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Commentaries on Acts
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Bruce, Frederick Fyvie |
| Copyright Year | 1989 |
| Abstract | It is widely held that the work of Martin Dibelius constituted a watershed in the study of the Acts of the Apostles. From 1923 until his death in 1947 he produced a series of essays and lectures which were published together in one volume in 1951, under the editorship of Heinrich Greeven: an English translation of this volume. Studies in the Acts of the Apostles, appeared in 1956 (SCM Press). The main emphasis of Dibelius’s studies lay on the importance of stylistic criticism, which he applied both to the narratives and to the speeches in Acts. Whereas, for example. in studying the voyage and shipwreck narrative of Acts 27. ‘the older school of criticism’, he considered, ‘thinks only of the event and not of the account’, he himself insisted on the positive lessons which can be learned through close attention to the literary affinities of the passage. His work has been strongly influential, especially among German scholars, some of whom indeed say ‘Dibelius has proved’ at times when all that the situation justifies is ‘Dibelius has suggested’. |
| Starting Page | 315 |
| Ending Page | 321 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1177/026009358904000304 |
| Volume Number | 40 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/ffb/acts_bruce.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1177/026009358904000304 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
