Contextualizing Acts: Lukan Narrative and Greco-Roman Discourse (Symposium Series (Society of Biblical Literature), No. 18.) (Society of Biblical Literature Symposium)

How did Greco-Roman discourse shape early Christian literature and identity? Contextualizing Acts advances the discussion in this collection of innovative analyses of the intersection of Lukan narrative and Greco-Roman discourse. Topics span the adaptation of ancient rhetoric and historiography, influence of epics and novels, role of orality, and status of designations such as apologetic.

Todd Penner is Assistant Professor of Religion at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. Caroline Vander Stichele is Universitair Docent in Religious Studies at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.