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Dr. Craig Keener, Acts, Lecture 3 Luke's Historiography

Theologian

Craig Keener


Duration

63.43


Uploaded to YouTube

18 January 2016

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20 August 2025


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Biblical eLearning (https://biblicalelearning.org) presents (audio is also available on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tQAmvqiBRetclgpYVEIG2?si=75f94034d9364802): Dr. Craig Keener on Acts Here is a lecture by Dr. Craig Keener who has just finished his magisterial 4 volumes on the book of Acts. N. T. Wright commenting on his work says: "With this enormous commentary, Craig Keener deploys his breathtaking knowledge of the classical world to shine a bright light on both the big picture of Acts. Students of Acts will be in his debt for generations to come." --N. T. Wright, University of St. Andrews. 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 Luke 1.1-4 tell us much about sources available to Luke 1:30 Luke writes between 60 and 90 (perhaps in the early 70s) 3:20 Oral sources (1.2) 4:00 How accurate was oral transmission 6:35 Memorization 12:35 Note-taking 21:05 Aramaic rhythm 24:30 Eyewitnesses remained prominent in the early Church 27:20 Luke also carefully "investigated" or had "thorough knowledge (1.3) 28:25 When could LK have checked out these sources? 30:25 Luke appeals to what was already common knowledge in the Church 32:35 Paul, the earliest NT writer, sometimes attests what we have in the Synoptics 33:55 Acts' Correspondences with External history in 13-28, lists 46:10 Thomas Campbell's chronology of Paul (slightly augmented) 48:00 Vielhauer's critique of Luke's "non-Pauline" theology 51:55 Observations on Lukan historiography 53:00 The Speeches in Acts 54:15 Historians used speeches 55:55 How accurate were speeches? 1:00:10 In Acts? 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