The Story of Jesus Continues: A Survey of the Acts of the Apostles

by Douglas S. Huffman

With full-color photographs, maps, and sidebars about history, ancient literature, and archaeological finds,?The Jesus Story Continues?is a unique introduction to the Acts of the Apostles.

Douglas Huffman takes readers through different introductory and interpretive issues in the study of Acts, including the genre, purpose, history, culture, and geographical setting of the story. Equipped with these fascinating details, in broad strokes the author traces Luke's well-told recounting of the ongoing story of Jesus. Sensitive to the purposes Luke had for his text - as well as its connection to the Gospel of Luke - Huffman concludes by noting how the Jesus story is intended to continue into the present.

Specifically designed as a textbook, the volume includes chapter overviews and summaries discussion questions and assignments, lists of key terms, and a glossary.

Genres: New Testament, Christian

704 pages, Hardcover

Published April 15, 2025

About the author

Douglas S. Huffman (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is Professor and Associate Dean of Biblical and Theological Studies at Biola University.

Reviews

[Mark D · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent, but this falls short of 5 stars, but maybe only because of my expectations. For a 600-page textbook, I expected more in some areas, especially dealing with some of the more confusing/disputed passages in Acts. One passage in particular I was eager to see his intepretation and there was almost no discussion. But the conclusion contained 25 pages focused on the traditions surrounding the deaths of the apostles and other characters in Acts...this felt completely unnecessary (other than a few characters like Peter, Paul, and Luke).

Overall, this was helpful, but not as helpful as I was hoping.