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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1. VerfasserIn: Ezeani, Innocent Emezie (Verfasst von)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Frankfurt am Main Bern Wien [u.a.] Lang 2014
In: Europäische Hochschulschriften / 23 (Vol. 945)
Jahr: 2014
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Europäische Hochschulschriften / 23 Vol. 945
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Bibel. Lukasevangelium / Gesellschaftskritik / Politische Theologie / Exegese
RelBib Classification:HC Neues Testament
KAB Kirchengeschichte 30-500; Frühchristentum
TB Altertum
weitere Schlagwörter:B Bibel. Apostelgeschichte
B Bible. Luke Apologetic works
B Hochschulschrift
B Politik
B Apologie
B Frühchristentum
B Bibel. Lukasevangelium
B Apologetik
B Apologetics
B Römisches Reich
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Zusammenfassung: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
Physische Details:318 S, Ill., 22 cm
ISBN:3-631-65495-2
978-3-631-65495-8