{"product_id":"many-convincing-proofs","title":"Many Convincing Proofs","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile there have been various studies examining the contents of the evangelistic proclamation in Acts; and various studies examining, from one angle or another, individual persuasive phenomena described in Acts (e.g., the use of the Jewish Scriptures); no individual studies have sought to identify the \u003cem\u003ekey persuasive\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ephenomena\u003c\/em\u003e presented by Luke in this book, or to analyse their impact upon the book’s early audiences. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis study identifies four key phenomena – the Jewish Scriptures, witnessed supernatural events, the Christian community and Greco-Roman cultural interaction. By employing a textual analysis of Acts that takes into account both narrative and socio-historical contexts, the impact of these phenomena upon the early audiences of Acts – that is, those people who heard or read the narrative in the first decades after its completion – is determined. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe investigation offers some unique and nuanced insights into evangelistic proclamation in Acts; persuasion in Acts, persuasion in the ancient world; each of the persuasive phenomena discussed; evangelistic mission in the early Christian church; and the growth of the early Christian church.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57335357604184,"sku":"9783110459708","price":203.98,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783110459708_f48794aa-8388-4f66-88c1-625e98356c34.jpg?v=1780041667","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/many-convincing-proofs","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}