The Young Church In Action: A New Translation Of The Acts
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
At the dawn of Christianity, a small band of ordinary men and women ignited a spiritual revolution that would reshape the ancient world — The Young Church in Action presents J.B. Phillips' landmark modern English translation of the Acts of the Apostles, bringing the raw energy and drama of the earliest Christian community vividly to life. The narrative chronicles the explosive spread of the Christian faith from Jerusalem outward across the Roman Empire, tracking the courageous journeys of figures like Peter, Stephen, and Paul as they preach, suffer persecution, and build the foundational structures of a new religion against seemingly insurmountable odds. Phillips, renowned for his gift of rendering ancient texts into lucid, contemporary prose, argues implicitly through his translation that the Acts is not a staid ecclesiastical document but a breathtaking adventure story of faith in action. His language strips away centuries of reverent distance, restoring the urgency and immediacy that the original Greek-speaking audience would have felt. Celebrated by both scholars and lay readers upon its first publication, this translation remains a landmark work in accessible Biblical literature — one that leaves the reader marvelling at how a movement born in an upper room in Jerusalem came to alter the course of human history.
Author: J.B. Phillips
Format: Hardback
Published: 1955, Geoffrey Bles
Genre: Religion
Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
At the dawn of Christianity, a small band of ordinary men and women ignited a spiritual revolution that would reshape the ancient world — The Young Church in Action presents J.B. Phillips' landmark modern English translation of the Acts of the Apostles, bringing the raw energy and drama of the earliest Christian community vividly to life. The narrative chronicles the explosive spread of the Christian faith from Jerusalem outward across the Roman Empire, tracking the courageous journeys of figures like Peter, Stephen, and Paul as they preach, suffer persecution, and build the foundational structures of a new religion against seemingly insurmountable odds. Phillips, renowned for his gift of rendering ancient texts into lucid, contemporary prose, argues implicitly through his translation that the Acts is not a staid ecclesiastical document but a breathtaking adventure story of faith in action. His language strips away centuries of reverent distance, restoring the urgency and immediacy that the original Greek-speaking audience would have felt. Celebrated by both scholars and lay readers upon its first publication, this translation remains a landmark work in accessible Biblical literature — one that leaves the reader marvelling at how a movement born in an upper room in Jerusalem came to alter the course of human history.