{"product_id":"the-acts-of-the-apostles-through-the-centuries-isbn-9781119304067","title":"The Acts of the Apostles Through the Centuries","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharting the theological and cultural potency of Acts across the timespan of Christian history, this work of profound scholarship reveals the full extent of the New Testament book’s religious, artistic, literary, and political influence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals the influence of Acts at key turning points in the history of the Christian church\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces the rich and varied artistic and cultural heritage rooted in Acts, from music to literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalyzes the political significance of the book as a touchstone in the church’s external relations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides detailed commentary on the exegesis of Acts down the centuries\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Orienting the Reading 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActs 1 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActs 2 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActs 3–5 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActs 6–8 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActs 9 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActs 10–12 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActs 13–14 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActs 15 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActs 16–17 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActs 18–19 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActs 20–23 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActs 24–26 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActs 27–28 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1: Citations of the Acts of the Apostles in \u003ci\u003eCreeds \u0026amp; Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition \u003c\/i\u003e262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiographies and Glossary 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor and Artist Index 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Scripture References 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 339\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeidi J. Hornik\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art History at Baylor University, USA. She is a highly respected art historian and scholar in the field of reception history, and the author of \u003ci\u003eMichele Tosini and the Ghirlandaio Workshop in Cinquecento Florence\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). Professor Hornik co-authored the three-volume series \u003ci\u003eIlluminating Luke\u003c\/i\u003e (2003, 2005, 2007) with her collaborator on this publication, Mikeal Parsons, with whom she also co-edited \u003ci\u003eInterpreting Christian Art\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMikeal C. Parsons\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Macon Chair in Religion at Baylor University, USA, where he has taught since 1986. His extensive publications on textual as well as interpretive topics in biblical studies include \u003ci\u003eBody and Character in Luke and Acts: The Subversion of Physiognomy in Early Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and \u003ci\u003eLuke: Storyteller, Evangelist, Interpreter\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). Professor Parsons has collaborated with Professor Hornik on two previous publications, both as co-author on the three-volume series\u003ci\u003e Illuminating Luke\u003c\/i\u003e (2003, 2005, 2007), and as co-editor of \u003ci\u003eInterpreting Christian Art\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The authors take readers on a stimulating journey through one of the Bible's most intriguing books as it has been interpreted by theologians, artists, composers, and writers through the centuries. The chapter-by-chapter analysis of both the theological and reception history of the Acts of the Apostles expands the traditional boundaries of biblical studies, focusing on the significance of the visual as evidence for the doing of theology, biblical exegesis, and cultural history of Christianity.\" \u003ci\u003eDiane Apostolos-Cappadona, Georgetown University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWonderfully researched and compellingly revealing, this new book shows how the reception of Acts of the Apostles illuminates not just the biblical text itself but also the attitudes of those interpreting it. The authors journey far beyond their analysis of the exegesis of Acts, tracing its influence on art and music, and charting the ways in which Luke's volume has guided the evangelism, worship practices, and institutions of ecclesiastical communities across the centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe potent influence exerted by Acts affirms its place as perhaps the most significant of the New Testament books outside the Gospels themselves. With its accounts of the Ascension and the Pentecost, and its narrative of Paul's conversion and journeys, Acts inspired transcendent works of religious art and acted as a blueprint for the Christian Church's commitment to evangelism. The volume analyses the extent of that influence at key turning points in the religious—and political—history of Christianity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis rich volume brings together an impressive array of representations and interpretations demonstrating the myriad ways in which Acts has inspired artists, writers, musicians, and clerics to create cultural treasures as well as to justify the stratagems of powerful vested interests. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Acts of the Apostles Through the Centuries\u003c\/i\u003e is published within the Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries series. 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