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New Light on Luke: Its Purpose, Sources and Literary Context

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

New Light on Luke: Its Purpose, Sources and Literary Context

Contributors:

By (Author) Barbara Shellard

ISBN:

9780567081681

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

T.& T.Clark Ltd

Publication Date:

9th July 2004

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Dewey:

226.406

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

346

Dimensions:

Width 138mm, Height 216mm

Weight:

430g

Description

This radical new interpretation reveals many connections between Luke and Johannine traditions. Comparision of pericopae shared by Luke and John suggests that the usual assumptions of Lukan priority may be mistaken; instead his may be chronologically the fourth gospel. Luke neverthless treats his sources in different ways, his response being both critical and creative. He aims to give security to Christians by including as much as possible and reconciling conflicting traditions, while firmly excluding heretical misinterpretation. Shellard also includes a consideration of Luke's use of possible sources, both canonical and extra-canonical, and places Luke-Acts in its literary context, noting among other things the presentation of Rome as a facilitatator of evangelization and a promoter of co-existence. This is volume 215 in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement series.

Author Bio

Barbara Shellard is Lecturer in New Testament theology at St Hilda's College, Oxford.

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