Ascent into heaven in Luke-Acts : new explorations of Luke's narrative hinge / David K. Bryan and David W. Pao, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pao, David W., editor.

Bryan, David K., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Luke--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Jesus Christ--Ascension.

Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Press, [2016]

Summary:

Luke's two-volume work contains the only narrative depictions of Jesus' ascent into heaven in the New Testament. The significance of the event at the end of the Gospel and the beginning of Acts have long been recognized. While select studies have focused on particular aspects of these accounts, however, the importance of the ascension to Luke-Acts calls for renewed attention to the narratological and theological significance of these accounts. Here, leading scholars discuss the ancient, literary and theological contexts of the ascent-into-heaven accounts for the next generation of interpreters.

Contents:

Introduction / David K. Bryan and David W. Pao

1. Ascension scholarship past, present, and future / Arie W. Zwiep

part I. Lukan ascension narratives in their ancient contexts

2. Jesus's ascension through Old Testament narrative traditions / Steve Walton

3. "For David did not ascend into Heaven..." (Acts 2:34a) : reprogramming royal psalms to proclaim the enthroned-in-heaven king / Joshua W. Jipp

4. A revised cosmic hierarchy revealed : apocalyptic literature and Jesus's ascent in Luke's gospel / David K. Bryan

5. Benefactor and paradigm : viewing Jesus's ascension in Luke-Acts through Greco-Roman ascension traditions / James Buchanan Wallace

part II. Lukan ascension narratives within Luke's literary program

6. The unity of Luke-Acts and the ascension narratives / Stanley E. Porter

7. Jesus's ascension and the Lukan account of the restoration of Israel / David W. Pao

8. The ascension and spatial theory / Matthew Sleeman

9. Lukan cosmology and the ascension / Charles Anderson

10. The ascension as a cultic experience in Acts / Rick Strelan

part III. A theologian's postscript

11. What is this conversation you are holding? / Douglas Farrow.

Notes:

"Selected bibliography on the ascension in Luke-Acts (1995-2015)": pages 253-262.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5064-1896-1

OCLC:

962735556