The apologetic revisited: exonerating Luke from an ancestral exegetical and theological burden
The trend in the scholarship of Luke has been that of presenting Luke as being interested in the survival of Christianity within the Power apparatus of the Roman world. To achieve this pivotal aim, he seems to overlook that abysmal social maladies and wrongdoings of the Powerful of his time hoping n...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Frankfurt am Main Bern Wien [u.a.]
Lang
2014
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| In: |
Europäische Hochschulschriften / 23 (Vol. 945)
Year: 2014 |
| Series/Journal: | Europäische Hochschulschriften / 23
Vol. 945 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Luke
/ Social criticism
/ Political theology
/ Exegesis
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| RelBib Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity TB Antiquity |
| Further subjects: | B
Church
B Bible. Luke Apologetic works B Luke B Roman Empire B Apologia B Politics B Apologetics B Thesis B Acts of the Apostles |
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| Summary: | The trend in the scholarship of Luke has been that of presenting Luke as being interested in the survival of Christianity within the Power apparatus of the Roman world. To achieve this pivotal aim, he seems to overlook that abysmal social maladies and wrongdoings of the Powerful of his time hoping not to engage the peace and tranquility of Christianity. The intention of this research, however, is to show the defiance and fearlessness of Luke in dealing with the rich and the Powerful. He did not comprise the basic teaching of Christianity even in his respect for the constituted profane Authorities of the Roman order. A second proper look beholds the critical dynamics of his Gospel and the Acts, beginning with the Magnificat running through the angelic Annunciation scene and the Temptation of Jesus and ending with the punishment of Herod Agrippa. The reader beholds a hitherto unknown Luke, who operates from a particular critical distance to the Powerful from the sociological perspective of hidden transcripts |
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| ISBN: | 3631654952 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3726/978-3-653-04767-7 |