Description: Paul's visit to Athens, in particular the Areopagus speech, is one of the most well known excerpts of early Christian literature. It is the most significant speech by Paul to a Gentile audience in Acts functioning as a literary crest of the overall narrative. Yet critical analyses also describe it as an ad hoc blend of Greek and Jewi
Review Quotes: "Paul in Athens is a work of fine scholarship that reflects broad awareness, new advances in scholarship, and a constructive interpretation that challenges traditional assumptions about Acts 17:16-34 and the narrative's engagement with the Epimenidea. For these very reasons, interpreters of Acts will reckon with, learn from, and be indebted to Rothschild's study for many years to come." --Troy M. Troftgruben, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Review of Biblical Literature 3.16.17