Reading Luke : interpretation, reflection, formation / editors, Craig G. Bartholomew, Joel B. Green, Anthony C. Thiselton. - Milton Keynes, UK : Grand Rapids, Mich. : Paternoster Press ; Zondervan, 2005. - xxii, 484 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The scripture and hermeneutics series; v. 6 . - Scripture and hermeneutics series; v. 6. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Hermeneutical dynamics of 'Reading Luke' as interpretation, reflection and formation / Learning theological interpretation and Luke / Purpose of Luke-Acts: Israel's story in the context of the Roman empire / Preparing the way of the Lord: introducing and interpreting Luke's narrative: a response to David Wenham / Reading Luke's Gospel as ancient Hellenistic narrative: Luke's narrative plan of Israel's suffering Messiah as God's saving 'plan' for the world / Political and eschatological language in Luke / Role of money and possessions in the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32): a test case / Reading Luke, hearing Jesus and understanding God: reflections on some hermeneutical issues: a response to John Nolland / Critical examination of David Bosch's missional reading of Luke / Luke and the Spirit: renewing theological interpretation of Biblical pneumatology / Kingdom and Church in Luke-Acts: from Davidic Christology to Kingdom ecclesiology / Canonical approach to interpreting Luke: the journey motif as a hermeneutical key / Prayer in/and the drama of redemption in Luke: prayer and exegetical performance / Reception and use of the Gospel of Luke in the second century / Looking for Luke in the second century: a dialogue with Francois Bovon / Illuminating Luke: the third gospel in Italian renaissance and baroque painting / Anthony C. Thiselton -- Joel B. Green -- David Wenham -- F. Scott Spencer -- David P. Moessner -- J. Howard Marshall -- John Nolland -- Stephen I. Wright -- Michael Goheen -- Max Turner -- Scott W. Hahn -- Charles H. H. Scobie -- Craig G. Bartholomew and Robby Holt -- Francois Bovon -- Andrew Gregory -- Heidi J. Hornik and Mikeal C. Parsons -- Joel B. Green. Introduction and preview -- Narrative, history and theology -- Language, parables, and ways or levels of reading Luke -- Distinctive theological themes in Luke-Acts -- Issues in reception history and reception theory -- Afterword /

0310234166 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780310234166

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Bible.--Luke--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BS 2595.52 / .R43 2005