...Acts is believed to be the second part of a two-volume work. The Book of Acts begins with a summary of the previous volume, the Gospel of Luke, and then introduces the second volume. In Acts 1:1-5, Luke describes Jesus' ministry and passion; volume two Acts describes events after Jesus' ascension and the giving of the Holy Spirit. As a literary parallel to Luke-Acts Josephus writes a two-volume work, and introduces the second volume in a similar manner. He states the correct use of somewhat idiosyncratic political titles corroborates the view that the Book of Acts was written by someone historically close to the events narrated, such as Luke was. Lukan authorship of the Book of Acts explains the extensive linguistic agreement between the it and the Gospel of Luke and the details that Luke includes about the church in Antioch, the city from which he hailed. Several secondary sources confirm the Lukan authorship of the Book of Acts. The Muratorian canon states "Moreover the Acts of the Apostles are included in one book. For 'most excellent Theophilus' Luke compiled the individual events that took place in his presence.” The Anti-Marcionite Prologue identifies Luke as the author of a second volume, Acts: "And afterwards the same Luke wrote the Acts of the Apostles." Origen identifies the author of Acts as Luke, the same who wrote the gospel: "Others that it was Luke, he who wrote the gospel and the Acts" (H.E. 6.25.14). Clement of Alexandria accepts Lukan authorship...
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...Understanding the author of Acts is very important. It gives us a better understanding of the book, the genre in which the book was written in and also the time period and who the book was addressed to. Many believe the author of the book of Acts had written one complete volume of work that was broken into 2 different parts. The book of Acts is the fifth book of the New Testament. It traces the Growth of the early church. It begins with the ascension of Jesus and concludes with Paul in Rome during his first imprisonment. Though the book of Luke and the Acts of the Apostle are very similar, the author does not name himself in either book. Neither Luke or Acts allows us to determine directly or in directly who the Author is.( Kummel) But Fernando also says “Stylistically and Structurally the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostle are so closely related that they have to be assigned to the same author. (pp.21) There is very little doubt that the Book of Acts and the Gospel of Luke come from the same author but the debate is about who that author is. While the writer of Luke and Acts is anonymous, there is evidence the points to the authorship of these books. Fernando states “The external evidence available for the authorship of Acts, gleaned from the writings of the church in the first few centuries, is unanimous that the author was Luke. When we look at the internal evidence, it points toward the author’s identity. Once readers assume Luke and Acts come from the same...
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...Notes on the British Acts People came to America seeking religious independence and economic success. Instead, British rule prevented them from experiencing freedom in taxation, land ownership, and government. Without consideration of the colonists, the British established several "Acts" of taxation. Proclamation of 1763: It closed the frontier of colonial expansion and the colonists thought that all they have been working for was going to be for nothing. The Quartering Act: Ordered the local government to give housing to and provisions for the British soldiers. Sugar Act Act to raise fund on sugar and wine. Stamp Act: A tax on every piece of printed paper like news paper and legal documents. Though the tax wasn’t big they thought it was rude to tax them on paper and unfair. They thought it would lead to bigger taxes. The Intolerable Acts: The Intolerable Acts was a name used to describe a series of act passed by the British Parliament . These acts caused outrage in the 13 colonies which lead to resistance. The quartering act, the sugar act, and the stamp act where all intolerable acts. These where the acts that lead to the revolutionary war. There were many years when the Colonists were ignored by Britain. The colonists became accustomed to the laws they created themselves. When the British discovered the colonists did not obey their laws and instead were governing themselves, they tried to enforce the old laws. By the late 1700's...
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...AIW 303 International Business Law Tutorial 1 Model Answer Imputable Acts and Nonimputable Acts Question 1. (1) Summary of case in Question 1. (2) Concept to be used: Imputability, Terrorism (3) Discuss the case: Possible arguments may include that Chiquitaland is not liable for the damages to Cue Co.’s plantation or for the death of the manager. A theory known as the doctrine of imputability says that a state is only responsible for actions that are imputable (attributable) to it. This includes (1) acts within the scope of officials’ authority and (2) acts outside their scope of authority if the state provided the means or facilities to accomplish the act. States are not responsible for the acts of private persons, acts of officials of other states or international organizations, or acts of insurrectionaries within their own territories. (4) Classical Case: Sandline International Inc. v. Papua New Guinea (5) Conclusion – What is your stand? Expropriations Question 4. (1) Summary of case in Question 4. (2) Concept to be used: Imputability, Terrorism (3) Discuss the case: This is a case of expropriation post the major political...
