Tuesday, March 09, 2004

Listwatch: Culy and Parsons on Acts

This announced by Wieland Willker on b-greek:

The Acts of the Apostles: A Handbook on the Greek Text
by Martin M. Culy, Mikeal Carl Parsons
List Price: $29.95 / Amazon Price: $20.97
Paperback: 580 pages ;
Dimensions (in inches): 1.23 x 7.44 x 6.32
Publisher: Baylor Univ Pr; (February 2004)
ISBN: 0918954908

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Editorial Reviews
A. K. M. Adam, Associate Professor of New Testament, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary "Their work instantly moves to the front rank of necessary reference books for all readers of Acts . . ."

About the Author
MARTIN M. CULY is an associate professor of New Testament at Briercrest Biblical Seminary. Culy earned an M.A. in Linguistics from the University of North Dakota, the M.Div. from Grace Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D from Baylor University. MIKEAL C. PARSONS is a professor of religion at Baylor University. Parsons earned his Ph.D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and is the author of The Departure of Jesus in Luke-Acts (1987); Rethinking the Unity of Luke and Acts (1993); and, with Heidi J. Hornik, Illuminating Luke: The Infancy Narrative in Italian Renaissance Painting (2003).

Book Description
While the commentary tradition has, with some notable exceptions, shifted away from philology to take up questions of the social values, rhetorical conventions, and narrative strategies, this volume provides the textual, philological, and grammatical essentials to any act of interpretation. By working through this text systematically, readers will not only gain a firmer grasp of the peculiar shape of Acts' grammar, but given Acts' length and complexity, they will also become better equipped to approach the other New Testament documents with increased confidence, particularly other narrative literature.

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