Luke was not a Christian : reading the Third Gospel and Acts within Judaism / by Joshua Paul Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Joshua Paul, author.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 218.

Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; volume 218

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Luke, Saint.

Luke.

Bible. Luke--Authorship.

Bible.

Bible. Luke--Language, style.

Bible. Luke--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Acts--Authorship.

Bible. Acts--Language, style.

Bible. Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 344 pages : diagram ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

Summary:

"In this volume, Joshua Paul Smith challenges the long-held assumption that Luke and Acts were written by a gentile, arguing instead that the author of these texts was educated and enculturated within a Second-Temple Jewish context. Advancing from a consciously interdisciplinary perspective, Smith considers the question of Lukan authorship from multiple fronts, including reception history and social memory theory, literary criticism, and the emerging discipline of cognitive sociolinguistics. The result is an alternative portrait of Luke the Evangelist, one who sees the mission to the gentiles not as a suppression of Jewish law and tradition, but rather as a fulfillment and expansion of Israel's own salvation history." -- Publisher, page four of cover.

Notes:

"This book began as my dissertation for the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology's Joint Doctoral Program in Religion...." -- See 'Acknowledgements', page [ix]

Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-325) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Smith, Joshua Paul. Luke was not a Christian :

ISBN:

9789004684713

9004684719

OCLC:

1416896756