Description
Book SynopsisProvides an overview of Luke and Acts, reading them in the context of ancient rhetorical criticism as practiced in the Hellenistic world. The depth and breadth of Mikeal Parson's study root Luke's narrative strategy, interpretive moves, and theological imagination in the pagan, Jewish, and Christian contexts of the period.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- 1. The Life of a Legend : The Making of "Luke"
- Part One: Luke the Storyteller
- 2. Luke and the Progymnasmata: A Preliminary Investigation into the Preliminary Exercises
- 3. Luke 1:1-4 and Ancient Rhetoric
- Part Two: Luke the Interpreter
- 4. Interpreting Pagan Traditions: Friendship and Physiognomy
- 5. Interpreting Jewish Traditions: Jerusalem and the Suffering Servant
- 6. Interpreting Christian Traditions: Parables and Paul
- Part Three: Luke the Evangelist
- 7. Reconstituting the People of God: The Examples of Peter, Cornelius, and Others
- Epilogue
