Includes bibliographical references.

Part I Luke-Acts, a storm center in contemporary scholarship -- On the "Paulinism" of Acts -- The Perspective of Acts -- Interpreting Luke-Acts in a period of existentialist theology -- Part II Four features of Lucan style -- In search of the original text of Acts -- Luke's use of the birth stories -- On preaching the word of God -- The story of Abraham in Luke-Acts -- The Christology of Acts -- The concept of the Davidic "Son of God" in Acts and its Old Testament Background -- The missionary stance of Paul in I Corinthians 9 and in Acts -- Concerning the speeches in Acts -- The address of Paul on the Areopagus -- Part III Jewish Christianity in Acts in light of the Qumran scrolls -- The book of Acts as source material for the history of Early Christianity -- Acts and the Pauline letter corpus -- Ephesians and Acts -- Luke's place in the Development of early Christianity.