Richard I. Pervo (1942-2017), scholar

Richard I. Pervo

Richard I. Pervo (1942-2017) was an American scholar. Professor at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary (1975-99) and then at the University of Minnesota (1999-2003), he was known especially for his work on the Acts of Apostles. He rejected the traditional Luke authorship and dated the document around 115 CE.

Works

Books

• Profit with Delight: Literary Genre of the Acts of the Apostles (1987 Pervo), book

• Dating Acts: Between the Evangelists and the Apologists (2006 Pervo), book

• Acts: A Commentary (2008 Pervo), book

• The Making of Paul: Constructions of the Apostle in Early Christianity (2010 Pervo), book

• The Acts of Paul: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (2014 Pervo), book

Biography

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