Acts Midterm Review Study Guide Quiz 2024.

Acts Midterm Review Study Guide Quiz 2024. What are the external evidences that point to Lucan authorship? - correct answer -P75 manuscript -Muratorian Canon (earliest list of canonical books) gives Luke authorship of Acts -Anti-Marcionite prologue gives Luke authorship -The early church fathers agree Luke wrote it What is the internal evidence for Lucan authorship? - correct answer -Luke and Acts have similar prefaces -Luke and Acts are similar in language and style -Luke and Acts have similar interests -"We" sections indicate writer to be Paul's companion What were F.C. Baur's assumptions about the purpose of Acts and the literary method? - correct answer Purpose: 1) to support Paul's version of Gentile Christianity 2) Author's agenda made history unimportant Literary Method: "Historicizing" - Gentile perspective presented in fictional historical narrative What were Sir William Ramsey's conclusions regarding the historical worth of Acts? - correct answer Acts is historically reliable Response to issue of "sources" in Acts - correct answer Problem= No identifiable sources, clear editorial touches, assumption of creativity -Luke's methods observable in the Gospel -The "we" sections indicate Luke's accompaniment -Editing compatible with history-writing