---
title: 'Recent Criticism of the Book of Acts'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'J. Gresham Machen'
date: 1919-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Commentaries'
- 'Hermeneutics'
- 'Biblical History'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 1'
- 'Acts 2'
- 'Luke 24'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1919-recent-criticism-of-the-book-of-acts
---

# Recent Criticism of the Book of Acts

Examines early-20th-century scholarship on Luke-Acts: Torrey's Aramaic-original and dating claims vs. Harnack, and the implications for the historicity of New Testament events.

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