EVANGELICAL HERMENEUTICS AND GENRE OF LUKE AND ACTS (original) (raw)
Issues in Luke-Acts: Selected Essays
"This volume provides an introduction and engagement with the major critical issues in the study of Luke-Acts. As the study of Acts has become, once again, one of the major areas of focus within New Testament scholarship, this collection of essays presents an orientation to the major issues of Luke-Acts study, while providing fresh scholarship by senior scholars. This holistic overture addresses fundamental questions such as authorship, dating, textual concerns, sources, speeches and literary form(s). Furthermore, theological topics, such as Christology, ecclesiology, pneumatology and missiology, as well as the portrayal of Paul, and the role of the Old Testament are discussed. Finally, the reception history of Acts and its influence on the development of the early “catholic” church is considered. Table of Contents (page 5) Contributors (page 7) Preface (page 11) Abbreviations (page 13) Introduction (page 17) The Author and Date of Luke-Acts: Exploring the Options by Frank Dicken (page 23) The Unity of Luke-Acts: One Work, One Author, One Purpose? by Joseph Verheyden (page 43) The Text of Luke and Acts: Witnesses, Features, and the Significance of the Textual Traditions by Dieter T. Roth (page 67) The Sources for Luke and Acts: Where Did Luke Get His Material (and Why Does it Matter)? by Brandon D. Crowe (page 89) The Genre of Luke and Acts: The State of the Question by Sean A. Adams (page 113) The Narrative of Luke-Acts: Getting to Know the Savior God by F. Scott Spencer (page 137) The Use of the Old Testament in Luke-Acts: Luke's Scriptural Story of the "Things Accomplished Among Us" by Kenneth D. Litwak (page 163) The Speeches in Acts: Historicity, Theology, and Genre by Osvaldo Padilla (page 187) The Pneumatology of Luke-Acts: The Spirit of Prophecy Unleashed by David G. Peterson (page 211) Christology in Acts: Jesus in Early Christian Belief and Practice by Larry W. Hurtado (page 233) Paul in Acts: The Prophetic Portrait of Paul by Carl N. Toney (page 255) The Patristic Reception of Luke and Acts: Scholarship, Theology, and Moral Exhortation in the Homilies of Origen and Chrysostom by Karl Shuve (page 279) Luke-Acts and "Early Catholicism": Eschatological and Ecclesiological Trajectories in the Early Church by Thomas Keene (page 303) Index of Scripture and Ancient Writings (page 327) Index of Authors (page 349) "
BT 805 W1 The Theology of Luke-Acts
2009
This course will begin by reviewing the history of the interpretation of Luke and Acts and the relationship of these two books. This will lay a foundation for surveying several important theological themes found in Luke-Acts. Finally, this course will explore the use of Luke-Acts in contemporary biblical and constructive theology through research, interpretation, and theological synthesis. Course Purpose and Context: This course is part of the offerings for Asbury's Ph.D. in Biblical Studies. Luke-Acts forms approximately one-third of the NT. Acts in particular is unique for its narrative of the early church in the NT. Therefore, trained scholars in Biblical Studies should be familiar with its contents, theological emphases, and history of interpretation. This course stands alongside the study of other major blocks of material in the canon, deals specifically with hermeneutical issues between text and theology, and picks up the history of interpretation in the modern period where the seminar in the history of biblical interpretation ends. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: State the major issues that shaped the interpretation of Luke-Acts in the ancient and modern contexts and explain how these issues continue to affect the interpretation of Luke's opus.
BT 805 The Theology of Luke-Acts
2009
This course will begin by reviewing the history of the interpretation of Luke and Acts and the relationship of these two books. This will lay a foundation for surveying several important theological themes found in Luke-Acts. Finally, this course will explore the use of Luke-Acts in contemporary biblical and constructive theology through research, interpretation, and theological synthesis. Course Purpose and Context: This course is part of the offerings for Asbury's Ph.D. in Biblical Studies. Luke-Acts forms approximately one-third of the NT. Acts in particular is unique for its narrative of the early church in the NT. Therefore, trained scholars in Biblical Studies should be familiar with its contents, theological emphases, and history of interpretation. This course stands alongside the study of other major blocks of material in the canon, deals specifically with hermeneutical issues between text and theology, and picks up the history of interpretation in the modern period where the seminar in the history of biblical interpretation ends. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: State the major issues that shaped the interpretation of Luke-Acts in the ancient and modern contexts and explain how these issues continue to affect the interpretation of Luke's opus.
