Reading Luke-Acts

by Kurz, William S.

• ISBN13: 9780664254414
• ISBN10: 0664254411
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-08-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

This 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.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction: Reading Luke-Acts as Biblical Narrative	p. 1
Methodological Considerations of Narrative
Implied Authors and Readers	p. 9
Plotting and Gaps	p. 17
Applications: Narration
The Prologue to Luke's Gospel: Narrative Questions	p. 39
Narrators in Luke	p. 45
Narrators in Acts	p. 73
Narrative Claims of "We" in Acts	p. 111
Influence of Variant Narrators on Repeated Acts Narratives	p. 125
Applications: Implicit Commentary
Implicit Commentary in Luke-Acts	p. 135
Conclusions: Luke-Acts as Scripture
Luke and Acts as Canonical	p. 159
Epilogue: Literary Criticism, Canon, and Orality	p. 167
Notes	p. 184
Select Bibliography	p. 221
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Writings	p. 247
Index of Subjects and Names	p. 255
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