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Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - Introduction -- With in the rising tide of studies devoted to Lk/Rc in recent years, there has been a wavelet of interest directed to a series of texts In which a report of recent events is made to the assembled Christian community. In these scenes, almost without exception, some recent event or series of events is described and acclaimed as the work of God - a mighty deed of God carried out in the here and now on behalf of the church and its members. The recurrent appearance of such scenes in Acts was first noted by Gerhard Lohfink in 1978. He wrote: �.Luke.has no theological problem at all in speaking about the works of God beyond Easter in the history of the developing church. He takes for granted, as In Acts 4:23-31, that these historical works of God can only be recognized by the single-mindedly believing community. They must be told and interpreted in the community. In Acts the model which we have discovered in 4:23-31 appears with variations in a number of places, especially in the description of the Apostolic Council. (Cf. 11:1-18,* 12:11-17; 14:26-27; 15:1-35 and 21:18-20.). This decisive theological point of reference in Acts has never received an adequate exegetical analysis, to say nothing of its being comprehended and carried out in the churches today.