Genres of the Gospels and Acts
An Introduction to the New Testament (Cascade Books), 2011
Imagine that we are a group of librarians at the great library of Alexandria in the early third century AD, we have just received copies of Matthew, Mark, Luke-Acts, and John. We are asked to categorize and shelf them with the appropriate identifying tags. We must go through these documents and classify them according to the existing generic categories. Under what genre(s) do we classify them? Three prevalent categories of the Hellenistic world are suggested: biography, history, and tragic drama.
2023
This volume offers fifteen studies on the Gospel of Luke by Nico Riemersma, who specialized in this gospel. It contains both articles in which special pericopes from the Gospel of Luke are central (Mary’s visit to Elizabeth in Luke 1,39-56; the twelve-year-old Jesus in de temple, in Luke 2,40-52; the baptism of Jesus in 3,21-23 and his testing in 4,1-13; the Fernheilung of a centurion’s slave in 7,1-10 and the raising of a young man at Naïn in 7,11-17) and studies on details (καθεξῆς in Luke 1,3; ἐν τοῖς τοῦ πατρός μου in Luke 2,49; ἐγέρθητι in 7,14 and ὁ ἐρχόμενος in 7,19.20). In addition, there are thematic studies (the parallelism between John and Jesus, Elijah in relationship with John and Jesus; the travelling motif in Luke-Acts) and articles with an eye for the structure (of the overture, 1,5-2,52 and of the whole book, 1,1-24,53). Through ‘close reading’, the book reveals Luke’s high-quality literary form and rich theological content. This meticulous way of reading allows for a deeper understanding of the text, giving this gospel extra shine. This method is extremely helpful in solving text problems that the reader(s) will face.
The Gospel of Luke's Narrative. Its Main Features and Foundations
St. John of Damascus School of Theology's Annals, 2024
The Lucan narrative is the most extensive literary work of the New Testament and has a complex system of sources, especially if we include its second volume, the Book of Acts. For structuring this article, I have arranged the topics into five sections that highlight the characteristics and foundations of the Lucan narrative from a synchronic perspective and accentuating both its linguistic and theological aspects. The elegance of Lucan feather, the art with which he combines the sources at his disposal and the way in which he exposes his theological priorities make the Gospel a masterpiece that is intricate and rich in form and content. In these pages I will try to highlight the fundamental components and characteristics of its narrative, starting from five thematic axes: The Lucan work as an etiology, the particularity of Lucan synchronisms and their function in the macro-narrative, the management of geographical spaces in the entire Gospel, the importance of the Temple in the narrative, and Jesus’ relationship with his opponents and followers.
Pneuma, 2013
Religious Studies Review, 2006
extensive critical apparatus, while the French translation has two sets of notes, brief notes at the bottom of the page and longer notes (numbered consecutively with the brief notes) gathered in "Notes complémentaires." These notes are almost a commentary on the text, crammed with useful information. A Greek Index Nominum, an Index Verborum, an Index of French proper names, and a list of citations complete the volume. Everyone working with classical rhetoric will want this edition at hand, whether in university or seminary library, or on one's own shelves. It is a major editorial achievement and deserves wide use.
Early Divine Christology: Scripture, Narrativity and Confession in Luke-Acts
Scripture and Theology, 2023
Luke's corpus presents a complex portrait of Jesus. In terms of his messianic identity, Luke-Acts crafts Jesus in regal and prophetic categories, while it also presents him as the κύριος through various trajectories within the narrative. First, it is argued that Luke's reliance on diverse written and oral sources could account for this complexity. Second, it is argued that Luke appears to develop his κύριος Christology in accordance with this complexity, enhancing Jesus' divine lordship in respect to the perspectives within his narrative. Overall, Luke presents not merely a biographical depiction of Jesus, but through his variegated portrait he presents what it looks like for the κύριος to become the Christ.