The Hope of Israel

This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader as part of a quick takes post to catch up–emphasizing pithiness, not thoroughness.
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It makes no sense to me at all that there hasn't been a book-length look at the theme of Resurrection in Acts until now. It's so clearly important to the message of Acts that you'd think there'd be dozens. But nope.

Crowe does a masterful job of filling that lacuna. It is all over Acts—more than I'd have guessed, too. First, he focuses on the topic in general, then focuses on the speeches/sermons of Peter, then those of Paul, and then those of everyone else. The exegetical material is just Part One, and it's worth the purchase price right there.

But then he goes on to examine the topic from four theological perspectives, fleshing out the exegetical material and it gets so much richer.

This isn't as easy to read as Bauckman, but it's not too difficult if you're willing to put in the work. Fascinating topic and helpful reflections.