A few basics --; Introducing introduction --; Enigmas of Acts --; How Luke met certain challenges --; What He said and what He left unsaid --; How Acts tells its story I --; Characters, repetitions, parallels --; How Acts tells its story II --; Cycles, stereotyped scenes, mimesis --; Symbolism --; Some historical problems in Acts I --; A review of the text --; Some historical problems in Acts II --; Chronology and characterization.