The Acts of the Apostles Through the Centuries

Heidi J. Hornik is Professor of Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art History at Baylor University, USA. She is a highly respected art historian and scholar in the field of reception history, and the author of Michele Tosini and the Ghirlandaio Workshop in Cinquecento Florence (2009). Professor Hornik co-authored the three-volume series Illuminating Luke (2003, 2005, 2007) with her collaborator on this publication, Mikeal Parsons, with whom she also co-edited Interpreting Christian Art (2004). Mikeal C. Parsons is Professor and Macon Chair in Religion at Baylor University, USA, where he has taught since 1986. His extensive publications on textual as well as interpretive topics in biblical studies include Body and Character in Luke and Acts: The Subversion of Physiognomy in Early Christianity (2011), and Luke: Storyteller, Evangelist, Interpreter (2007). Professor Parsons has collaborated with Professor Hornik on two previous publications, both as co-author on the three-volume series Illuminating Luke (2003, 2005, 2007), and as co-editor of Interpreting Christian Art (2004).

List of Figures vii Series Editors Preface xiii Preface xv Acknowledgements xvii List of Abbreviations xix Introduction: Orienting the Reading 1 Acts 1 19 Acts 2 38 Acts 35 66 Acts 68 90 Acts 9 110 Acts 1012 126 Acts 1314 142 Acts 15 160 Acts 1617 172 Acts 1819 193 Acts 2023 209 Acts 2426 229 Acts 2728 242 Epilogue 258 Appendix 1: Citations of the Acts of the Apostles in Creeds & Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition 262 Biographies and Glossary 285 Bibliography 296 Author and Artist Index 322 Index of Scripture References 330 Subject Index 339