Reading Acts: A Literary and Theological Commentary in Bloomington, MN

Answers to the usual introductory questions do not yield sufficient harvest to enable an intelligent reading of Acts. The approach of
Reading Acts
is to ask how ancient Mediterranean auditors would have heard Acts when it was read in their presence. To be successful Talbert divides this approach into two parts- how Acts would have been heard in its precanonical context and in its canonical context.