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Uncovering hidden meaning and authorial craft in the Gospel of Luke.
How did the author of the Gospel of Luke intend it to be read? In The Spiral Gospel, Rob James shows that the assumptions many modern readers bring to the text - that it claims to be historically factual, or merely regurgitates existing stories - are not those of antiquity. Building on the central insight that it was written for a community who would have used it as their pre-eminent text, James argues convincingly for a continuous, cyclical reading of Luke's narrative.
The evidence for this view, and also its consequences, can be seen in the gospel's intratextuality. Context is given at the end of the gospel that informs the beginning, and there are countless other intratextual elements throughout the text that are most readily noticeable on a second or subsequent reading. This deliberate, creative interweaving on the author's part opens up new levels of appreciation and faith for those who read in the way Luke's first audience received his work.
How did the author of the Gospel of Luke intend it to be read? In The Spiral Gospel, Rob James shows that the assumptions many modern readers bring to the text - that it claims to be historically factual, or merely regurgitates existing stories - are not those of antiquity. Building on the central insight that it was written for a community who would have used it as their pre-eminent text, James argues convincingly for a continuous, cyclical reading of Luke's narrative.
The evidence for this view, and also its consequences, can be seen in the gospel's intratextuality. Context is given at the end of the gospel that informs the beginning, and there are countless other intratextual elements throughout the text that are most readily noticeable on a second or subsequent reading. This deliberate, creative interweaving on the author's part opens up new levels of appreciation and faith for those who read in the way Luke's first audience received his work.
Price: $120.00
Pages: 200
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Series: Foundations in New Testament Criticism
Publication Date:
29 September 2022
Trim Size: 5.98 X 8.98 in
ISBN: 9780227178171
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / General, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Christology, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General, Bibles, Religion and beliefs
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Luke: History, but Not as We Know It
On Reading the Bible Then and Now
On Q and on Luke as Author: The Chicken or the Egg?
The Material to Be Explored
1. Linking the Ending to the Beginning
Introduction
The Boy in the Temple and the Emmaus Road
Further Intratextuality Relating to the Temple
Witnesses to Jesus and the 'Word;
Power from on High
Joy
Concluding Comments
2. Intratextual Attributes of Jesus
Introduction
Jesus as the Radically Pure One
Jesus as the 'Beloved' and 'Chosen' Son
The Face of Jesus, His Chosenness and Choices
Concluding Comments
3. Titles of Jesus
Introduction
Jesus as the Son of Man
Jesus as the Son of God
Jesus as the Christ
Concluding Comments
4. On Jesus' Teaching and Doing
Introduction
Joy and the Developing Church
Petitionary Prayer and teh Revelation of God in Jesus
Pride, Humility and True Righteousness
Concluding Comments
Conclusion
An Intratextual Reading Paradigm: The Spiral Text
Further Thoughts on Q
Reading Luke Intratextually
Bibliography
Biblical Index
Index of Modern Authors
General Index
Introduction
Luke: History, but Not as We Know It
On Reading the Bible Then and Now
On Q and on Luke as Author: The Chicken or the Egg?
The Material to Be Explored
1. Linking the Ending to the Beginning
Introduction
The Boy in the Temple and the Emmaus Road
Further Intratextuality Relating to the Temple
Witnesses to Jesus and the 'Word;
Power from on High
Joy
Concluding Comments
2. Intratextual Attributes of Jesus
Introduction
Jesus as the Radically Pure One
Jesus as the 'Beloved' and 'Chosen' Son
The Face of Jesus, His Chosenness and Choices
Concluding Comments
3. Titles of Jesus
Introduction
Jesus as the Son of Man
Jesus as the Son of God
Jesus as the Christ
Concluding Comments
4. On Jesus' Teaching and Doing
Introduction
Joy and the Developing Church
Petitionary Prayer and teh Revelation of God in Jesus
Pride, Humility and True Righteousness
Concluding Comments
Conclusion
An Intratextual Reading Paradigm: The Spiral Text
Further Thoughts on Q
Reading Luke Intratextually
Bibliography
Biblical Index
Index of Modern Authors
General Index