TY - BOOK AU - Gaventa,Beverly Roberts TI - The Acts of the Apostles T2 - Abingdon New Testament commentaries SN - 068705821X AV - BS2875.53 .G38 2003 U1 - 226.607 22 PY - 2003///?] CY - Nashville, Tenn. PB - Abingdon Press KW - Bible KW - Acts KW - Commentaries N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - In a striking departure from customary readings of the Acts of the Apostles as the story of the growth of the church, Gaventa argues that Luke's second volume has to do with nothing less than the activity of God. From the beginning of the story at Jesus' Ascension and extending until well past the final report of Paul's activity in Rome, Luke narrates a relentlessly theological story, in which matters of institutional history or biography play only an incidental role. Gaventa pays careful attention to Luke's story of God, as well as to the numerous characters who set themselves in opposition to God's plan ER -