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The diversity of material in the Book of Acts demands a variety of exegetical tools and strategies. Since speeches constitute over 30% of the text, the interpreter must be adept at handling discourse as well as narrative. Interpreting the Book of Acts presents the fruit of the author’s thirty–year reflection on the Lukan corpus. With a sure hand he guides the reader through numerous approaches...

Chapters three and four attest to the significance and power of the name of the resurrected, ascended Christ (3:6, 16; 4:7, 10, 12, 17, 18, 30) as it is mentioned by both the protagonists and the antagonists of the gospel. In one of these instances (4:12) the name is coupled with salvation, again affirming its importance in Luke’s theology, which features salvation. The name of Christ is a prominent theme throughout Acts and is not limited to chapters three and four: 2:21, 38; 5:28, 40, 41; 8:12,
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