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We're back with Nehemiah this week, one of my favourite Bible characters. He's an early governor of post-exilic Jerusalem, but here we see him exercising his prophetic voice. After a few minutes in Hosea to look at the theme of reversal we dive into an extended NT segment in Acts, where the narrative is in transition to the final act of the book's story.

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The Acts segment is particularly fun this week, as we try to take the Luke-Acts saga seriously in its 1st century, Greco-Roman literary context. Acts especially is not always a straightforward read, even though so much of it is probably really familiar to us. When we really get stuck into the details, it can quickly start to look a whole lot stranger!

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References

Davies, Gordon F. (1999). Ezra and Nehemiah, Berit Olam: Studies in Hebrew Narrative & Poetry. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press.
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Pervo, Richard I. (2009). Acts: A Commentary, Hermeneia - A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.
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Squires, John T.(2003). Acts in Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
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