Andrew D. Clarke

Barrett and Fitzmyer on Acts Review Article

A number of significant publications on the Acts of the Apostles saw the light of day in 1998. Four major commentaries were published: C. K. Barrett’s The Acts of the Apostles, Volume II, Introduction and Commentary on Acts XV-XXVIII (ICC, T&T Clark, 1998, £39.95, pp. cxx + 577, ISBN 0-567-08542-2); Joseph A. Fitzmyer’s, The Acts of the Apostles: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (AB, Doubleday, 1998,

Secular and Christian Leadership in Corinth: A Socio-Historical and Exegetical Study of 1 Corinthians 1-6

45.00, pp. xxxi + 830, ISBN 0-385-46880-6); Jacob Jervell’s, Die Apostelgeschichte (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1998) replacing Haenchen in the Kritischexegetischer Kommentar uber das Neue Testament series; and Ben Witherington’s The Acts of the Apostles: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary (Eerdmans, 1998). Also in 1998, the completion of the extensive series, ’The Book of Acts in its First Century Setting’ (Eerdmans), was marked by the publication of the associated volume Witness to the Gospel: The Theology of Acts (Eerdmans, 1998) edited by I. Howard Marshall and David Peterson. During the early part of the new millennium, further research in this area of New Testament Studies will