Beschreibung:
Osvaldo Padilla is Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He is the author of The Acts of the Apostles, The Speeches of Outsiders in Acts and numerous articles and reviews.
Concentrates on the direct speeches of outsiders in Acts, and provides an insightful approach to Luke's theology and historiography.
Introduction; 1. The current state of research on the speeches of Acts; 2. The speeches of outsiders in selected biblical and Second Temple narrative; 3. The Gamaliel speech; 4. The speech of Gallio; 5. The speeches of Demetrius and the Ephesian town clerk; 6. The speeches of Claudius Lysias, Tertullus, and Festus; Conclusions.