{"product_id":"9781598151350","title":"Acts and Christian Beginnings : The Acts Seminar Report","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Acts of the Apostles is not history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eActs was long thought to be a first-century document, and its author Luke to be a disciple of Paul—thus an eyewitness or acquaintance of eyewitnesses to nascent Christianity. Acts was considered history, pure and simple. But the Acts Seminar, a decade-long collaborative project by scholars affiliated with the Westar Institute, concluded that dates from the second century. That conclusion directly challenges the view of Acts as history and raises a host of new questions, addressed in this final report. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Acts Seminar began deliberations in 2001, with the task of going through the canonical Acts of the Apostles from beginning to end and evaluating it for historical accuracy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContributors include: Rubén Dupertuis, Associate Professor of Religion, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas; Perry V. Kea, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, University of Indianapolis, Indiana; Nina E. Livesey, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Oklahoma at Norman; Dennis R. MacDonald, Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, Claremont School of Theology, California; Shelly Matthews, Associate Professor of New Testament, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth; Milton Moreland, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee; Richard I. Pervo, retired, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Thomas E. Phillips, Dean of Library and Information Services, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California; Christine R. Shea, Professor of Classics, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana; William O. Walker, Jr., Jennie Farris Railey King Professor Emeritus of Religion, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polebridge Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49750485631224,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":56.79,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9781598151350-1.jpg?v=1783723464","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9781598151350","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}