Moral Metaphors and Narrative Ethics in Luke-Acts / Michael J. Falgout.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falgout, Michael J., author.

Series:

Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narrative theology.

Christian ethics--Biblical teaching.

Christian ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph examines ethical discourse in Luke-Acts by bringing narrative ethics into sustained conversation with cognitive linguistics. It argues that the Lukan narrative forms moral perception not simply through rules or exemplars, but through narratological patterns and devices that presume readerly agency, freedom, and participation. Focusing on three recurring moral metaphors—the social family, moral accounting, and the life journey—the study offers a phenomenological account of how the Lukan narrative shapes ethical reasoning at the level of embodied cognition. In so doing, it reframes longstanding discussions in Lukan ethics by attending to the largely tacit, formative processes through which narratives shape readers’ moral understanding. By attending closely to narrative form, conceptual metaphor, and moral imagination, this book clarifies how Luke-Acts guides ethical interpretation without prescribing it, contributing a methodologically rigorous approach to New Testament ethics.

Contents:

Contents

List of Figures

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Moral Metaphors and Narrative Ethics for Model Reading

1The Narrative Form of Luke-Acts

2Literary, Ethical, and Cognitive Strategies for Narrative Interpretation

3A Cognitive-Narratological Methodology for Lukan Ethics

2 Social Ethics and the Social Family Metaphor

1Reframing Racialized Discourse and Ethnic Reasoning

2Framing the Family/Household (οἰκία) in Luke 1–2

3Framing the Society/Community (κοινωνία) in Acts 1–2

4The Social Family Metaphor in Luke-Acts

5Reevaluating “Family Values” with Lukan Narrative Ethics

3 Wealth Ethics and the Moral Accounting Metaphor

1Lukan Wealth Ethics in Recent Interpretation

2Reframing the Question of Lukan Wealth Ethics

3Reframing Wealth/Riches in Luke-Acts

4Decompressing Wealth Ethics with Luke-Acts

4 Human Freedom and the Life Journey Metaphor

1The Lukan “Shall” and “Must” in Recent Scholarship

2Conversion and Religious Experience in Recent Scholarship

3The Moral Metaphor, life is a journey

4Luke’s Recurring Question: What Shall We Do?

5Yes, We Can: Human Freedom and Divine Agency in Luke-Acts

Conclusion: Narrative Ethics for Embodied Minds

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9789004764002

OCLC:

1600523035

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004764002 DOI