Literary Construction of the Other in the Acts of the Apostles

Mitzi J. Smith is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies at Ashland theological Seminary at Detroit. She is a contributor to True to Our Native Land (2008).

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1 The Construction of Charismatics as External Other2 The Construction of the Jews as External Other3 The Construction of Women as Internal Other and Peter4 The Construction of Women as Internal Other and PaulConclusionBibliography

Here Mitzi Smith provides a subtle and well-written analysis of how the various kinds of characters are portrayed in Acts and what that means for Luke's theology of mission. She moves far beyond the usual literary summaries of Acts: both the nature of language and the nature of story-telling are treated with sensitivity and sophistication, and yet her book is readable for a non-scholarly audience. A must read for all those interested in the literary achievement of Luke and Acts and what it means for Luke's theology.'