Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Who Wrote Acts? Who Was Luke? How Important Is the Identity of the Author to Interpret Acts? Conclusion 2. The Genre of Acts A Brief History of Genre Theory Proposals on the Genre of Acts Conclusion--Acts as Historical Monograph: How Does It Help? 3. How Luke Writes History Luke the Theological Historian Luke the Storyteller Luke the Historian Conclusion 4. The Speeches in Acts (Part One): The Speeches in Their Ancient Context The Reporting of Speeches in Ancient History Luke as a Conservative Reporter of Speeches Conclusion: Believing the Speeches 5. The Speeches in Acts (Part Two): The Theology of the Speeches The Speech of Peter at Pentecost (Acts 2:1-41) The Speech of Stephen (Acts 7:1-53) The Speech at the Home of Cornelius (Acts 10:34-48) The Speech at Athens (Acts 17:16-31) The Speech Before Agrippa (Acts 26:1-32) Summary and Conclusions 6. The Justification of Truth-Claims in Acts: A Conversation with Postliberalism Postliberalism: A Sketch Postliberalism and the Question of Truth-Claims The Justification of Truth-Claims in Acts Conclusions Bibliography Author Index Subject Index Scripture Index.