contemporary overview

Decent overview of current scholarship on Acts. My one point of critique is that this book is 20 years old so does not reflect the most recent publications on Acts. Still the general approaches delineated within the text remain the same. Where an update would be helpful, is the inclusion of more details on Rhetorical approaches to Acts, particularly the Socio-Rhetorical approach of Ben Witherington and the like. It isn't as though Powell does not mention rhetorical criticism, but I think there is more to say here. ( )