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The Davidic Messiah in Luke-Acts: The Promise and its Fulfillment in Lukan Christology is unavailable, but you can change that!

The nature of Lukan Christology has been much debated in recent years, with scholars claiming the pre-eminence of such categories as Lord, Prophet, Christ, or Isaianic Servant. In the present work the author examines one major theme within Luke’s Christology, that of the coming king from the line of David. A study of the Lukan birth narrative and the speeches in Acts reveals that Luke shows a...

Testament, Darrell Bock challenges his designation ‘proof from prophecy’, suggesting instead the description ‘proclamation from prophecy and pattern’.1 ‘Proclamation’ because Luke’s use of the Old Testament for Christology is not pri marily in terms of a defensive apologetic, but rather involves the direct and positive proclamation of Jesus. The church is ‘on the offensive concerning Jesus’.2 Bock insists on ‘pattern’ as well as prophecy because Luke sees the Scriptures fulfilled in Jesus not merely
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