Acts. An Exegetical Commentary. Volume 1: Introduction and 1:1-2:47

Highly respected New Testament scholar Craig Keener is known for his meticulous and comprehensive research. This commentary on Acts, his magnum opus, may be the largest and most thoroughly documented Acts commentary available. Useful not only for the study of Acts but also early Christianity, this work sets Acts in its first-century context.

In this volume, the first of four, Keener introduces the book of Acts, particularly historical questions related to it, and provides detailed exegesis of its opening chapters. He utilizes an unparalleled range of ancient sources and offers a wealth of fresh insights. This magisterial commentary will be a valuable resource for New Testament professors and students, pastors, Acts scholars, and libraries.

Craig S. Keener (PhD, Duke University) is F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He is the award-winning author of nearly forty books, with some 1.4 million copies in circulation. Keener's books have won fifteen national or international awards, including six in Christianity Today. He is married to Dr. Médine Moussounga Keener, who was a refugee in her home country of Congo for eighteen months; their story appears in Impossible Love: The True Story of an African Civil War, Miracles, and Hope against All Odds.