This is the first in a series of publications designed to make previously published journal material available in a more accessible form. It contains a selection of articles in English on Luke's literary work that have appeared in the journal "Novum Testamentum".
Author(s): David E. Orton
Series: Brill's Readers in Biblical Studies 1
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 246
THE COMPOSITION OF LUKE'S GOSPEL: Selected Studies from Novum Testamentum......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Places of Original Publication......Page 10
B.M.F. van Iersel: The finding of Jesus in the temple: Some Observations on the Original Form of Luke ii 41-51a......Page 12
C.T. Ruddick, Jr.: Birth narratives in Genesis and Luke......Page 25
David Hill: The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth (Luke IV 16-30)......Page 31
ὁ λαὸς—"the people"......Page 51
ὁ ὄχλος—'"the crowd"......Page 54
οἱ μαθηταὶ—the disciples......Page 57
The Redactor at Work......Page 59
An exegetical detail......Page 73
Luke Timothy Johnson: The Lukan Kingship Parable (Lk. 19:11-27)......Page 80
Some Preliminary Remarks......Page 82
Problems of the Traditional Interpretation......Page 84
The Lukan Context for the Parable......Page 94
Reading the Parable in Context......Page 99
Loveday Alexander: Luke's Preface in the Context of Greek Preface-Writing......Page 101
I. The literary affinities of Luke's preface......Page 104
Luke's preface: A checklist of characteristics......Page 106
The development of explanatory prefaces in Greek literature......Page 107
Greek "scientific" prefaces......Page 110
Luke's preface in the context of Greek preface-writing......Page 112
II. Luke's preface and the literary and social setting of Luke-Acts......Page 113
Luke as an imitator of scientific prefaces......Page 116
Luke as a reader of scientific texts......Page 118
Luke as a writer within the scientific tradition......Page 119
APPENDIX: Syntactical analysis of Luke 1:1-4 and selected Greek scientific prefaces......Page 125
David P. Moessner: "The Christ must suffer": New Light on the Jesus-Peter, Stephen, Paul Parallels in Luke-Acts......Page 128
I......Page 129
II......Page 135
III......Page 142
The Transfiguration......Page 143
The Journey (9:51-19:44)......Page 146
Peter and the Death of Jesus in the Early Acts Community......Page 151
IV......Page 155
The Final Journey to Jerusalem......Page 157
1. Introduction......Page 165
2. Analysis......Page 170
3. Summary and Conclusion......Page 177
Robert J. Shirock: The Growth of the Kingdom in Light of Israel's Rejection of Jesus: Structure and Theology in Luke 13:1-35......Page 180
Preliminary Observations......Page 182
Parallels between 13:1-9/31-35......Page 183
Parallels between 13:10-17/22-30......Page 186
Summary of the Structure of Luke 13:1-35......Page 189
The Future of Israel 13:1-9/31-35......Page 190
The Progress of the Kingdom 13:18,19/20,21......Page 191
Literary Reflections......Page 192
Conclusion......Page 194
I THE PROBLEM OF THE PURPOSE OF ACTS......Page 195
1. Description of the spread of Christianity from Jerusalem to Rome.......Page 208
3. Apologetic motive.......Page 209
6. Preaching.......Page 210
II THE SCOPE OF ACTS......Page 211
Index of Authors......Page 230
Index of Biblical References......Page 234
