160258186X 03 NetRead Software and Services, LLC 02 160258186X 03 9781602581869 15 9781602581869 02 BB <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText>The Acts of the Apostles</TitleText> <TitlePrefix>The</TitlePrefix> <TitleWithoutPrefix>Acts of the Apostles</TitleWithoutPrefix> <Subtitle>Four Centuries of Baptist Interpretation</Subtitle> 1 B01 Beth Allison Barr Barr, Beth Allison Beth Allison Barr is Assistant Professor of European Women’s History, Baylor University. Her research interests focus on sermon literature in England, 1350-1750, and she is the author of The Pastoral Care of Women in Late Medieval England. She lives in Waco, Texas. 2 B01 Bill J. Leonard Leonard, Bill J. Bill J. Leonard is Dean of the School of Divinity and Professor of Church History, Wake Forest University. A prolific writer, his most recent books include Baptist Questions, Baptist Answers: Exploring Christian Faith (2008), Baptists in America (2007), and Baptist Ways: A History (2003). He lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 3 B01 Mikeal C. Parsons Parsons, Mikeal C. Mikeal C. Parsons is Kidd L. and Buna Hitchcock Macon Chair in Religion, Baylor University. His most recently published books are Acts: Paideia Commentary on the New Testament (2008), Luke: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist (2007), Body and Character in Luke and Acts: The Subversion of Physiognomy in Early Christianity (2006), and with Heidi J. Hornik, the three-volume work Illuminating Luke. He lives in Waco, Texas. 4 B01 C. Douglas Weaver Weaver, C. Douglas C. Douglas Weaver is Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor of Religion, Baylor University. He is the author or editor of six books, including most recently In Search of the New Testament Church: The Baptist Story (2008), Second to None: A History of Second-Ponce de Leon. 5 A32 Helen Barrett Montgomery Montgomery, Helen Barrett 01 eng 1000 REL073000 10 REL006050 10 REL006080 20 Baptist; theology; religion; interpretation; Scripture; Bible; Acts; hermeneutics; New Testament 01 01 02 &i>The Acts of the Apostles: Four Centuries of Baptist Interpretation&/i> is a landmark work of research, containing examples of specific ways that Baptists have used Acts in their confessions, sermons, tracts, commentaries, monographs, devotional and denominational literature, speeches, and hymns. Including the entirety of the Acts as translated by Baptist luminary Helen Barrett Montgomery, this commentary beautifully illustrates the diversity of Baptist responses to this book of Scripture, and in so doing, a variety of hermeneutical approaches within the Baptist tradition. 08 02 “This is a path-breaking scholarly undertaking that shows Baptisst the scriptural reasoning that underlies their denominational existence.”&br>&br>—David W. Bebbington, Professor of History, University of Stirling 04 05 01 http://www.netread.com/jcusers/1338/1795382/image/lgcover.2337028.tif 07 03 01 http://www.netread.com/jcusers/1338/1795382/image/smcover.2337029.tif 02 Baylor University Press BAYL001 Baylor University Press 01 02 BAYL001 Baylor University Press United States 04 20090701 01 WORLD 01 10 in 02 7 in Baylor University Press 02 Y IP 20 20090615 01 02 Baylor University Press BSR 99.95 USD 20091025 01 02 Baylor University Press BSR 66.99 GBP 20091025