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...The Acts of Medea: A Theme of Revenge Medea is devoted to her husband Jason and sacrificed her own life for his love. Jason has so much greed for royalty that he deserts Medea and their two children and marries the Princess Glauce. Medea’s love for Jason now turns into hatred as her thirst for revenge rules her over emotions. She despises Jason and plots to kill not only his new wife, but his own seeds – their children. The degree of sanity behind Medea’s emotions contributes to her act of revenge. Medea is considered what we call “a woman scorned.” She could not imagine a life without Jason and is devastated by his betrayal. Now she is determined to avenge her broken heart. This is evidenced in lines 798-801 when Medea tells the Women of Corinth, “I can do no other thing….. You have not suffered as I have…….Yes, for this is the best way to wound my husband.” (Lawall, p. 707). The Women of Corinth are trying to persuade Medea not to commit this murderous act but Medea is insisting that this must be done. They are not experiencing the pain and hurt that Medes is feeling so their opinion is of no interest to Medea. Medea wants Jason to feel the pain that she is feeling and this can only be done if he loses something he loves. Her humanity is recognized. She sees the need for revenge, to hurt the one that hurt her. She is in a state of rage and wants to slay the innocent in order to cause Jason the deepest pain. When Jason abandoned Medea, all she could focus on...
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...of Acts is part of the work that began with the reading according to Luke.“In the first book Theophilus, Paul wrote about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning until the day he was taken up to heaven”. The book of acts was intended as a letter of the early church, and it is the most valuable history we have of the Christians. However everyone misinterprets the book of acts, either in terms of its religion or faith Christians rather prefer being around there own environment to keep the history of the church going on and on. Jesus last known words have been said to warm the hearts of many people; you will be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, in Judea, in Samaria, and unto the farthest part of the earth. The Book of Acts was written by one of the twelve apostles and it is the teaching of men and women who took their religion seriously and began to open up the news of a risen Savior to the world. Each part of the book looks on a particular group, how people live, and a difficult time in the expansion of the gospel message. The first thing that Peter had to do, since he was appointed the leader of the apostles, was to elect someone else that is worthy even to teach the word of God to the people since Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus while he was yet on earth. So therefore Peter chose Matthias to be the twelfth apostle of God. While in Jerusalem, Peter delivers a sermon giving explanation of the miracle that was being performed at that time. The end of the Acts in Rome...
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...The Acts of the Apostles Following the wonderful story of the coming of God through man in Christ, the task of spreading the word and the good news fell on the hands of the apostles. It was their duty to expand the church and proclaim their message, exalting Christ and his kingdom. When it was time for Jesus to leave the earth he tells his disciples to continue his work and prepare for his second coming, a day only The Father knows. As the disciples leave Mount Olivet, the point of ascension, they congregate and try to figure out how to carry about God’s mission to the rest of the world, and wonder if the spirit of the Lord is still with them. Their answer came on the Day of Pentecost. On this day, as the disciples were praying and praising the Lord, the Holy Spirit descended upon them and they began to praise the Lord in foreign languages, languages familiar to the foreign onlookers – essentially speaking in tongues. The leaders of this movement were Peter and John, who took the initiative to fill in the vacuum that Judas had created when he betrayed Jesus by anointing and inducting Matthias into the group of eleven, thus making it twelve, just like how Jesus intended. As Peter and John begin their mission to illuminate the world on the good news, they come across a middle-aged man who has been lame since the day he was born. As they see him Peter looks at John and in a quick “let’s go” nudge to each other (as I would imagine) Peter heals the man in the name of Jesus...
