Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- I. The Acts of the Apostles and Pauline Christianity -- II. The Acts of the Apostles in Early Christianity -- Irenaeus -- Traditions of Authorship and Titles -- Acts and the Apocryphal Acts in the Second Century -- III. Lk-Acts, Its Audience, and the History of Christianity -- The Prefaces of Lk-Acts -- Paul's Farewell Speech and the Literary Paulinism of Lk-Acts -- Jesus' apocalyptic discourse and the coming of the kingdom -- Jesus' farewell and the coming of the kingdom -- Paul's farewell and the coming of the kingdom -- IV. The Paul of Acts and Pauline Communities in Early Christianity -- Ephesus -- Paul's Farewell -- Corinth -- Thessalonica and Beroea -- Philippi -- Paul's Mission with Barnabas -- Rome -- V. Lk-Acts and the Construction of Christian Origins in the Second Century -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Literature.