Introduction. Two books but one story? / David P. Moessner and David L. Tiede Formal elements and genre : which Greco-Roman prologues most closely parallel the Lukan prologues? / L.C.A. Alexander Rhetorical influences and genre : Luke's preface and the rhetorical of Hellenistic historiography / Daryl D. Schmidt The claims of the prologues and Greco-Roman rhetoric : the preface to Luke and Acts in light of Greco-Roman rhetoric strategies / Vernon K. Robbins The appeal and power of poetics (Luke 1:1-4) : Luke's superior credentials (parakolouthakoti), narrative sequence (kathexas), and firmness of understanding (a asphaleia) for the reader / David P. Moessner Israel's heritage and claims upon the genre(s) of Luke and Acts : the problem of a history / Richard Pervo Promise and fulfillment in Hellenistic Jewish narratives and in Luke and Acts / William Kurz Acts and the fragments of Hellenistic Jewish historians / Carl R. Holladay "Opening the Scriptures" : the legitimation of the Jewish Diaspora and the early Christian mission / Gregory E. Sterling akribos...grapsai (Luke 1:3) : to write the full history of God's receiving all nations / David L. Balch
The mission speeches in Acts and Dionysius of Halicarnassus / Eckhard Plumacher
The theology of sea storms in Luke-Acts / Charles H. Talbert and J.H. Hayes
The enigma of the silent closing of Acts (28:16-31) / Daniel Marguerat
Israel's future and the delay of the Parousia, according to Luke / Michael Wolter
The story of Israel within the Lukan narrative / Robert C. Tannehill
"Israel" and the story of salvation : one theme in two parts / I. Howard Marshall
Conclusion : "And some were persuaded ..." / David P. Moessner and David L. Tiede.
