LUKE AND SCRIPTURE

The Function of Sacred Tradition in Luke-Acts

CRAIG A. EVANS

JAMES A. SANDERS

Scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.

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Luke and Scripture

The Function of Sacred Tradition in Luke-Acts

By Sanders, James A. and Evans, Craig A.

Copyright©1993 Sanders, James A. and Evans, Craig A.

ISBN: 1-57910-607-2

Publication Date: May, 2001

Previously published by Fortress Press, 1993.

CONTENTS

Preface

Abbreviations

1. Gospels and Midrash: An Introduction to Luke and Scripture

Craig A. Evans and James A. Sanders

2. Isaiah in Luke

James A. Sanders

3. Jesus and the Spirit: On the Origin and Ministry of the Second Son of God

Craig A. Evans

4. From Isaiah 61 to Luke 4

James A. Sanders

5. The Function of the Elijah/Elisha Narratives in Luke’s Ethic of Election

Craig A. Evans

6. Sins, Debts, and Jubilee Release

James A. Sanders

7. “He Set His Face”: On the Meaning of Luke 9:51

Craig A. Evans

8. The Ethic of Election in Luke’s Great Banquet Parable

James A. Sanders

9. Luke 16:1–18 and the Deuteronomy Hypothesis

Craig A. Evans

10. A Hermeneutic Fabric: Psalm 118 in Luke’s Entrance Narrative

James A. Sanders

11. The Twelve Thrones of Israel: Scripture and Politics in Luke 22:24–30

Craig A. Evans

12. Prophecy and Polemic: Jews in Luke’s Scriptural Apologetic

Craig A. Evans

13. The Prophetic Setting of the Pentecost Sermon

Craig A. Evans

Related Studies

Index of Ancient Writings

Index of Modern Authors

PREFACE

Luke and Scripture: The Function of Sacred Tradition in Luke-Acts is a collection of exploratory studies that seek to probe the third evangelist’s understanding of Scripture, its nature, and its continuing function. These studies represent work in progress. Both of us plan to produce monographs following up certain aspects of the problems touched upon here. Criticisms and suggestions are therefore welcome.

We wish to express our thanks and appreciation to Gerald Bilkes, Melody Knowles, and Jason Van Vliet, recent graduates of Trinity Western University, who assisted in typing several chapters of the manuscript, and to Ginny Evans who assisted in preparing the indexes.

Craig A. Evans

James A. Sanders

ABBREVIATIONS

AB Anchor Bible

AGJU Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums

AGSJU Arbeiten zur Geschichte des Spätjudentums und Urchristentums

AnBib Analecta biblica

ANQ Andover Newton Quarterly

AOS American Oriental Series

APOT R. H. Charles (ed.), Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament

ATD Das Alte Testament Deutsch

BA Biblical Archaeologist

BBB Bonner biblische Beiträge

BDB F. Brown, S. R. Driver, and C. A. Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament

BHS Biblia hebraica stuttgartensia

BHT Beiträge zur historischen Theologie...