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...English parliament did not have to cut the land tax of the British in order to balance the budget.This promise was known to be the Townshend Acts. Under the Townshend Acts there are five laws that are often mentioned: the Revenue Act of 1767, the Indemnity Act, the Commissioners of Customs Act, the Vice Admiralty Court Act, and the New York Restraining Act. The Townshend Acts were made to collect revenue from the colonist in order to pay off British debt. The colonist rationale was “No taxation without representation!” because they knew it was just another way for British to gain money for their debts. This caused rebellions, boycotts and plenty of protests. The Townshend Acts just gave the colonist another reason why they should fight for their independence. The Townshend Acts were introduced soon after the British ministry was seized by the unpredictable Charles Townshend, also known as “Champagne Charley”. Although unstable, Townshend was gifted in a way that he could deliver the most brilliant speeches in Parliament, even while drunk. He persuaded Parliament, in 1767 that he would begin to tax the colonists in order to make up the difference of debt. In order pay off the debt, Townshend placed a light import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint and tea. This was the first out of the five acts in the Townshend Acts, called the Revenue Act of 1767. Townshend had to be very careful not to put direct taxes, but to make them indirect. Townshend also had to choose certain items...
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... 1. Give the evidence to support Luke as author of Acts. How could Luke become aware of privileged information such as found in Acts 23:25–30, 25:14–22, and 26:30–32? How important are the "we" passages in Acts to determining authorship? John A. Battle, Th.D., provided insight to the authorship of Act stating that there is external and internal evidence to support Luke, the Physician as the author. The external evidence can be seen in the writings of Paul found in Colossians, Philemon and 2 Timothy, according to Battle who shares Henry Cadbury’s quote from his article titled “The Tradition.” Church tradition is external evidence that has been supported by Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Eusebius and Jerome. An interesting fact that Battle brings up is the earliest copies of Luke’s Gospel has the title Kata Loukan, “According to Luke.” Battle goes further to provide internal evidence and references work by John C. Hawkins, Horae Synopticae. A point that supports the authorship of Luke is found in the “we sections.” Part of the understanding of the we sections can be attributed to being a companion of Paul. The author of Acts is using we to reference the work and witness of himself and Paul, Acts 16:10, 20:5-21:18 and 27:1-28:16. Perhaps one of the most compelling is the demonstration of linguistics and order. W.K. Hobart wrote, The Medical Language of St. Luke, and compared 400 medical words that occur in Acts with the vocabulary of Greek physicians. The findings...
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...Teaching ideas A-level English Language and Literature 7707 Dramatic Encounters: Speech acts Introduction These teaching ideas can be used with students when exploring the types of speech acts given to character and the effects of these. They offer students the opportunity to explore the nature of different speech acts and their significance in relation to the overall focus of ‘conflict’, and how understanding these is important to interpreting key aspects of dramatic discourse, the themes, characterisation and the links with contextual factors. They also encourage students to think about how the playwright represents natural speech features, show characters’ asserting power through the writer’s choice of speech acts. The suggested activities are intended to span two lessons lasting one hour each. Learning objectives Students will: • • • define speech acts and recognise the different types of speech acts explore how playwrights use speech acts to craft characteristics of conflict, for characterisation and to link to the key themes of the play evaluate the significance of different speech acts in their use within the play and their likely interpretative effects, as well as the influence of contextual factors. Prior knowledge needed Students should have some knowledge of the following: • • • • language levels how playwrights represent natural speech features power – how it is presented, negotiated and shifts aspects of stagecraft and dramatic...
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...THE FACTORIES ACT, 1965 [Act No IV of 1965] September 1, 1965 An act to repeal and, with certain amendments, re-enact the Factories Act 1934 (XXV of 1934) CHAPTER I.- PRELIMINARY Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Factories Act, 1965. (2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh. (3) It shall come into force at once. Section 2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, - * (a) 'adolescent' means a person who has completed sixteen years but has not completed eighteen years of age; * (b) 'adult' means a person who has completed eighteen years of age; * (c) 'child' means a person who has not completed sixteen years of age; * (d) 'day' means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at mid-night; * (e) 'explosive substance' includes any materials for making any explosive substance; * (f) 'factory' means any premises including the precincts thereof whereon ten or more workers are working or were working on any day of the preceding twelve months and in any part of which a manufacturing process is being carried on with or without the aid of power, but does not include a mine subject to the operation of the Mines Act, 1923 (IV of 1923). Notes.- The word "premises" ordinarily includes lands and "precincts" means the "limit, bound or exterior line encompassing a place." In order to make it a factory, it is not necessary that the workers should be continuously...
