See esp. Charles H. Talbert, Literary Patterns, Theological Themes, and the Genre of Luke-Acts, Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series (SBLMS) 20 (Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1974); I. Howard Marshall, “Acts and the ‘Former Treatise,’” The Book of Acts in Its Ancient Literary Setting (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1993), pp. 163–182.