Luke : storyteller, interpreter, evangelist / Mikeal C. Parsons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parsons, Mikeal C. (Mikeal Carl), 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Luke--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Acts.

Bible. Luke.

Physical Description:

xxii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, [2007]

Summary:

Advanced college students, seminarians, and graduate students will appreciate this broadly accessible introduction to Christianity's first historian and his work. Parsons examines Luke as a storyteller within the context of ancient rhetorical criticism as practiced in the Hellenistic world and as represented by the Hellenistic rhetorical tradition. Moving on to Luke as an interpreter of traditional materials and social conventions, he ends with an exploration of Luke the evangelist, and his view of Jesus as a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for the glory of the people of Israel. Considering these three angles of vision and the clarity each one provides for understanding Luke and Acts, Parsons offers a significant contribution to the overall appreciation for luke's literary and theological accomplishments.

Contents:

The life of a legend : the making of "Luke"

Luke the storyteller

Luke and the progymnasmata : a preliminary investigation into the preliminary exercises

Luke 1:1-4 and ancient rhetoric

Luke the interpreter

Interpreting pagan traditions : friendship and physiognomy

Interpreting Jewish traditions : Jerusalem and the suffering servant

Interpreting Christian traditions : parables and Paul

Luke the evangelist

Reconstituting the people of God : the examples of Paul, Cornelius, and others

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [193]-214) and indexes.

ISBN:

1565634837

9781565634831

OCLC:

70258827