id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 4q77fq9954f Daniel Lynwood Smith The Rhetorical Function of Interrupted Speech in Luke-Acts 2011 .txt text/plain 282 9 39 This dissertation argues that Luke uses interruption rhetorically to underscore his twin theological emphases on the resurrection of the Christ and the mission to the Gentiles. In the end, the interrupted discourses are best understood not as historical accidents, but as rhetorical exclamation points intended to highlight key elements of the early Christian message and their varied reception by Jews and Gentiles. cache/4q77fq9954f.txt txt/4q77fq9954f.txt