Discovering Luke : content, interpretation, reception / Joel B. Green.
By: Green, Joel B.
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BookSeries: Discovering biblical texts: Publisher: Grand Rapids Wm.B. Eerdman Publishing Company 2021Description: xii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780802874962; 0802874967.Subject(s): Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | BibleGenre/Form: Criticism, interpretation, etc.DDC classification: 226.406 G823 Summary: This interpretation of Luke encourages in-depth study of the text and genuine grappling with the theological and sociohistorical questions it raises. It draws on a range of methodological interests (author-, text-, and reader-centered) as complementary rather than mutually exclusive ways of understanding the text. It also recognizes the importance of the reception history of biblical texts, increasingly viewed as a vital aspect of interpretation rather than an optional extra. Throughout Discovering Luke, Joel Green gives readers strategies for reading the Gospel of Luke and guides them through Luke's world in its historical, ideological, political, and economic contexts. Green reviews key issues raised by the Gospel and connects these issues to questions of how Luke should be interpreted today.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and indexes.
This interpretation of Luke encourages in-depth study of the text and genuine grappling with the theological and sociohistorical questions it raises. It draws on a range of methodological interests (author-, text-, and reader-centered) as complementary rather than mutually exclusive ways of understanding the text. It also recognizes the importance of the reception history of biblical texts, increasingly viewed as a vital aspect of interpretation rather than an optional extra. Throughout Discovering Luke, Joel Green gives readers strategies for reading the Gospel of Luke and guides them through Luke's world in its historical, ideological, political, and economic contexts. Green reviews key issues raised by the Gospel and connects these issues to questions of how Luke should be interpreted today.
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