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Biblical eLearning (https://biblicalelearning.org) presents (audio is also available on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tQAmvqiBRetclgpYVEIG2?si=fb691334237b4387): Dr. Craig Keener on Acts This is the second of 23 lectures Dr. Craig Keener of Asbury Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky has done on the book of Acts. Be sure to check out his 4 volume analysis of Acts published by Baker Book House. The audio, full text in English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and others are freely available at https://biblicalelearning.org. Also found there are AI-generated Short Summaries, study guides, FAQs, and a summary dialogic audio Podcast. Timed Outline: 00:20 Genre: Novel (Pervo); but 5:20 Different genres 7:35 Adventures as in novels? 13:05 Epic 15:20 Talbert: Biography 16:15 Biography as usually done 16:45 Biography as usually done 20:15 Eduard Meyer 21:00 What kind of history? 25:50 Form: monograph 27:20 Apologetic ethnographic history 30:05 Rhetorical sophistication in some 32:20 Rhetoric in History 35:50 Biases/Tendenz of Ancient Historians 39:50 Theological perspectives 41:15 Accuracy? Varied by historian 43:30 Objectivity the goal, chronology not always available, use of sources 46:50 My observation 47:25 2 Dangers 48:40 Novels and history were distinct genres in antiquity 52:00 Critical historiography 52:50 Even Josephus 53:40 Most importantly 54:20 Is Acts entertaining? Yes 54:40 Testing Luke's own case 54:55 Preface 55:40 Luke 1.1-4 tells us much about sources available to Luke Dr. Keener''s teaching in audio format is now available on Spotify Podcasting playlist [Biblical eLearning - Ted Hildebrandt]: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EuuysbhrLA48QjuBoE3Dc?si=c15ee1d9c5c54008