The Lukan Lens on Wealth and Possessions

A Perspective Shaped by the Themes of Reversal and Right Response
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-41632-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 180, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 430 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

In The Lukan Lens on Wealth and Possessions: A Perspective Shaped by Reversal and Right Response, Rachel Coleman offers a detailed look at Luke’s wealth ethic. The long-debated question of how Luke understands the relationship between followers of Jesus and material possessions is examined with careful exegesis and keen literary and theological sensitivity. The twin motifs established in Luke’s introductory unit (Luke 1:5–4:44)—reversal and right response—provide the hermeneutical lenses that allow the reader to discern a consistent Lukan perspective on wealth in the life of disciples. With an engaging style and an eye to the contemporary church, the book will appeal to both scholars and pastors.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coleman, Rachel L

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Locating the Interpretive Lens for Luke’s Wealth Ethic (1:5–4:44)

1 The State of the Conversation

2 Advancing the Conversation
3 The Scope of Luke’s Introduction: a Hermeneutically Significant Question

3.1 Proposals that Locate the Conclusion of Luke’s Introduction Prior to 4:44

3.2 The Lukan Introduction Encompasses the Entirety of Luke 4

4 Interpretive Implications

2 What Luke’s Introduction Reveals: the Motif of Wealth and Possessions Is Linked to the Themes of Reversal and Right Response

1 Structure as Organizer: Three Panels of Weighted Parallels

2 The First Panel of Luke’s Introduction: Conception (Luke 1:5–56)

2.1 The Two Sets of Parents who Receive Angelic Announcements (Luke 1:5–45)

2.2 Summary, the Contrasts between the Two Annunciations

2.3 Mary’s Song (Luke 1:46–56)

2.4 Summary: the Lukan “Hints” in the First Panel of the Introduction

3 The Second Panel: Birth, Presentation, and Boyhood (Luke 1:57–2:52)

3.1 The Birth, Presentation, and Boyhood of John (Luke 1:57–80)

3.2 The Birth, Presentation and Boyhood of Jesus (Luke 2:1–52)

3.3 Summary: the Lukan “Hints” in the Second Panel of the Introduction

4 The Third Panel of the Introduction: the Mission of John and Jesus (Luke 3:1–4:44)

4.1 John’s Mission (Luke 3:1–20)
4.2 Jesus’ Mission (Luke 3:21–4:44)

4.3 Summary: the Lukan “Hints” in the Third Panel of the Introduction

5 How Luke’s Introduction Prepares the Reader for His Gospel

3 Reading Luke 5–24 through the Lens of the Introduction (Part 1)

1 Explicit Links between Reversal and Right Response and the Motif of Wealth and Possessions (Luke 5–24)

1.1 The Call of the First Disciples, Luke 5:1–11 (Matt 4:18–22/Mark 1:16–20)

1.2 The Call of Levi, Luke 5:27–32

Über Autor(innen)

Rachel L. Coleman, Ph.D. (2018), Regent University, is Adjunct Instructor (Biblical Studies) at Indiana Wesleyan University. Her publications include “The Lukan Beatitudes in the Canonical Choir: A ‘Test Case’ for John Christopher Thomas’ Hermeneutical Proposal,” JPT 26 (2017): 48–67.