Richard I. Pervo

(May 11, 1942 – May 19, 2017)

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Richard I. Pervo began his research on Acts in the 1970s with a Harvard dissertation on its literary genre. He taught at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and the University of Minnesota. He is the author of many books including Profit with Delight: The Literary Genre of the Acts of the Apostles (1987) and Dating Acts: Between the Evangelists and the Apologists (2006), and Acts: A Commentary (Hermeneia, 2008).

Publications

• The Pastorals and Polycarp (Scholars Bible, 2016)
• The Gospel of Luke (Scholars Bible, 2014)
• Acts and Christian Beginnings, edited by Dennis E. Smith and Joseph B. Tyson (2014)
• Acts: A Commentary (Hermeneia, 2008)
• The Mystery of Acts: Unraveling Its Story (2008)
• Dating Acts: Between the Evangelists and the Apologists (2006)
• Rethinking the Unity of Luke and Acts (with Mikeal A. Parsons, 1993)
• Luke’s Story of Paul (1990)
• Profit with Delight: The Literary Genre of the Acts of the Apostles (1987)

Academic Credentials

• A.A., Concordia College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• B.A., Concordia Sr. College, Fort Wayne, Indiana
• B.D., Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Th.D., Harvard University