Course Description
The course will deal with the following topics: 1) General Introduction to the Acts: Authorship, Date, Various Sources, Literary Forms and Structure of the Book. 2) A close look into the Content of the Acts; analysis of each chapter. 3) Theological aspects of the Acts: Christology, Ecclesiology and Pneumatology.
Bibliography
R.E. BROWN, Introduction to New Testament, Theological Publication of India, Bangalore, 2002.
J.A. FITZMYER, The Acts of the Apostles, The New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, in AB, Doubleday, New York, 1998.
J.C. LENTZ, Luke’s Portrait of Paul, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993.
J.M. O’CONNOR, Paul: His Story, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004.
J. ZMIJEWSKI, Atti degli Apostoli, Editrice Morcelliana, Brescia, 2006.
W. S. KURZ, Acts of the Apostles, Baker, Grand Rapids, 2013.