The Lukan lens on wealth and possessions : : a perspective shaped by the themes of reversal and right response / / by Rachel L. Coleman.

• Superior document: Biblical interpretation series ; Volume 180
• VerfasserIn: Coleman, Rachel L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Biblical interpretation series ; Volume 180.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

In The Lukan Lens on Wealth and Possessions: A Perspective Shaped by Reversal and Right Response, Rachel Coleman offers a detailed look at Luke’s wealth ethic. The long-debated question of how Luke understands the relationship between followers of Jesus and material possessions is examined with careful exegesis and keen literary and theological sensitivity. The twin motifs established in Luke’s introductory unit (Luke 1:5–4:44)—reversal and right response—provide the hermeneutical lenses that allow the reader to discern a consistent Lukan perspective on wealth in the life of disciples. With an engaging style and an eye to the contemporary church, the book will appeal to both scholars and pastors.

Table of Contents

1 Locating the Interpretive Lens for Luke’s Wealth Ethic (1:5–4:44) -- 1 The State of the Conversation -- 2 Advancing the Conversation 3 The Scope of Luke’s Introduction: a Hermeneutically Significant Question -- 3.1 Proposals that Locate the Conclusion of Luke’s Introduction Prior to 4:44 -- 3.2 The Lukan Introduction Encompasses the Entirety of Luke 4 -- 4 Interpretive Implications -- 2 What Luke’s Introduction Reveals: the Motif of Wealth and Possessions Is Linked to the Themes of Reversal and Right Response -- 1 Structure as Organizer: Three Panels of Weighted Parallels -- 2 The First Panel of Luke’s Introduction: Conception (Luke 1:5–56) -- 2.1 The Two Sets of Parents who Receive Angelic Announcements (Luke 1:5–45) -- 2.2 Summary, the Contrasts between the Two Annunciations -- 2.3 Mary’s Song (Luke 1:46–56) -- 2.4 Summary: the Lukan “Hints” in the First Panel of the Introduction -- 3 The Second Panel: Birth, Presentation, and Boyhood (Luke 1:57–2:52) -- 3.1 The Birth, Presentation, and Boyhood of John (Luke 1:57–80) -- 3.2 The Birth, Presentation and Boyhood of Jesus (Luke 2:1–52) -- 3.3 Summary: the Lukan “Hints” in the Second Panel of the Introduction -- 4 The Third Panel of the Introduction: the Mission of John and Jesus (Luke 3:1–4:44) -- 4.1 John’s Mission (Luke 3:1–20) 4.2 Jesus’ Mission (Luke 3:21–4:44) -- 4.3 Summary: the Lukan “Hints” in the Third Panel of the Introduction -- 5 How Luke’s Introduction Prepares the Reader for His Gospel -- 3 Reading Luke 5–24 through the Lens of the Introduction (Part 1) -- 1 Explicit Links between Reversal and Right Response and the Motif of Wealth and Possessions (Luke 5–24) -- 1.1 The Call of the First Disciples, Luke 5:1–11 (Matt 4:18–22/Mark 1:16–20) -- 1.2 The Call of Levi, Luke 5:27–32 (Matt 9:9–13/Mark 2:13–17) -- 1.3 Beatitudes and Woes, Luke 6:20–26 (Matt 5:3–12) -- 1.4 The Dominical Response to the Baptist’s Question, Luke 7:18–23 (Matt 11:2–6) -- 1.5 The Women Disciples, Luke 8:1–3 -- 1.6 The Parable of the Rich Fool, Luke 12:13–21 -- 1.7 Two Banquet Parables, Luke 14:7–24 -- 1.8 The Cost of Discipleship, Luke 14:25–33 (Matthew 10:37–38) -- 1.9 The Parable of the Shrewd Manager, Luke 16:1–13 -- 1.10 The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, Luke 16:14–31 -- 1.11 The Rich Ruler, Luke 18:18–30 (Matt 19:16–30; Mark 10:17–31) -- 1.12 Zacchaeus, Luke 19:1–10 -- 1.13 The Poor Widow’s Offering, Luke 21:1–4 (Mark 12:41–44) -- 2 Summary -- 4 Reading Luke 5–24 through the Lens of the Introduction (Part 2) -- 1 Lukan Texts of Reversal and Right Response, with Implicit Connections to the Motif of Wealth and Possessions -- 1.1 Healings that Demonstrate the Promised ἄφεσις, Luke 5:12–26 (Matt 8:1–4; Mark 1:40–45) -- 1.2 Right Response Means New Rules of Engagement, Luke 6:27–36 (Matt 5:38–48; 7:12) -- 1.3 The Healing of the Centurion’s Servant and the Raising of the Widow’s Son, Luke 7:1–17 -- 1.4 The Woman of Faith at Simon’s House, Luke 7:36–50 -- 1.5 The Feed.