Reading Luke-Acts: Dynamics of Biblical NarrativeThis excellent book shows how literary criticism illuminates the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, reclaiming them as biblical narrative. William Kurz explores literary aspects such as implied authors or readers, plot, and assumed information, or gaps. He then highlights the role of the narrator, who is the primary key to the focus and perspective of the narrative. Kurz also discovers an implicit commentary in Luke--Acts. Finally, he traces the implications of reading Luke--Acts as canonical Scripture and the merits of literary methods. |
Contents
Narrative Questions | 39 |
Narrators in Luke | 45 |
Narrators in Acts | 73 |
Narrative Claims of We in Acts | 111 |
Influence of Variant Narrators on Repeated Acts Narratives | 125 |
Implicit Commentary in LukeActs | 135 |
Luke and Acts as Canonical | 159 |
Literary Criticism Canon and Orality | 167 |
Notes | 184 |
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Common terms and phrases
Acts 22 Acts 9 Ananias Antioch Apostelgeschichte apostles audience Barnabas Bible biblical narratives bibliog Cadbury canonical character narrator Christian church claims companions contemporary context Conzelmann disciples emphasis episodes eucharistic farewell address first-person Fitzmyer focalized foreshadows fulfilled gaps Gentiles God's Gospel of Luke Greek Hellenistic historical criticism Holy Spirit implied readers interpretation irony Jerusalem Jewish Jews John Josephus journey Kurz later Literary Criticism Lukan narrator Luke and Acts Luke I-IX Luke-Acts Luke's Mark Markan mention Messiah misunderstanding Moses motif Narrative Approaches narrative criticism Narrative Unity narrator shows narrator's NARRATORS IN ACTS oral original passion Paul's Pauline Pentecost persecution person perspective Pesch Peter plot line point of view prayer preaching preface prologue prophecy prophet prosopopoeia Reader-Response Criticism Reading Luke recounts refers resurrection risen Jesus RNAB Roman Sanhedrin Saul Saul's scene Schneider scripture Silas speech Stephen story Tannehill Temple Testament theological third-person tion traditional unreliable narrators word writing