The Purpose of Luke-Acts </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Maddox, Robert L.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">6:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>T. & T. Clark</publisher> <dateIssued>1982</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>218tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover</extent> <extent>23 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Maddox's work addresses itself to the central themes of Luke's two-volume work: ecclesiology and eschatology. He discussed carefully and judiciously the work of English-speaking and Continental scholars, rejecting view which see Luke-Acts either as a Christian apologetic addressed to the Roman state or as directed to particular theological disputes within the Church such as Gnosticism, attacks on Paul or problems relating to the delay of the Parousia....</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Robert L. Maddox, John Riches (editor)</note> <subject> <topic>Bible -- N.T -- Acts -- Criticism, interpretation, etc</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Luke -- Acts of the Apostles</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">226.606</classification> <classification authority="ddc">R639-M18</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0567093123</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11056/the-purpose.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11056/the-purpose.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg"/> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070953.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>