The Lukan lens on wealth and possessions : a perspective shaped by the themes of reversal and right response /

The Lukan lens on wealth and possessions : a perspective shaped by the themes of reversal and right response /

In The Lukan Lens on Wealth and Possessions: A Perspective Shaped by Reversal and Right Response, Rachel Coleman offers a detailed look at Luke's wealth ethic. The long-debated question of how Luke understands the relationship between followers of Jesus and material possessions is examined with...

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Main Author: Coleman, Rachel L. (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Series: On (De)Coloniality: Curriculum Within and Beyond the West; volume3.

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Bible. > Luke > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Wealth > Biblical teaching.

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Call Number: BS2595.6.W37

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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Locating the Interpretive Lens for Luke's Wealth Ethic (1:5-4:44)
  •  1 The State of the Conversation
  •  2 Advancing the Conversation  3 The Scope of Luke's Introduction: a Hermeneutically Significant Question
  •  3.1 Proposals that Locate the Conclusion of Luke's Introduction Prior to 4:44
  •  3.2 The Lukan Introduction Encompasses the Entirety of Luke 4
  •  4 Interpretive Implications
  • 2 What Luke's Introduction Reveals: the Motif of Wealth and Possessions Is Linked to the Themes of Reversal and Right Response
  •  1 Structure as Organizer: Three Panels of Weighted Parallels
  •  2 The First Panel of Luke's Introduction: Conception (Luke 1:5-56)
  •  2.1 The Two Sets of Parents who Receive Angelic Announcements (Luke 1:5-45)
  •  2.2 Summary, the Contrasts between the Two Annunciations
  •  2.3 Mary's Song (Luke 1:46-56)
  •  2.4 Summary: the Lukan "Hints" in the First Panel of the Introduction
  •  3 The Second Panel: Birth, Presentation, and Boyhood (Luke 1:57-2:52)
  •  3.1 The Birth, Presentation, and Boyhood of John (Luke 1:57-80)
  •  3.2 The Birth, Presentation and Boyhood of Jesus (Luke 2:1-52)
  •  3.3 Summary: the Lukan "Hints" in the Second Panel of the Introduction
  •  4 The Third Panel of the Introduction: the Mission of John and Jesus (Luke 3:1-4:44)
  •  4.1 John's Mission (Luke 3:1-20)  4.2 Jesus' Mission (Luke 3:21-4:44)
  •  4.3 Summary: the Lukan "Hints" in the Third Panel of the Introduction
  •  5 How Luke's Introduction Prepares the Reader for His Gospel
  • 3 Reading Luke 5-24 through the Lens of the Introduction (Part 1)
  •  1 Explicit Links between Reversal and Right Response and the Motif of Wealth and Possessions (Luke 5-24)
  •  1.1 The Call of the First Disciples, Luke 5:1-11 (Matt 4:18-22/Mark 1:16-20)
  •  1.2 The Call of Levi, Luke 5:27-32 (Matt 9:9-13/Mark 2:13-17)
  •  1.3 Beatitudes and Woes, Luke 6:20-26 (Matt 5:3-12)
  •  1.4 The Dominical Response to the Baptist's Question, Luke 7:18-23 (Matt 11:2-6)
  •  1.5 The Women Disciples, Luke 8:1-3
  •  1.6 The Parable of the Rich Fool, Luke 12:13-21
  •  1.7 Two Banquet Parables, Luke 14:7-24
  •  1.8 The Cost of Discipleship, Luke 14:25-33 (Matthew 10:37-38)
  •  1.9 The Parable of the Shrewd Manager, Luke 16:1-13
  •  1.10 The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, Luke 16:14-31
  •  1.11 The Rich Ruler, Luke 18:18-30 (Matt 19:16-30; Mark 10:17-31)
  •  1.12 Zacchaeus, Luke 19:1-10
  •  1.13 The Poor Widow's Offering, Luke 21:1-4 (Mark 12:41-44)
  •  2 Summary
  • 4 Reading Luke 5-24 through the Lens of the Introduction (Part 2)
  •  1 Lukan Texts of Reversal and Right Response, with Implicit Connections to the Motif of Wealth and Possessions
  •  1.1 Healings that Demonstrate the Promised ἄφεσις, Luke 5:12-26 (Matt 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45)
  •  1.2 Right Response Means New Rules of Engagement, Luke 6:27-36 (Matt 5:38-48; 7:12)
  •  1.3 The Healing of the Centurion's Servant and the Raising of the Widow's Son, Luke 7:1-17
  •  1.4 The Woman of Faith at Simon's House, Luke 7:36-50
  •  1.5 The Feed.