Die Apostelgeschichte Und Die Hellenistische Geschichtsschreibung: Festschrift Für Eckhard Plümacher Zu Seinem 65. Geburtstag

This volume - a Festschrift in honour of the renowned Acts-scholar Eckhard Plümacher - contains thirteen articles on Luke’s Acts of the Apostles. Presented are essays concerning Luke’s language and style (Alexander, Koch, Steyn, Victor), the literary and historiographical technique applied in Acts (Moessner, Koch, Lindemann), on Luke’s theology / Christology (Schröter, Vouga) and on the use (and abuse) of Acts for reconstructing aspects of the history of Early Christianity (Breytenbach, Horn, Schmithals) and for constructing theology relevant to modern culture (Vouga). Furthermore it contains a critical edition and commentary of the Martyrdom of Stephen with a discussion of its relationship to Acts (Bovon/Bouvier) and a presentation and discussion of some unknown Coptic Fragments of Acts (Bethge).

Cilliers Breytenbach, Dr. theol. (1983), Dr. theol. habil. (1986), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, is Professor of Literature and Religion of Early Christianity at the Humboldt University, Berlin and extraordinary Professor for New Testament at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa). He has published extensively on a wide range of topics concerning New Testament theology and the history and literature of Early Christianity.
Jens Schröter, Ph.D. (1992) in Heidelberg, Habilitation (1996) in Berlin, is Professor of New Testament at the University of Leipzig. He has published especially on Paul and the early Jesus tradition. Currently he is working on a commentary on the Acts of the Apostles and a book on Jesus.