Luke understands himself as a witness of Israel’s story – the story that runs from Creation, through the call of Abraham, the Exodus, the Conquest, the establishment of the Davidic kingdom, to the Exile and return. This story, Luke believes, has reached its climax, its definitive turning point in Jesus. (more…)
Theo-logic of Luke-Acts
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June 17, 2008
The Theo-logic of Luke-Acts: A Surprising Climax to Israel’s Story
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June 14, 2008
The Theo-Logic of Luke-Acts
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A fundamental logic underlies Luke-Acts, a set of interdependent themes that inform Luke’s selection of Jesus’ sayings and stories about him, as well as their final arrangement in Luke’s narrative. This theo-logic is the DNA of Luke-Acts, the carrier of Luke’s distinctive theological information. Five themes make the set, which I will briefly outline here and return to often. (more…)
