Luke-Acts in Modern Interpretation

Author: Stanley E. Porter & Ron C. Fay

A biographical and interpretive history of Luke-Acts scholarship

Luke-Acts in Modern Interpretation explores the lives and work of ten interpreters who have significantly influenced the study of the Lukan writings over the past 150 years. The chapters contain short biographical sketches of the scholars that illuminate their personal and academic lives, summaries and evaluations of their major works, and analysis of the ongoing relevance of their work in contemporary scholarship on Luke-Acts.

Key thinkers surveyed include the following:

Adolf Harnack
Martin Dibelius
F. F. Bruce
Loveday Alexander
C. K. Barrett
Hans Conzelmann

An introduction and a conclusion by Stanley Porter and Ron Fay trace the development of Luke-Acts scholarship from the 1870s to the present and examine how these ten scholars' studies have shaped the field. Those invested in understanding the recent history of scholarship on Luke-Acts will find here a valuable deposit of historical insight into biblical studies.

Author:

Stanley E. Porter (PhD, University of Sheffield) is president, dean, professor of New Testament, and Roy A. Hope Chair in Christian Worldview at McMaster Divinity College. Porter is the editor of more than eighty volumes and author of twenty-eight books on various topics in New Testament and related subjects, including How We Got the New Testament: Text, Transmission, Translation and The Gospel of John in Modern Interpretation. Porter has published more than three hundred articles, chapters, and related writings, and he speaks regularly at major conferences and other venues globally. Visit his blog at domainthirtythree.com.

Ron C. Fay is assistant professor of biblical studies at Liberty University. His other works include The Gospel of John in Modern Interpretation.

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