By what authority? : Luke gives Jesus public voice / Jerome H. Neyrey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neyrev, Jerome H., 1940- author.

Series:

Matrix--the Bible in Mediterranean context ; 13.

Matrix : the Bible in Mediterranean context ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Person and offices.

Jesus Christ.

Bible. Luke--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Luke--Social scientific criticism.

Bible. Luke, I, 1-4--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. New Testament--Language, style.

Bible. New Testament.

Bible. Luke.

Rhetoric in the Bible.

Christology.

Social scientific criticism of sacred works.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiv, 150 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2021.

Summary:

"Adult males did not simply stand up and speak. They needed authorization to exercise public voice. Why should anyone listen to them? In his first four chapters, Luke achieves this for Jesus, a process we access in two ways. In part 1, we examine how Luke establishes this by employing social-science models, which inform our understanding beyond what typical commentaries can achieve. We begin this by considering Luke 1-4 in terms of the social-science communications model, which exposes how God, as Sender-of-Senders, repeatedly sends Messages about Jesus, which cumulatively establish him with a public role and status, and so with public voice. Jesus' ethos can be described by considering him in terms of typical group-oriented personality and by means of rituals of status elevation and confirmation, which dramatize his worthiness to have public voice. Part 2 consists of rhetorical materials that inform us on how typical beginnings began. Ancient rhetoric also taught formal ways to construct a proper ethos, both for authors and those about whom they spoke. Finally, Luke himself needs a proper ethos to warrant our acceptance of him as a reliable narrator, which he achieves in his prologue. Jesus deserves public voice."--Publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781725293328

1725293323

9781725293335

1725293331

OCLC:

1285163129

Publisher Number:

99989175663