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BIBL 364 Study Guide Quiz 1: The Background of Acts This study guide is for private study only. Students are not permitted to upload the material from this document to internet website or to circulate it in any way. In preparation for the quiz, be sure to be familiar with the following subjects:  The use of the early title of Acts. Be familiar with whether the title is likely to have been part of the original composition and if a specific title consistently appeared in early copies of the writing.  The key characteristics of the ancient literary genre classified as “acts.” Be familiar with how the canonical writing of Acts seems to compare to this.  The ancient literary genre(s) that most closely resemble the canonical work of Acts.  The major characters in Acts and whether it is best to view Acts as a writing devoted to all of the apostles or as a work focused on certain individuals.  How Bock characterizes the book of Acts. Be familiar with whether we regards the writing as a historical, sociological, and/or theological work.  Whether Luke’s treatment of historical subjects seems to follow Jewish or Greco-Roman practices most closely.  Whether it is more appropriate to regard Acts as a comprehensive historical account of the early church or a more selective account of key events?  The four main issues that dominate Luke-Acts.  The ancient writing the Bock argues has a comparable genre as Acts.  The particular scholar known for the theory that Acts was written in part to smooth over the differences between Peter and Paul.  The particular scholar who was known for advocating the historical reliability of Acts.  The aspect(s) of Acts that some scholars believe most severely challenges its historical reliability.  Whether Acts should be regarded as a purely historical account that makes no effort to persuade or instruct readers on certain matters or if it is possible that Luke sought to interpret and present historical events in a particular fashion.

 The ancient historian known for his criticism of the practice of placing invented speeches in historical accounts.  Whether Acts has a more basic or extensive vocabulary and which writings in the New Testament have the most comparable language.  Whether Bock concludes that the “we” passages in Acts likely indicate that Luke was an eyewitness of the events he describes in these sections.  Whether the extant evidence would suggest that there was uniformity about the author of Acts by the end of the second century.  A key reason, according to I. Howard Marshall, that some scholars have doubted the historical value of Acts.  Whether there was a variety of candidates put forward as the author of Acts in early Christianity.  The primary arguments Bock presents in favor of the viewpoint that Luke has summarized speech material and that his summaries are historically reliable.  The major theories on that have been presented on the purpose of Acts and the viewpoint that Bock finds most persuasive.  The major arguments that are cited in favor of the view that Acts was written during the 60s of the first century.  The major arguments that are cited in favor of the view that Acts was written after AD 70.  The key dates for Acts (see chart on page 30).  Each of the major points of theological emphasis in Acts and the basic ways that these themes are emphasized (see pages 32-42).  The type of passages in Acts where the exaltation of Christ is most readily apparent.  The ancient writer who described Acts as the “gospel of the Holy Spirit.”  The basic viewpoint known as “early Catholicism” and how proponents of this theory believe it is demonstrated in Acts.  The approximate percentage of Jews in the Roman Empire during the first century.

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