Luke 1: A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke 1:1-9:50

by Francois Bovon, Helmut Koester (Editor)

Overview

This is the first of a three-volume commentary on the Gospel of Luke, covering the birth narratives through the Galilean ministry of Jesus. The introduction covers the text-critical questions of the Gospel, as well as its canonization, language, structure, origin, and theological profile. Bovon argues that Luke is not a direct student of Paul, but represents a specific form of the Pauline school in the third generation of the churches. The author also treats how the Gospel was used in later generations: writers from the early church, the Middle Ages, and the Reformation. He includes excursuses on "The Virgin Birth and the History of Religions," "The Devil," "The Word of God," and "Forgiveness of Sins."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800660444
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	05/29/2002
Series:	Hermeneia: A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible Series
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Helmut Koester is John H. Morison Research Professor of Divinity and Winn Research Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Chair of the New Testament Board of the Hermeneia commentary series. He is editor of numerous volumes in the Hermeneia series as well as Cities of Paul: Images and Interpretations from the Harvard New Testament and Archaeology Project on CD-ROM (2004, 978-0-8006-3673-9) and author of Paul and His World: Interpreting the New Testament in Its Context (2007, 978-0-8006-3890-0).

Francois Bovon (1938-2013)was Frothingham Professor of the History of Religion at Harvard Divinity School. His publications have appeared in French, German, and English; his English-language books include Luke the Theologian (1985) and New Testament Traditions and Apocryphal Narratives (1995). He was also coeditor of Exegesis: Problems of Method and Exercises in Reading (1978).

Table of Contents

Foreword to Hermeneia

Translator's Foreword

Preface

Abbreviations

Short Titles

Historical List of Commentaries

Introduction: The Work of Luke

Commentary

The Prologue (1:1-4)

The Birth Narrative (1:5-2:52)

The Proclamation to Zechariah (1:5-25)

The Annunciation to Mary (1:26-38)

Excursus: The Virgin Birth and the History of Religions

The Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth (1:39-56)

The Birth of John (1:57-80)

The Birth of Jesus (2:1-21)

The Presentation at the Temple (2:22-40)

The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus in the Temple (2:41-52)

The Baptist's Ministry and the Baptism of Jesus (3:1-22)

The Genealogy of Jesus (3:23-38)

The Temptation of Jesus (4:1-13)

Excursus: The Devil

The First Public Preaching in Nazareth (4:14-30)

The First Public Activity in Galilee (4:31-44)

Peter's Catch of Fish (5:1-11)

Excursus: The Word of God

The Healing of a Leper (5:12-16)

The Healing of a Paralytic (5:17-26)

Excursus: The Forgiveness of Sins

The Calling and Dinner Party of Levi (5:27-39)

The Plucking of Grain on the Sabbath (6:1-5)

The Healing of the Withered Hand (6:6-11)

The Choosing of the Twelve (6:12-16)

The Healings before the Sermon on the Plain (6:17-19)

The Sermon on the Plain (6:20-49)

The Sermon on the Plain I: Blessings and Woes (6:20-26)

The Sermon on the Plain II: Love of Enemies and Other Matters (6:27-38)

The Sermon on the Plain III: The Parables (6:39-49)

The Centurion from Capernaum (7:1-10)

The Young Man at Nain (7:11-17)

The Testimony of Jesus about the Baptist (7:18-35)

Jesus and the Sinful Woman (7:36-50)

The Discipleship of Women (8:1-3)

The Parable of the Sower and Other Teachings (8:4-21)

The Stilling of the Storm (8:22-25)

The Gergesene Demoniac (8:26-39)

Jairus's Daughter and the Woman with the Discharge of Blood (8:40-56)

The Commissioning of the Twelve (9:1-6)

The Perplexity of Herod (9:7-9)

The Feeding of the Five Thousand (9:10-17)

Peter's Confession of the Messiah (9:18-22)

About Following Jesus (9:23-27)

The Transfiguration (9:28-36)

The Healing of the Possessed Son (9:37-43a)

The Second Prediction of the Passion; the Disciples' Conflict about Rank; the Strange Exorcist (9:43b-50)

Indices