A History of the Interpretation of the Acts of the Apostles
"The bringing together of Gasque's earlier book and his re-cent article is a real service to those of us interested in the Acts of the Apostles."

-Robert F. O'Toole, SJ

"Not only a valuable contribu-tion to the history of interpreta-tion, but also to the understanding of Acts. It provides information on the scholars involved as well as on the material to be considered."

- Bo Reicke

clearly, carefully and con-cisely written. This much-needed book will be welcomed and con-tinually used by all interested in Luke-Acts...

-A. J. Mattill, Jr.

"We are deeply indebted to Professor Gasque that he has offered us an objective and clear review of the history of the interpretation of this im-portant biblical book.... No one in the future will be able to concern himself or herself with the exegesis of the Book of Acts without the use of the secure guidance which has been provided by the work of Professor Gasque

Oscar Cullmann

An updated revision of Professor Gasque's acclaimed work, A History of the Citicism of the Acts of the Apostles, which appeared in German as No. 17 in the series Beiträge zur Geschichte der biblischen Exegese, this new edition includes an indispensable chapter that surveys the critical study of Acts since the volume first appeared in English in 1975.

lustrating the scholarly discussion of the Book of Acts since the onset of modern criticism is no small task, but Gasque does it with clarity, dis-cernment, and sound judgement. Charting the various route's scholarship has taken in an attempt to interpret Acts, he often exposes these routes as "dead ends showing how many were first taken at the expense of historical research and were at times founded upon philosophical pre-suppositions and speculative theories concerning the development of early Christianity