The speeches of outsiders in Acts : poetics, theology and historiography / Osvaldo Padilla.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-255) and indexes.

505 0 _aThe speeches of outsiders in Acts : uncharted territory ; Method ; Structure and procedure -- The current state of research on the speeches of Acts. Ferdinand Christian Baur ; Henry Joel Cadbury ; F.F. Bruce ; Martin Dibelius ; Marion Soards ; Todd Penner -- The speeches of outsiders in selected biblical and Second Temple narrative literature. Ezra ; Daniel ; First and Second Maccabees ; Third Maccabees ; Judith ; Josephus ; Other writings -- The Gamaliel speech. Context ; The narrative and the speech ; The function of the speech -- The speech of Gallio. Context ; The narrative and speeches at Corinth ; The function of the speech of Gallio -- The speeches of Demetrius and the Ephesian town clerk. Context ; The narrative and speeches at Ephesus ; The speech of Demetrius ; The speech of the town clerk -- The speeches of Claudius Lysias, Tertullus, and Festus. Context ; The narrative and written speech of Claudius Lysias ; The narrative and speech of Tertullus ; The speech of Festus -- The speeches of outsiders and the historical context of Luke-Acts' readers : a community in need of identity reassurance ; The speeches of outsiders and the historiographic orientation of Luke-Acts.