The Book of Acts in its First Century Setting, vol 3: Paul in Roman Custody

In The Book of Acts and Paul in Roman Custody, the third volume in this groundbreaking series, Brian Rapske uses ancient literary sources and archaeological evidence to uncover important background on the custodial system of the Graeco-Roman world in order to better view Paul's persona and Christian mission. This outstanding study shows Luke himself to be keenly aware of the practical and theological threat that imprisonment posed for Paul and argues that this understanding motivated one of Luke's primary objectives in his writing of Luke-Acts — to defend or justify the prisoner missionary Paul to the reader. BRIAN RAPSKE is senior pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Vancouver, British Columbia, and a contributor to Volume 2 of this series. BRUCE W. WINTER, series editor, is warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge. 1. HOWARD MARSHALL, consulting editor for the series, is professor of New Testament exegesis at the University of Aberdeen.