The hermeneutical triad is best described as the process of assessing a text’s history, literary merit, and theology. The careful reader will examine each of these areas in order to assess the text’s meaning. In Between History and Spirit: The Apostolic Witness of the Books of Acts, Craig Keener takes the reader to the very heart of the book of Acts by cross-examining its history, context, and theology. Keener is no stranger to Acts scholarship, as he is the author of an extensive four-volume commentary on the book. In the current selection, Keener brings together a series of essays, some in the Acts commentary and others not, into one volume. These essays are divided into three parts. The first examines the question of history in the book of Acts. Readers will find selections dedicated to Luke’s depiction of the historical Jesus (ch. 1), the use of “we” in the...

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