Luke’s Christology of Divine Identity (Biblia.com)

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Henrichs-Tarasenkova argues against a long tradition of scholars about how best to represent Luke’s Christology. When read against the backdrop of ancient ways of constructing personal identity, key texts in the Lukan narrative demonstrate that Luke indirectly characterizes Jesus as the one God of Israel together with YHWH. Henrichs-Tarasenkova employs a narrative approach that takes into...

mentioned earlier as her defining characteristic (1:27),4 and since Gabriel explains Jesus’ divine sonship as a result of YHWH’s initiative and enablement through his Spirit rather than as an adoption at his inauguration as king of the Jews, Luke leaves no room for human initiative or action in Jesus’ conception. Consequently, to understand Jesus’ conception in natural terms or his divine sonship as derivative of his status as a Davidide is inappropriate. By means of Gabriel’s answer, Luke not only

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