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The Book of Acts and Paul in Roman Custody
Volume 3
Brian Rapske

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Format: Hardcover, 512pp.
ISBN: 0802829120
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Pub. Date: 1994

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In The Book of Acts and Paul in Roman Custody, the third volume in this ground-breaking series, Brian Rapske uses ancient literary sources and archaeological evidence to uncover important background on the custodial system of the Graeco-Roman world in order to better view Paul's persona and Christian mission. This outstanding study shows Luke himself to be keenly aware of the practical and theological threat that imprisonment posed for Paul and argues that this understanding motivated one of Luke's primary objectives in his writing of Luke-Acts — to defend or justify the prisoner missionary Paul to the reader.

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"This volume fills a huge gap in our historical knowledge. Paul probably spent between a quarter and a third of the principal phase of his missionary life in custody, and yet hitherto we have had only vague or fragmentary knowledge of what that must have meant in real terms. . . .This volume provides vital scene-setting information that should and will influence all future exposition of Acts."

—James D.G. Dunn, University of Durham

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Brian Rapske is assistant professor of New Testament at Northwest Baptist Seminary in Langley, British Columbia.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: Introduction

I. The Primary Sources

II. Plan of the Current Study

PART 1
Custody, The Legal System and Status in the Roman World

CHAPTER 2: The Purposes and Varieties of Custody in the Roman World

I. Purposes of Custody

II. The Severity of Custody

CHAPTER 3: The Role of The Magistrate in Sending People into Custody

I. Factors in Assigning Custody

II. Prisonable Charg es

III. The Status of the Parties

IV. The Role of the Magistrate

CHAPTER 4: Paul's Citizenship and Status

I. Paul's Status as a Citizen of Tarsus

II. Paul as a Roman Citizen

III. Paul's Social Status as a Jew

IV. The Implications

PART 2
Paul on Trial in Acts

CHAPTER 5: Philippi

I. The Charges

II. The Accusers

III. The Accused

IV. The Orderly Crowd

V. Punishment and Custody

VI. Fair Magistrates

VII. Paul's'Un-Roman'Behaviour

CHAPTER 6: Jerusalem

I. Initial Enquiries

II. The Fortress Antonia

III. Custody and Inquisition

IV. More'Un-Roman'Behaviour

V. Social/juridical Damage Assessment

VI. Indications of Lightened Custody

CHAPTER 7: Caesarea

I. The First Phase

II. Caesarea: The Second Phase

CHAPTER 8: Rome

I. The Official

II. The Custody

III. Litigants and Charges

Conclusions to Part 2

PART 3
Paul in Prison in Acts

CHAPTER 9: The Conditions of Life in Prison

1. The Physical Constraints of Imprisonment

II. Chains

III. Diet and Hygiene

IV. Stress, Distress and Mortality

CHAPTER 10: Paul's Custody in Rome

I. The Apartment Rental Market in Rome

II. Paul's Domestic Arrangements in Rome

III. Paul and the Grain Distribution

CHAPTER 11: Prison Culture

I. Prison Personnel

11. Prison Inmates

CHAPTER 12: The Shame of Bonds

I. Honour and Shame

II. Imprisonment, Bonds and Shame

III. Paul's Imprisonments and Shame Concerns in Acts

CHAPTER 13: The Prisoner's Life

I. Extended Incarceration and Its Reasons

II. Prison Pastimes

CHAPTER 14: Paul's Helpers

I. Kinds of Helpers

II. Access to the Prisoner

111. Encouraging the Prisoner

IV. The Risks to the Helper

CHAPTER 15: The Prisoner Paul's Divine Helper in Acts

I. The Prisoner Within the Divine Spotlight of Mission

II. Divine Assistance and Assurance

CHAPTER 16: Conclusion

I. The Ancient Context and the Text of Acts

II. The Missionary Prisoner Paul as Presented in Acts

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Index of Biblical References

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