The Reading and Transformation of Isaiah in Luke-Acts

by Mallen, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780567045669
• ISBN10: 0567045668
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• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-15
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark
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Summary

An investigative study into where, how and why Luke interacts with Isaiah. References to Isaiah occur at key points in the narrative, typically introducing the mission of main characters and outlining or summarising the overall plot, suggesting that Luke

Author Biography

Peter Mallen is Director of Discipleship Education at the Uniting Church Centre for Theology and Ministry in Melbourne, Australia.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Importance of Isaiah	p. 1
Luke's Use of Scripture	p. 4
Luke and Isaiah	p. 10
The Servant Motif in Luke-Acts	p. 10
The New Exodus Motif in Luke-Acts	p. 14
Outline of the Study	p. 19
Approach of the Study	p. 21
Assumptions in the Study	p. 26
Isaiah in Late Second Temple Judaism	p. 29
Introduction	p. 29
Translations	p. 30
LXX	p. 31
Targum	p. 33
Key Themes from Isaiah	p. 35
The Judgement of God's People Israel	p. 36
The Salvation of God's Chosen People	p. 39
Eschatology	p. 42
The Messiah	p. 43
The Future of the Nations	p. 47
The Nature of God	p. 50
The Servant	p. 51
Conclusion	p. 51
Isaiah as History	p. 53
Isaiah the Prophet	p. 55
Conclusion	p. 57
The Interpretative Framework of Luke-Acts	p. 60
Introduction	p. 60
God's Plan to be Fulfilled in an Unexpected Way	p. 63
John Prepares the Way for God's Salvation	p. 69
Excursus: Luke's Understanding of 'The Way'	p. 72
The Pattern of Jesus' Ministry	p. 73
The Mission of the Disciples to All Nations	p. 78
The Servant Pattern of Paul's Ministry	p. 84
Paul's Mission in Retrospect	p. 88
The Conclusion of the Narrative	p. 94
Conclusion	p. 99
How Luke Transforms the Isaianic Vision	p. 102
Introduction	p. 102
The Extension of Salvation	p. 105
Salvation for the Poor	p. 106
Salvation Extended to the Nations	p. 108
Prophetic Critique of Israel	p. 114
The Pattern and Purpose of Jesus' Passion	p. 118
Jesus the Servant - Representative of Faithful Israel?	p. 125
Conclusion	p. 131
Isaiah According to Mark, Matthew and Luke	p. 134
Introduction	p. 134
Sharpening the Focus on Isaiah	p. 136
John's Ministry	p. 136
Introduction to Jesus' Ministry	p. 137
The Passion Account	p. 140
The Resurrection Account	p. 143
Conclusion	p. 145
Reducing References to Isaiah	p. 146
Hypocritical Worship	p. 146
The Ransom Saying	p. 147
Jesus' Actions in the Temple	p. 150
Preaching the Gospel to all Nations	p. 151
Two Servant Passages	p. 152
Conclusion	p. 153
Additional Isaianic Material in Acts	p. 153
Luke's Theological Concerns Developed from Isaiah	p. 155
Listen, Learn and Do Lukewise	p. 159
Introduction	p. 159
Preliminary Matters	p. 160
A Pervading Rhetoric of Perception	p. 165
Luke's Apologetic Agenda	p. 170
The Unexpected Mission of the Messiah	p. 173
The Inclusion of the Gentiles and Exclusion of the Jews	p. 179
Excursus: Unravelling of the New Exodus Schema?	p. 187
The Missionary Model in Luke-Acts	p. 189
Conclusion	p. 195
Conclusions	p. 198
Summary	p. 198
Why Isaiah?	p. 201
How Does Luke Read Isaiah?	p. 203
Implications for Luke's Use of Scripture	p. 208
Bibliography	p. 211
Index of Ancient Sources	p. 231
Index of Authors	p. 243
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