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The Mystery of Acts
Unraveling its Story
The author of Acts unwittingly committed a near-perfect crime: He told his story so well that all rival accounts vanished with but the faintest of traces. And thus future generations were left with no documents that recount the history of the early Christian tradition—because Acts is not history. According to Richard Pervo, “Acts is a beautiful house that readers may happily admire, but it is not a home in which the historian can responsibly live.” Luke did not even aspire to write history but rather told his story to defend the gentile communities of his day as the legitimate heirs of Israelite religion. In The Mystery of Acts, Pervo explores the problem of history in Acts by asking, and answering, the fundamental questions:
• Who wrote Acts?
• Where was Acts written?
• When was Acts written?
• Why was Acts written?
• How was Acts written?
The result is a veritable tour-de-force that enlightens, entertains, and brings Acts to life.
PERVO INTERVIEW 
“Pervo writes with verve and has a commanding knowledge of the literature on Acts.” — The Bible Today |
“This is Pervo’s amazing, clear, and unsullied conclusion to his long and magnificent scholarship on Acts. . . . Pervo’s conclusion is stunning. It changes the picture of Christian beginnings.” —Burton Mack, Professor of Religion and Early Christianity emeritus, Claremont Graduate University |
“Pervo presents his conclusions in such a lucid and enjoyable way that any intelligent reader will be both instructed and entertained. This new volume is the best concise analysis of Acts that I know of.” —Gerd Lüdemann, Professor of New Testament at Georg-August-University, University of Göttingen, Germany |
192 pages, paperback
ISBN 978-1-59815-012-4
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