The Acts of the Apostles

PREFACE
The two volumes of New Testament studies by
Professor Harnack, which have already appeared in
this series, may be said without exaggeration to have
marked an epoch in New Testament research. The
third volume, «' The Acts of the Apostles," now
presented in English form, is if anything more
remarkable than its predecessors. In it Professor
Harnack develops the position which he has estab-
lished in " Luke the Physician,"" and subjects the
Acts of the Apostles to a most searching investiga-
tion from almost all possible points of view. A very
pleasing feature of this series of studies is the high
esteem in which the author holds the researches of dis-
tinguished English scholars, such as Sir John Hawkins,
Dr. Plummer, and Dr. Hobart. To those who, like
the translator, have long felt that from the standpoint
of scientific historical criticism it was inconceivable
that the author of the Lukan writings could have
been a companion of St. Paul, the conclusions of the
great German scholar have come with somewhat of a
vil