Dr. Creasy's Suggested Reading for Luke & Acts
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Poet & Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes: a Literary-Cultural Approach to the Parables of Luke
Kenneth E. Bailey
Centering on God: Method and Message in Luke-Acts
Robert L. Brawley
Text to Text Pours Forth Speech: Voices of Scripture in Luke-Acts
Robert L. Brawley
The Acts of the Apostles, Greek Text with Introduction and Commentary, 3rd revised and enlarged edition
F. F. Bruce
The Making of Luke-Acts
Henry J. Cadbury
The Style and Literary Method of Luke
Henry J. Cadbury
On Character Building: The Reader and the Rhetoric of Characterization in Luke-Acts
John A. Darr
The Lukan Voice, Confusion and Irony in the Gospel of Luke
James M. Dawsey
Tradition and Design in Luke’s Gospel
John Drury
The Gospel According to Luke, I-IX
(Anchor Bible, vol. 28)
Joseph A. Fitzmyer
The Gospel According to Luke, X-XXIV
Joseph A. Fitzmyer
Luke: A New Paradigm
M.D. Goulder
Host, Guest, Enemy, and Friend: Portraits of the Pharisees in Luke and Acts
David B. Gowler
The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response
Wolfgang Iser
The Political Unconscious: Narrative as a Socially Symbolic Act
Fredric Jameson
The Art of Rhetoric in the Roman World, 300 B.C. – 300 A.D.
G.A. Kennedy
Reading Luke-Acts: Dynamics of Biblical Narrative
William S. Kurz
Perspectives on Luke-Acts
Ed. C.H. Talbert
The Social World of Luke-Acts: Models of Interpretation
J.H. Neyrey
The Structure of Luke and Acts
A. Q. Morton and G. H. C. MacGregor
The Acts of the Apostles (The Anchor Bible, vol. 31)
Johannes Munck
Luke 1-9:20 (Word Biblical Commentary, vol. 35A)
John Nolland
Luke 9:21-18 (Word Biblical Commentary, vol. 35b)
John Nolland
The Departure of Jesus in Luke-Acts: The Ascension Narratives in Context
Mikeal Parsons
Literary Criticism for New Testament Critics
Norman Petersen
The Bible and Modern Literary Criticism: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography
Eds. M.A. Powell, C.G. Gray and M.C. Curtis
What is Narrative Criticism? (Guides to Biblical Scholarship)
M.A. Powell
Narrative Asides in Luke-Acts
S.M. Sheeley
The Narrative Function of the Holy Spirit as a Character in Luke-Acts
William H. Shepherd, Jr.
Reading Luke: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Third Gospel
Charles Talbert
A Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation
R. J. Coggins and J. L. Houlden, Eds.
The Narrative Unity of Luke-Acts: A Literary Interpretation, Acts of the Apostles, Vol 1.
R. C. Tannenhill
The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting, Vol. 1.
Bruce Winter, series editor