Acts and the Isaianic New Exodus - Softcover

Pao, David W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1498299431 ISBN 13: 9781498299435

Publisher: Wipf and Stock, 2016

Synopsis

For an eye-opening understanding of Acts, readers discover clues to its structure and meaning hidden in Isaiah and the new Exodus message."

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From the Back Cover:

"David Pao's richly detailed and persuasive analysis admirably demonstrates the centrality of Isaianic New Exodus themes for the soteriology and ecclesiology of Acts, and thereby also illuminates, in an original manner, other important themes in Luke's work." -Max Turner, London Bible College "Enriches and enlivens every thoughtful reading of Acts. No one who teaches or preaches through Acts will want to be without this volume." -D. A. Carson, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School "Contemporary scholarship increasingly recognizes the importance of the Old Testament in the New. Earlier scholars established the significance of Isaiah's theme of the New Exodus for the early Christians; now David Pao argues for its central role in Acts and helps us to read Luke's work from a fresh angle." -I. Howard Marshall, University of Aberdeen "Pao moves the conversation forward in a welcome way by highlighting the pervasiveness of the Scriptures' influence in Luke's narrative, emphasizing Luke's deployment of the Scriptures in the service of ecclesiology and demonstrating how Luke has appropriated the scriptural tradition in profoundly constructive ways." -Joel B. Green, Asbury Theological Seminary "Persuasively shows the wide and deep influence of the Isaianic New Exodus motif on Luke's presentation of the early church and the purposes of God in Acts. This careful and detailed work deserves to be read widely. I commend it most warmly to all who wish to increase their understanding of Acts." -Steve Walton, London Bible College "The book is a valuable contribution, for a comprehensive biblical theology of the Old and New Testaments and for a better evaluation of Luke as a theologian of salvationhistory." -Martin Hengel, University of Tubingen David W. Pao (Ph.D., Harvard University) is assistant professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

About the Author:

David W. Pao (PhD Harvard University) is Professor of New Testament and Chair of the New Testament Department at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His publications include Acts and the Isaianic New Exodus, Thanksgiving: An Investigation of a Pauline Theme, Early Christian Voices: In Texts, Traditions, and Symbols (coeditor), Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, and After Imperialism: Christian Identity in China and the Global Evangelical Movement (coeditor).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1498299431
• ISBN 13: 9781498299435
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322