LITERARY FORMS
in
the Acts of the Apostles1
last revised: 3/23/02
NARRATIVES:
Summary Narratives:
Episodic Narratives:
Acts 4:23-31;
[4:36-37];
5:21b-42;
6:1-6,7;
8:4-25;
9:19b-30;
11:19-30;
12:1-5;
12:20-23;
13:4-12; 14:1-7; 14:21-28; 15:36-16:4,5; 16:11-15, 19-40; 17:1-9; 17:10-15;
18:12-17; 18:18-23; 18:24-28; 19:1-7; 19:8-10; 19:21-40; 20:1-6; 21:1-16;
21:17-26; 23:12-22; 23:23-35; 24:24-27; 25:1-12; 27:1-20; 27:27-44; 28:11-16;
28:17-28, 30-31.
Miracles
Narratives:
Commissioning
Narratives:
Notes:
The narrative materials naturally divide into two basic types:
Summary and Episodic narratives.
The Miracle and Commissioning
narratives are specialized types of Episodic Narratives.
SPEECHES:
Missionary
Speeches:
Acts 2:1-47; 3:11-26; 10:23b-48; 13:13-52; 17:16-34; 20:13-38.
Defense Speeches:
Acts 4:1-22; 6:8-8:1a; 21:27-22:29; 22:30-23:10; 24:1-23; 25:13-26:32.
Note: For information about the nature of these individual forms
and how they impact the interpretative process, check NEW
TESTAMENT GENRES under Acts.
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1An important introduction
to this subject is found in David E. Aune, The New Testament in Its
Literary Environment, (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1987), 50-54, 120-131,
and 183-202.
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