Luke and Scripture: The Function of Sacred Tradition in Luke–Acts

by Craig A. Evans; James A. Sanders

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2001

Overview

In Luke and Scripture, Craig A. Evans and James A. Sanders explore how the author of the third Gospel and Acts understood the nature and function of Scripture. Throughout this collection of exploratory studies, Evans and Sanders present a variety of fresh insights into key passages from Luke and Acts, based on extensive research on ancient Jewish tradition. Clear and concise, this volume will aid a wide audience in understanding how early Christians viewed Scripture—and how it became authoritative in Christian life.

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Key Features

• Explores how Luke understood the nature and function of Scripture
• Examines specific passages of Luke’s writings in light of ancient Jewish tradition
• Analyzes the development of the doctrine of biblical authority

Contents

• Gospels and Midrash: An Introduction to Luke and Scripture
• Isaiah in Luke
• Jesus and the Spirit: On the Origin and Ministry of the Second Son of God
• From Isaiah 61 to Luke 4
• The Function of the Elijah/Elisha Narratives in Luke’s Ethic of Election
• Sins, Debts, and Jubilee Release
• “He Set His Face”: On the Meaning of Luke 9:51
• The Ethic of Election in Luke’s Great Banquet Parable
• Luke 16:1–18 and the Deuteronomy Hypothesis
• A Hermeneutic Fabric: Psalm 118 in Luke’s Entrance Narrative
• The Twelve Thrones of Israel: Scripture and Politics in Luke 22:24–30
• Prophecy and Polemic: Jews in Luke’s Scriptural Apologetic
• The Prophetic Setting of the Pentecost Sermon

Top Highlights

“Luke leaves the theological history of what God is doing in God’s time as open-ended as the Deuteronomic historian had” (Page 18)

“The Gospels are not Targums because they do not follow the Tanak or Hebrew Scriptures verse by verse” (Page 1)

“Joel’s prophecy is not only foundational to Luke’s pneumatology but serves as a major contributing element to the evangelist’s understanding of the Gospel itself.” (Page 220)

“Thus Luke stresses that what offended Jesus’ contemporaries most was his hermeneutics, his interpretation of one of their favorite passages of Scripture.” (Page 21)

“Luke’s knowledge of Scripture was rather remarkable. His Bible was a Greek text of the First Testament as it then was” (Page 16)

Praise for the Print Edition

Whatever their level of expertise, students of Luke and of the use of Scripture in Scripture will find useful and challenging material in this comprehensive volume.

—I. Howard Marshall, professor emeritus of New Testament exegesis, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

This book sharpens the definition of midrash criticism in relation to other methods both in theory and practice and in the process sheds further light on Luke’s understanding of Jesus, the origin of early Christianity, and his own experience in terms of Israel’s sacred tradition and institutions.

—Mikeal C. Parsons, Kidd L. and Buna Hitchcock Macon Chair in Religion, Baylor University

Product Details

• Title: Luke and Scripture: The Function of Sacred Tradition in Luke-Acts
• Authors: Craig A. Evans, James A. Sanders
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2001
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Pages: 262
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. N.T. Luke › Relation to the Old Testament; Bible. O.T. › Relation to Luke; Bible. N.T. Acts › Relation to the Old Testament; Bible. O.T. › Relation to Acts
• ISBNs: 9781579106072, 1579106072
• Resource ID: LLS:LUKEANDSCRIPTURE
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:24:15Z

About the Authors

Dr. Craig A. Evans received his PhD in New Testament from Claremont Graduate University and his DHabil from the Karoli Gaspar Reformed University in Budapest. He is the John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Baptist University in Texas.

Evans taught at Trinity Western University in British Columbia for 21 years, where he directed the graduate program in biblical studies and founded the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute. He has recently served on the advisory board for the Gospel of Judas for National Geographic Society and has appeared frequently as an expert commentator on network television programs.

Evans has written and edited extensively on the historical Jesus and the Jewish background of the New Testament era. His published works include From Prophecy to Testament, Jesus and the Ossuaries, Jesus: The Final Days, and Dictionary of New Testament Background.

James A. Sanders is professor emeritus of biblical studies at the Claremont School of Theology and the Claremont Graduate University as well as president emeritus of the Ancient Biblical Manuscript Center. Among his many publications are Torah and Canon, Canon and Community, and God Has a Story Too.