The Gospel according to Luke X–XXIV (The Anchor Yale Bible | AYB)

by Joseph A. Fitzmyer

Publisher:

Yale University Press

, 2008

Overview

In this second of two volumes on the Gospel of Luke, beginning with chapter 10, Joseph A. Fitzmyer builds on the exhaustive introduction, definitive new translation, and extensive notes and commentary presented in his first volume. Fitzmyer brings to the task his mastery of ancient and modern languages, his encyclopedic knowledge of the sources, and his intimate acquaintance with the questions and issues raised by the third Synoptic Gospel.

In “joining the spirit to the letter” and scholarship to faith, this two-volume commentary on Luke has, as the Journal of Biblical Literature predicted, “rapidly and deservedly become the standard work on Luke.” Luke’s unique literary and linguistic features, its relation to the other Gospels and the book of Acts, and its distinctive theological slant are discussed in detail by the author. The Jesus of Luke’s Gospel speaks to the Greco-Roman world of first-century Christians, giving the followers of Jesus a reason for remaining faithful. Fitzmyer’s exposition of Luke helps modern-day Christians hear the Good News afresh and understand it like never before.

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Key Features

• Offers original translations, including alternative translations, annotations, and variants
• Provides verse-by-verse commentary on the text
• Presents the reader with historical background, including analysis of authorship and dating
• Features an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary literature

Contents

• The Journey to Jerusalem
• The Ministry of Jesus in Jerusalem
• The Passion Narrative
• The Resurrection Narrative

Top Highlights

“it is all to be taken as the norm of apostolic ministry.” (Page 1418)

“The master praises the manager for his prudence, because he realizes that the manager has eliminated his own commission from the original usurious bonds.” (Page 1098)

“ best reading is hymeteron, ‘your own’ (in mss. P⁷⁵, א” (Page 1110)

“What is the point of the parable? The parable is not a warning against the destructive nature of riches, or an approval of the dishonesty of the manager (vv. 1–2), or an approval of any falsification of accounts. The master’s approval bears on the prudence of the manager who realized how best to use what material possessions were his to ensure his future security. The ‘dishonest manager’ thus becomes a model for Christian disciples, not because of his dishonesty (his initial mismanagement and squandering), but because of his prudence. Faced with a crisis, he judged prudently how to cope with it. Christian disciples are also faced with a crisis by the kingdom/judgment preaching of Jesus, and the prudent use of material possessions might be recommended in the light of that crisis.” (Page 1098)

“But in Stage III of the gospel tradition the horizon of application is enlarged; the stories and the parable hardly have in view solely Jesus’ contemporaries, but also the Christian individual faced with the prospect of a sudden end of life. In this context the barren fig tree takes on a different meaning, the symbol of the human being whose life is marked by unproductivity. Why should such a person, having been given life and existence, continue to use up natural resources so unproductively. If one bears no fruit and continues one’s unproductivity and procrastination, then that person should be ready to face the fate of the barren fig tree.” (Page 1005)

Product Details

• Title: The Gospel according to Luke X–XXIV
• Author: Joseph A. Fitzmyer
• Series: Anchor Yale Bible (AYB)
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 1985
• Pages: 848

About Joseph A. Fitzmyer

Joseph A. Fitzmyer (1920–2016), SJ, was professor emeritus of biblical studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He was a noted scholar of New Testament and Aramaic, and taught at Woodstock College, University of Chicago, Fordham University, and Weston School of Theology. In 1984 he was awarded the Berkitt Medal for Biblical Studies by the British Royal Academy. He was the American member of the Biblical Commission, president of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, and past president of both The Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association. He authored over 20 books, including The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins, and he was coeditor of the New Jerome Biblical Commentary.