The problem of the text of Acts

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Label

The problem of the text of Acts

Statement of responsibility

W.A. Strange

Creator

• Strange, W. A., 1953-

Subject

• Bible, Acts
• Bible, Acts
• Bible, Acts -- Criticism, Textual
• Bible, N.T | Acts
• Bible, New Testament -- Critique textuelle
• Bible, New Testament | Actes des Apôtres -- Critique textuelle
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Handelingen der Apostelen (bijbelboek)
• Tekstgeschiedenis
• Textgeschichte
• Textkritik
• Bibel, Apostelgeschichte

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

Some manuscripts of the book of Acts have a slightly longer version of the book that is familiar to us, a version called the Western Text, which is made up of small amounts of additional material scattered throughout the work. Various theories have been proposed to account for the existence of the Western Text, although no real consensus has emerged. In recent years this material, long thought to be inauthentic, has been reexamined by a number of scholars who have come to the conclusion that it may derive from Luke, the author of Acts. This study puts forward the ingenious thesis that Luke left Acts unfinished at his death, and that the work of his posthumous editors has led to the existence of the two versions of Acts that appear in our manuscripts

Member of

• Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies), 71

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

index present

LC call number

BS2625.2

LC item number

.S776 1991

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Monograph series / Society for New Testament Studies

Series volume

71