Lecture 1: Authorship, Date and Genre of the book of Acts
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Lesson
One way to describe Acts is, "Luke: Part 2." It's likely from both internal and external evidence that Luke was the author. It was probably written in the 70's or 80's of the first century as a historical monograph with a biographic focus.
Outline
OUTLINE FOR LECTURE 1. ACTS – AUTHORSHIP, DATE, GENRE
1. Introduction
2. Authorship
Tradition and Pronoun ‘we’
What the Classists Think
Luke as a Physician
Objections to Luke
The Author’s Background
His Target Audience
Luke’s Style
The Focus of Acts
3. Date
Early Date
Later Date
Luke’s Apologetic Agenda
4. Genre
Historical Genre
Biographical Genre