Title: Chapter 06: Fill-in-the-blank/Short Answer Questions: The Acts of the Apostles
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: List the four options that scholars have proposed for the genre of Acts.
- historiography, biography, novel, entirely new genre (historiography, biography, novel, entirely new genre)

Q: Briefly describe the basic outline that shapes the book of Acts.
- the outline is one of geographic expansion, which follows the prophecy in Acts 1:8 that the disciples will be Jesus’s witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth (the outline is one of geographic expansion, which follows the prophecy in Acts 1:8 that the disciples will be Jesus’s witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth)

Q: List three examples of how the author of Acts emphasizes the role of female disciples.
- Lydia converts and shows hospitality to Paul as a cultural and spiritual leader; Priscilla is one of Paul’s coworkers and trains other disciples; Phillip’s four daughters have the gift of prophecy; the author mentions many “leading women” (Lydia converts and shows hospitality to Paul as a cultural and spiritual leader; Priscilla is one of Paul’s coworkers and trains other disciples; Phillip’s four daughters have the gift of prophecy; the author mentions many “leading women”)

Q: What is the significance of Peter’s dream about being commanded to eat unclean animals?
- the unclean animals represent “unclean” people, and God does not limit his salvation to “clean” people; every nation can come to God (the unclean animals represent “unclean” people, and God does not limit his salvation to “clean” people; every nation can come to God)

Q: In Acts, how do Paul’s sermons differ when speaking to Jews and Gentiles?
- when speaking to Jews, Paul cites events from Israel’s history and the Jewish Scriptures to support his claims; when speaking to Gentiles, Paul talks about God as creator and sustainer of the world and uses Greek philosophy and poetry to support his claims (when speaking to Jews, Paul cites events from Israel’s history and the Jewish Scriptures to support his claims; when speaking to Gentiles, Paul talks about God as creator and sustainer of the world and uses Greek philosophy and poetry to support his claims)