A study of Luke’s concept of discipleship, with emphasis on its communal dimension.

Tajra, Harry W. The Trial of St. Paul: A Juridical Exegesis of the Second Half of the Acts of the Apostles. WUNT 2/35. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1989. An analysis of Paul’s trials before government officials in Acts against the background of extrabiblical knowledge of Roman legal proceedings.

Talbert, Charles H. Literary Patterns, Theological Themes, and the Genre of Luke-Acts. SBLMS 20. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1974. An analysis of the formal patterns that Luke uses in composing his two works and the implications that these have for their interpretation.

------, ed. Luke-Acts: New Perspectives from the Society of Biblical Literature. New York: Crossroad, 1984. A collection of essays.

------. Luke and the Gnostics: An Examination of the Lucan Purpose. Nashville: Abingdon, 1966. Argues that Luke wrote his two-volume work to serve as a defense against Gnosticism.

------, ed. Perspectives on Luke-Acts. Danville, VA: Association of Baptist Pro-fessors of Religion, 1978. A collection of essays.

------. Reading Luke-Acts in Its Mediterranean Milieu. NovTSup 107. Leiden: Brill, 2003.

Tannehill, Robert C. The Narrative Unity of Luke-Acts: A Literary Interpretation. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986–1989. A study of Luke-Acts that uses modern literary theory to interpret each pericope within the context of the story as a whole.

------. The Shape of Luke’s Story: Essays on Luke-Acts. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2005.

Thompson, Alan J. One Lord, One People: The Unity of the Church in Acts in Its Literary Setting. LNTS 359. London: T&T Clark, 2008. Contends that a Lukan theme of “unity under one Lord” in Acts contributes to Lukan claims that Christ is the true king and the Christian community is the true people of God.


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Thompson, Richard P. Keeping the Church in Its Place: The Church as Narrative Character in Acts. New York: T&T Clark, 2006.

Thurston, Bonnie. Spiritual Life in the Early Church: The Witness of Acts and Ephe-sians. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.

Tiede, David L. Prophecy and History in Luke-Acts. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980. Interprets Luke-Acts as an attempt to deal with the identity crisis faced by Jewish Christians following the destruction of Jerusalem.

Twelftree, Graham H. In the Name of Jesus: Exorcism among Early Christians. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007.

------. People of the Spirit: Exploring Luke’s View of the Church. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2009.

Tyson, Joseph. The Death of Jesus in Luke-Acts. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1986. A literary study of the way Jesus’ death is presented in these writings, with special emphasis on the development and resolution of conflict between Jesus and his opponents.

------, ed. Luke-Acts and the Jewish People: Eight Critical Perspectives. Minne-apolis: Augsburg, 1988.

———. Marcion and Luke-Acts: A Defining Struggle. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2006. Proposes that the book of Acts and the Gospel of Luke (in its final edition) were written in the second century, during the time of Marcion (ca. 120–125 CE).

Van Linden, Philip. The Gospel of Luke and Acts. MBS 10. Wilmington, DE: Mi-chael Glazier, 1986. A popular study that describes Luke’s concept of the spiritual life as a journey, with special emphasis on such themes as prayer, justice, and joy.

Verheyden, J., ed. The Unity of Luke-Acts. BETL 142. Leuven: Peeters, 1999.Wagner, Günter. An Exegetical Bibliography of the New Testament. Vol. 2, Luke

and Acts. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1985.Walaskay, Paul. “And So We Came to Rome”: The Political Perspective of St. Luke.

SNTSMS 49. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Argues that Luke intended his work to serve as an apology to the Christian church on behalf of the Roman Empire in the interests of improving church/state relations.

Walters, Patricia. The Assumed Authorial Unity of Luke and Acts: A Reassessment of the Evidence. SNTSMS 145. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Challenges the near-consensus view of scholars that Luke and Acts were written by the same author.

Wilcox, Max. The Semitisms of Acts. Oxford: Clarendon, 1965. Identifies Semitic elements in Lukan language and style and discusses the possibility that these might reflect the use of sources.

Wilson, Stephen G. The Gentiles and the Gentile Mission in Luke-Acts. SNTSMS 23. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973. An in-depth analysis of this theme that suggests that Luke’s primary interest is to show that the incursion of Gentiles has taken place according to the will of God.

------. Luke and the Law. SNTSMS 50. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Argues that Luke conceives of the Jewish law as applicable only to Jewish people and thus as nonbinding for Gentile Christians.

------. Luke and the Pastoral Epistles. London: SPCK, 1979. A comparative analysis that suggests that the author of Luke-Acts also wrote the Pastoral Epistles.


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Woods, Edward J. The Finger of God and Pneumatology in Luke-Acts. JSNTSS 205. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.

Zehnle, R. F. Peter’s Pentecost Discourse: Tradition and Lukan Reinterpretation in Peter’s Speeches of Acts 2 and 3. SBLMS 15. Nashville: Abingdon, 1971. Examines the speeches in Acts 2 and 3 as redactional expressions of Lukan concerns.

Ziccardi, Costantino. The Relationship of Jesus and the Kingdom of God according to Luke-Acts. Rome: Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 2008.

Zwiep, Arie W. Christ, the Spirit and the Community of God: Essays on the Acts of the Apostles. WUNT 2/293. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010. Eight indepen-dent essays on an array of topics spanning fifteen years of Zwiep’s career.

------. Judas and the Choice of Matthias: A Study in Context and Concern of Acts 1:15–26. WUNT 2/187. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2004.


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