Dr. Craig Keener, Acts, Lecture 1: Authorship, Date, Genre

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Dr. Craig Keener on Acts
Here is a lecture by Dr. Craig Keener who has just finished his magisterial 4 volumes on the book of Acts. N. T. Wright commenting on his work says: "With this enormous commentary, Craig Keener deploys his breathtaking knowledge of the classical world to shine a bright light on both the big picture of Acts. Students of Acts will be in his debt for generations to come."
--N. T. Wright, University of St. Andrews. This video was produced by Ted Hildebrandt. The audio, full text in English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and others are freely available at https://biblicalelearning.org.

Timed Outline:
00:25 Introduction
1:05 Book of Acts – also known as Luke, Part II
1:30 Acts tells us the beginning of many of the churches
2:10 Authorship: "we" narratives
9:25 In other ancient literature…
9:40 Who was this companion?
12:50 Tradition: Luke
16:30 If by Luke
18:30 Same author as Luke's Gospel, style
19:45 Author's background: physicians
21:10 No "professional" historians
22:20 Objections
25:15 Author's background: geography
26:25 Author's background: Jewish or Gentile?
29:10 Target audience:
32:30 Luke's style
34:00 Focus of Acts:
37:25 Date of Acts
39:55 Later date (70-90 CE)
45:30 Very late date
48:30 Paul's defense/apologetic [riots] argument
55:00 Genre: History
56:05 Other proposals – biography (Talbert)
57:15 But:

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