Jerusalem, the Temple, and the New Age in Luke-Acts
Author : J. Bradley Chance
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,89 MB
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 9780865543010
The Fate of the Jerusalem Temple in Luke-Acts
Author : Steve Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 27,72 MB
Release : 2016-11-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0567666476
Book Description
What was Luke's attitude to the Jerusalem temple? Steve Smith examines the key texts which concern the destruction of the Jerusalem temple in Luke-Acts. Smith proposes that Acts 7 is a fuller discussion of the material contained in the Gospel sayings on this subject, which themselves make frequent allusion to the Old Testament and the interpretation of which thus requires an understanding of Luke's use of the Old Testament. Accordingly, in this work, Steve Smith makes a thorough review of Luke's use of the Old Testament, and proposes that relevance theory is a capable hermeneutical tool to permit the reconstruction of how Luke's readers would have understood references to the Old Testament. Using this approach, the key texts from Luke-Acts are examined sequentially, and Luke's apparent criticism of the temple is examined in a new light.
The Acts of the Apostles
Author : P.D. James
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 22,5 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0857861077
Book Description
Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. It describes how the 12 apostles, formerly Jesus's disciples, spread the message of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean against a background of persecution. With an introduction by P.D. James
The Word Leaps the Gap
Author : J. Ross Wagner
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 733 pages
File Size : 27,34 MB
Release : 2008-11-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802863566
Book Description
This is a collection of essays to celebrate Richard Hays' 60th birthday. It is written by colleagues and friends whose scholarly imaginations have been sparked in numerous ways by his insights.
A Theology of Luke and Acts
Author : Darrell L. Bock
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 44,40 MB
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310523206
Book Description
This groundbreaking work by Darrell Bock thoroughly explores the theology of Luke’s gospel and the book of Acts. In his writing, Luke records the story of God working through Jesus to usher in a new era of promise and Spirit-enablement so that the people of God can be God’s people even in the midst of a hostile world. It is a message the church still needs today. Bock both covers major Lukan themes and sets forth the distinctive contribution of Luke-Acts to the New Testament and the canon of Scripture, providing readers with an in-depth and holistic grasp of Lukan theology in the larger context of the Bible. I. Howard Marshall: “A remarkable achievement that should become the first port of call for students in this central area of New Testament Theology.” Craig S. Keener: “Bock’s excellent exploration of Luke’s theological approach and themes meets an important need in Lukan theology.”
The Saving Cross of the Suffering Christ
Author : Benjamin R. Wilson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,81 MB
Release : 2016-07-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3110477114
Book Description
What is the place of the cross in the thought of the third evangelist? This book seeks to show the central significance of the death of Jesus for Luke's understanding of (1) how salvation is accomplished and (2) what it means for Jesus to be the messiah. Whereas previous authors have helpfully attended to individual motifs within Luke's account of the passion, this book takes more of a wide-angle approach to the topic, moving from the very first allusions to Jesus' rejection at the beginning of Luke's gospel all the way through to the retrospective references to Jesus' death that occur throughout the speeches of Acts. By focusing on the inter-relationship of the various parts that form the whole of the Lukan portrayal of Jesus' death, Wilson proposes fresh solutions to several of the intractable exegetical disputes related to the place of the cross in Lukan theology, thereby helping to situate Lukan soteriology within the broader context of Jewish and Christian belief and practice in the first century.
Reading the Way, Paul, and The Jews in Acts within Judaism
Author : Jason F. Moraff
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 25,63 MB
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0567712494
Book Description
Jason F. Moraff challenges the contention that Acts' sharp rhetoric and portrayal of the Jews reflects anti-Judaism and supersessionism. He argues that, rather than constructing Christian identity in contrast to Judaism, Acts binds the Way, Paul, and the Jews together into a shared identity as Israel, and that together they embark on a journey of repentance with common Jewishness providing the foundation. Acts leverages Jewish kinship, language, cult, and custom to portray the Way, Paul, and the Jews as one family debating the direction of their ancestral tradition. Using a historically situated narrative approach, Moraff frames Acts' portrayal of the Way and Paul in relation to the Jewish people as participating in internecine conflict regarding the Jewish tradition-in-crisis, after the destruction of the temple. By exploring ancient ethnicity, Jewish identity and Lukan characterization, images of the Jews, the Way, and Paul, violence in Acts and the theme of blindness in Luke's gospel, the Pauline writings and Acts, Moraff stresses that Acts speaks from among my own nation, meaning the Jews, and makes it possible to understand Acts' critical characterization of the Jews within Second Temple Judaism.
The Text and Contexts of Ignatius Loyola's "Autobiography"
Author : John M. McManamon
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 24,58 MB
Release : 2013-01-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0823245047
Book Description
This refreshing re-evaluation of the so-called autobiography of Ignatius Loyola (c. 1491-1556) situates Ignatius's Acts against the backgrounds of the spiritual geography of Luke's New Testament writings and the culture of Renaissance humanism. Ignatius Loyola's So-Called Autobiography builds upon recent scholarly consensus, examines the language of the text that Ignatius Loyola dictated as his legacy to fellow Jesuits late in life, and discusses relevant elements of the social, historical, and religious contexts in which the text came to birth. Recent monographs by Marjorie O'Rourke Boyle and John W. O'Malley have characterized Ignatius's Acts as a mirror of vainglory and of apostolic religious life, respectively. In this study, John M. McManamon, S.J., persuasively argues that an appreciation of the two Lukan New Testament writings likewise helps interpret the theological perspectives of Ignatius. The geography of Luke's two writings and the theology that undergirds Luke's redactional innovation assisted Ignatius in remembering and understanding the crucial acts of God in his own life. This eloquent, lucidly written new book is essential reading for anyone interested in Ignatius, the early Jesuits, sixteenth-century religious life, and the history of early modern Europe.
The Reign of God and Rome in Luke's Passion Narrative
Author : Yong-sung Ahn
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 39,91 MB
Release : 2006-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9047409094
Book Description
From a Korean perspective, this book examines how Luke's Passion Narrative constructs the space-time of the Reign of God both in contest to and in compliance with that of Rome and shows how Luke's colonial relations complicate the Gospel's theological perspectives.
Uncovering Ancient Stones
Author : Henry Neil Richardson
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 28,19 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9780931464737
Book Description
During his long teaching career at Syracuse University and Boston University, H. Neil Richardson touched the lives of many students and colleagues. The nineteen essays included in this volume were written in his memory following his death in 1988.
