The Acts of the Apostles: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

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The Acts of the Apostles: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, by Joseph A. Fitzmyer. AB 31. New York/London: Doubleday, 1998. Pp. xxxiv + 830. $45.00.

This volume completes Joseph Fitzmyer's commentary on the Lukan writings in the Anchor Bible series. It follows his commentary on the Gospel of Luke by thirteen years (The Gospel according to Luke [AB 28, 28A;1981, 1985]). In between these works Fitzmyer employed his broad knowledge and impressive skill in other tasks, including the Romans commentary in the same series. In the preface Fitzmyer explains that, unlike in the Luke commentary, the editors would not permit expansion of the Acts commentary to two volumes. …