TH 6322 - Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles

Series: Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament. Mikeal Parsons, a leading scholar on Luke and Acts, examines cultural context and theological meaning in Luke in this addition to the well-received Paideia series.

Examines the goals, methods, and styles of the evangelists and how these shaped the gospels' messages. The earliest book, Mark, emphasizes Jesus the sufferer; in Matthew, Jesus the teacher; in Luke, Jesus the reconciler; and in John, Jesus the mystic.

Series: Feminist Companion to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings, 3.

Series: The New Daily Study Bible (Westminster Press). With a historian's precision, Luke's Gospel shows painstaking care both in detail and in expression. Of equal distinction is the universal appeal of the Gospel. Barclay's insightful comments help each of us to see the infinitude of God's love through Luke's eyes.

Series: Westminster Bible Companion. Ringe offers readers a thorough introduction to and a critical reading of Luke.

Series: Sacra Pagina, 3. What makes this commentary on Luke stand apart from others is that, from beginning to end, this is a literary analysis. Because it focuses solely on the gospel as it appears and not on its source or origin, this commentary richly and thoroughly explores just what Luke is saying and how he says it.

Series: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Using Luke's own prologue as the guideline for his commentary, Fred B. Craddock calls attention to the continuities between Jesus and his heritage in Judaism and the church after him.

Series: Passion Series, 3. Father Senior's exegesis yields a strong sense of what Luke intended to communicate to his readers and, to some degree, what may have been the circumstances that shaped his message. He reveals the Luke who presents Jesus as a champion of the poor and marginalized, whose message of justice is proclaimed with a sharp prophetic edge.

Bailey begins by surveying the development of allegorical, historical-eschatological, aesthetic, and existential methods of interpretation. In addition to illuminating the cultural framework of the parables, Bailey offers an analysis of their literary structure, treating the parabolic section as a whole as well as its individual components.

Series: The Anchor Bible, 28. Introduction and notes by Keith Cushman.

Series: New Century Bible Commentary.

Series: Proclamation Commentaries.

Series: Novum Testamentum. Supplements, 7.

Series: Verbum Salutis, 3. In French. 14th edition.

Series: Monograph series / Society for New Testament Studies, 116. Alexandru Neagoe sets out to examine Luke's writings as an apologetic work by focusing on the trial narratives.

Examines the portrayal of Mary as a virgin in two important early Christian narratives: the canonical Luke-Acts and the second-century Protevangelium of James. Foskett explores the multiple meanings and images that parthenos and virginity display in two sources and describes how they exploit this range of possible meanings in their representations of Mary.

In a world of conflict in which religious differences play a significant role, reconciliation grows increasingly important. The Ministry of Reconciliation shows how with a spirituality of reconciliation we can create the spaces in which reconciliation can happen, and with human strategies, how the process of reconciliation can move forward.

Reveals a wholistic, prophetic evangelism where personal and social concerns are equally significant.

Makes a contribution to the study of intertextuality in biblical studies.

Examines pairings of men and women in Luke and Acts, drawing arresting conclusions.

Esler makes extensive use of sociology and anthropology to examine the author of Luke Acts' theology as a response to social and political pressures upon the Christian community for whom he was writing.

Series: Message of Biblical Spirituality, 10.

Roger Stronstad argues that, in an effort to harmonize Lukan and Pauline theology of the Holy Spirit, Luke's charismatic emphases have been improperly forced into a mold. Stronstad offers a thought-provoking study of Luke as a charismatic theologian, whose understanding of the Spirit shaped wholly his understanding of Jesus and of the nature of the Early Church.

Series: Perspectives in religious studies: Special studies series, 5.

Series: Monograph series / Society of Biblical Literature, 20.

Padilla explores fresh avenues of understanding by examining the text in light of the most recent research on the book of Acts itself, philosophical hermeneutics, genre theory and historiography.

The Acts of the Apostles joins the Gospel of Luke with the ministry of Paul. The author shows how this masterful storyteller worked his magic, drawing on first-century literary techniques of narration and characterization.

Series: International Critical Commentary on the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments.

Series: Feminist Companion to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings, 9. This diverse collection utilizes a variety of approaches to address issues of ethnicity and class, economic and social status, speech and silence, comedy and tragedy, construction of masculinity, mission and post-colonial response, literary influences both behind and in front of the text.

Series: Westminster Bible Companion. In this book, Paul Walaskay discusses Luke's description of the early church, its leadership, and its struggles as a people of God amid competing religious claims. He helps the reader understand Luke and his contemporaries and examines the first-century church's situation in light of today's issues.

Marion Soards analyzes the speech texts by comparing them to writings from ancient history, rhetoric, and midrashic interpretation of scripture.

Series: Believers Church Bible Commentary.

Series: Sacra Pagina, 5. This commentary treats Luke-Acts as an apologetic history. It takes with equal seriousness both Luke's literary artistry and his historical interests, fitting his methods comfortably within the ancient standards of historiography. This perspective illustrates in particular that Luke's historical narrative serves a definite religious intent.

Provides an overview of current scholarship on Acts that will serve as a suitable introduction to that book of the Bible.

Series: Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. William Willimon combines the latest findings in Lukan scholarship with the pastoral, educational, and theological concerns of the local church to provide a new interpretation of Acts.

Series: Hermeneia: A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible. Filled with compact, almost aphoristic observations about the text, its background, and its theology.

"The Greek text on which the commentary is based is Westcott and Hort's."

Series: The Interpreter's Concise Commentary, 7.

Series: New Testament Message, 8.

Series: Daily Study Bible Series (Westminster Press).

Translation of 14th edition of "Die Apostelgeschichte."

Series: The Anchor Bible, 31.

Series: Cambridge Bible Commentary: New English Bible

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