Overview
This course is designed to examine the book of Acts from a historical, grammatical, and narrative perspective. Students will become familiar with important historical and grammatical features of Acts as well as essential ideas that a narrative reading of Acts yields. Students will become oriented to the main themes in Acts as well as the general ideas in each chapter and how they work together to form the entirety of the Acts narrative.
Categories
1. Acts: Background to Acts
Session 1: Background to Acts: Introduction, Dating, and Abrupt Ending
2. Acts: Background to Acts - Part 2
Session 2: Background to Acts, pt. II: Authorship, Audience, and Connection with Luke’s Gospel
3. Acts: Background to Acts - Part 3
Session 3: Background to Acts, pt. III: Connection with Luke’s Gospel cont., Luke’s sources, and Genre
4. Acts: Background to Acts - Part 4
Session 4: Background to Acts, pt. IV: Speeches in Acts and Purpose of Acts
5. Acts: Background to Acts - Part 5
Session 5: Background to Acts, pt. V: Theology and Message of Acts
6. Acts: Examining Acts 1 - 7
Session 6: Examining Acts 1 - 7
7. Acts: Examining Acts 8 - 14
Session 7: Examining Acts 8 - 14
8. Acts: Examining Acts 15 - 21
Session 8: Examining Acts 15 - 21
9. Acts: Examining Acts 22 - 28
Session 9: Examining Acts 22 - 28
Instructor
