Theology as History, History as Theology

This monograph explores the theology of the Acts of the Apostles while taking seriously the status of the writing as ancient historiography: What does it mean to speak of theology in a historiographical work? How can this theology be apprehended? What does this theology have to do with the overall character of the writing and with how the writing functioned for its original audience? Acts 19 is both, case study and source to generate the answers.

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Expanded Ph.D. dissertation Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., USA, 2004. Scott Shauf is now Assistant Professor of Bible and Greek at Bluefield College in Bluefield, Virginia (USA).

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Introduction

Chapter One: What is the Problem? Theology and Historiography in the Study of Luke-Acts

1.1 The Study of Lukan Theology in Scholarship · 1.2 The Theology of Acts: A Methodological Proposal · 1.3 Historiography · 1.4 Historiography and the Theology of Acts

Chapter Two: Acts 19 as a Challenge to the Interpretation of the Theology of Acts

2.1 How to Proceed? · 2.2 Acts 19 in Theological Study? · 2.3 The Interpretation of Acts 19

Chapter Three: Acts 19: Interpreting the Story

3.1 Context and Setting · 3.2 The Strange Disciples Brought In (19:1-7) · 3.3 To Synagogue, , and Beyond (19:8-12) · 3.4 The Inimitable Power (19:13-17) · 3.5 Confession and Conflagration (19:18-20) · 3.6 Paul Plans to Leave (19:21-22) · 3.7 The Riot of the Pagans (19:23-40) · 3.8 The Speech to the Ephesian Elders (20:17-38)

Chapter Four: Acts 19: Historiography and Theology

4.1 Acts 19 as Historiographical Narrative · 4.2 Paul and the Divine: Acts 19 as Theological Historiography · 4.3 History, Theology, and Identity

Chapter Five: Conclusion

5.1 Summary of Results · 5.2 Acts, History, and Theology: Reflections for the Present

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