C. Kavin Rowe is the George Washington Ivey Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School.

How should scholars undertake New Testament interpretation? In Studies in Luke, Acts, and Paul, Rowe unfolds a careful, multidisciplinary approach across fifteen of his most incisive articles and chapters. Focusing on Luke, Acts, and Paul’s letters, this authoritative collection exemplifies how to enrich exegesis through historical inquiry, philosophical reasoning, and theological reflection.

 Topics include: 
     • The historical context of the Roman imperial cult  
     • Ecclesial theology in Luke and Acts 
     • The relationship between Luke and Acts 
     • Paul and material culture 
 
Seeking the truth of Scripture requires more than a close reading of the text. Rowe’s work on Luke, Acts, and Paul demonstrates how fruitful biblical interpretation can be when interpreters cross disciplinary boundaries. This volume is an indispensable addition to the libraries of scholars, students, and serious readers of Scripture alike.

Rowe, who is also the vice dean for faculty at the Divinity School and a former Fulbright Scholar, is also the author of Method, Context, and Meaning in New Testament Studies (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2024), Leading Christian Communities (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2023), Christianity's Surprise: A Sure and Certain Hope (Abingdon Press, 2020), One True Life: the Stoics and Early Christians as Rival Traditions (Yale University Press, 2016), World Upside Down: Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age (Oxford University Press, 2009), and Early Narrative Christology (de Gruyter, 2006, reprint, Baker Academic, 2009).