Episode 61: Acts 22-23 - The Commissioning Formula

Dec 13, 2022 - Host: Dr. Gregory Hall

There is a common way the biblical authors tell the story when a person is commissioned by God for a specific task. While these revelations are always unique to those who receive them, they all share a literary form found throughout the Bible and other Ancient Near Eastern literature. Luke uses this formula three times in Acts 22-23. 

Resources Referenced and/or Read:

• Hubbard, B. J. (1977). Commissioning Stories in Luke-Acts: A Study of Their Antecedents, Form and Content. Semeia, 8, 102–103.
• Hedrick, C. W. (1981). Paul’s Conversion/Call: A Comparative Analysis of the Three Reports in Acts. Journal of Biblical Literature, 100, 428–429.

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