1st Edition
Luke and the Jewish Other Politics of Identity in the Third Gospel
By David Andrew Smith
Copyright 2024
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
230 Pages
by
Routledge
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Luke and the Jewish Other takes up the debated question of the orientation of Luke toward the Jewish people. Building on recent studies in the social history of early Jewish-Christian relations, it offers an analysis of Luke’s portrayal of Jewish and Christian identities that challenges the common assumption that the construction of religious identity in antiquity necessarily depended upon... Read more
1 Introduction
2 The Israelite Identity of Jesus in the Lukan Introductions
3 Identity and Conflict: Jesus and the Opponents
4 Identity and Conflict: Jesus and the Disciples
5 Identity and Communion: Jesus, Israel, and the Church
6 Identities in Process: Insiders and Outsiders on the Way
7 Jesus, the Jews, and the Identity Crisis of Jerusalem
8 Conclusion
Biography
David Andrew Smith (PhD Duke University) is Rector at Bread of Life Anglican Church in Ithaca, New York.