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...impending nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. This may sound kind of familiar. It is the plot for the movie War Games starring Matthew Broderick (Lasker & Badham, 1983). While that may be the plot for a movie, the real life existence of malicious hackers was and is a very real threat to the security of the United States. According to "Computer Hope" (2014),” a malicious hacker is usually referred to as a black hat or criminal hacker, which describes any individual who illegally breaks into computer systems to damage or steal information”. Over the last three decades, this threat prompted the creation of many preventive measures by the US Congress. One of which was the Federal Information Security Act of 2002. This act requires that every federal agency must develop, document and implement an agency wide program to insure that information and information systems are not without information security. This blanket of security also extends to United States assets, contractors and other sources ("Nist Detailed Overview", 2014). Over the years, theft and the manipulation of digital data has not been an exclusive problem to the federal government. The entertainment and gaming industry has had their fair share of problems as well. In 1994, David LaMacchia was indicted by a federal grand jury for his role in sharing copyrighted software applications and games over various websites he created, Cynosure and Cynosure II...
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...Consumers’ Right Protection Act, 2009 (Act No. 26 of 2009) 6th April, 2009 An Act to make provisions for the protection of the rights of the consumers, prevention of anti-consumer right practices and for matters connected therewith. Whereas it is expedient and necessary to make provisions for the protection of the rights of the consumers, prevention of anti-consumer right practices and for matters connected therewith; It is hereby enacted as follows Chapter I Preliminary 1. Short title and commencement: (1) This Act may be called the Consumers’ Right Protection Act, 2009. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions: In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- (1) “Directorate” means the Directorate of National Consumers’ Right Protection established under section 18; (2) “Complaint” means any allegation made in writing by a complainant to the Director General against any seller for any anti-consumer right practice under this Act. (3) “Complainant” means the following person or persons who make any complaint under this Act, namely: (a) any consumer; (b) one or more consumers having same interest; (c) any consumer association registered under any Act; ...
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...The USA Patriot Act, the Alien and Sedition Acts, and the Bill of Rights were all established by the government to protect the citizens of the United States of America. These forms of legislation were predominantly written with intentions of enhanced security but could also be construed as allotting more power to the government to generate decisions without the consent of the citizens. The USA Patriot Act is the most recent of the three forms of legislation, but its objective is probably more understood by citizens during a time of terrorism and constant states of “High Alert” issued by the government. The Act affects everyone in the country, and since it gives the government the ability to search any personal records and conduct surveillance on any citizen with little judicial oversight, people of the United States are annoyed, angered, and apprehensive too. Following the events occurring on September 11, 2001 and the ongoing wars in the Middle East, the government now maintains the right to jail non-citizens solely on suspicion and the FBI can investigate any American citizen for criminal matters if the Bureau declares the investigation involves matters of intelligence, all because the government endorsed and enacted the USA Patriot Act. The Alien and Sedition Acts are comprised of four smaller acts: the Alien Enemies Act, the Alien Act, the Naturalization Act, and the Sedition Act. During the time these Acts were passed, the government was comprised of Federalists who...
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...The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765 (colonial williamsburg.com). This was a tax that was set to all the colonists and made it so that they had to pay a tax for every piece of printed paper they used. The families were unhappy about it. They were outraged! They all wanted to break away from the British government for all of these unfair and intolerable taxes that were inhumane. Would you want to be taxed for paper? I know I wouldn’t. The British government is ridiculous. Yes, they might need to pay for the war that they just had fought, but you don’t need to punish the colonists to do so. Can you imagine how furious the colonists were at such ridiculous taxes? Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed (colonialwilliamburg.com). The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first tax put directly colonists by the British government. The act came at a time when the British Empire was in debt from the French and Indian war. The colonist argued about the acts and refused to pay. They started violent mobs and forced tax collectors into resigning. Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766 because it was causing too much problems with the colonies (history.com). However, the same day, Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts, asserting that the British government had free and total legislative power over the colonies (history.com). There was a family that lived in the times of the stamp act. One of many...
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