83 Studium Biblicum Franciscanum
L. Daniel Chrupcała Everyone Will See the Salvation of God Studies in Lukan Theology
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Contents Acknowledgments List of Original Publications Foreword Abbreviations IX XI XIII XXI Luke the Jew? Current Trajectories of Scholarship 1 1. The Jewish Luke: a traditional image corrected 2 2. The Jewish roots of Luke and the anti-judaism of Luke-Acts 5 3. The fondness of Luke for Judaism and the composition of the Lukan church 9 4. Luke: Pharisee, priest, rabbi? 14 Conclusion 21 Jesus Christ, Salvation and the Kingdom of God: For a Discussion on the Thematic Unity of Luke-Acts 23 1. Jesus Christ 24 The christocentrism of Luke 24 The plan of God and the Christ-event: promise and fulfilment 27 2. Salvation 29 The salvation destined for all: the gospel 30 The universal spread of salvation: Acts 32 The purpose of Christ s sending-coming 36 3. The kingdom of God 40 4. The kingdom of God as a christological-soteriological event 44 From the sending of Jesus to the sending of the disciples in the gospel 45 From the pre-easter preaching to the universal mission in Acts 48 Conclusion 52
Everyone Will See the Salvation of God Our Father Abraham and the Universal Promise of Salvation in the Lukan Writings 55 Just as he spoke to our fathers (Luke 1:55) 56 The oath that he swore to Abraham, our father (Luke 1:73) 58 We have Abraham as our father (Luke 3:8) 60 Father Abraham, have mercy on me (Luke 16:24) 64 The God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Acts 3:13, 25) 67 The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham (Acts 7:2) 71 Conclusion 76 The Lukan Story of Salvation as an Insight: Re-reading Isaiah in Luke-Acts 79 Luke 1:78b-79a: epiphany of the rising sun 80 Luke 2:8-9: the glorious light of Bethlehem 83 Luke 2:30-32: Jesus-the light which enlightens all people 84 Luke 3:6: all flesh will see the salvation of God 88 Luke 4:18: the Servant of Yhwh has come to heal human blindness 90 Acts 13:47: the light of Christ diffused through chosen witnesses 95 Acts 26:18: the opening of the eyes as transition from darkness to light 99 Acts 26:23: the salvific light announced by the risen Lord to all the peoples 101 Acts 28:26-27: a hardened heart prevents the Jews from seeing the light of Christ 103 Conclusion 107 The Law and the Kingdom of God in the Soteriology of St Luke 109 1. Luke and the history of universal salvation 111 2. Time of the Law and time of the kingdom 115 3. Observance of the Law and entry into the kingdom 124 4. Testimony of the kingdom and prophetic value of the Law 128 Conclusion 134 Faith and Works in Luke: The Case of Circumcision 139 1. The covenant of circumcision 140 2. John the Baptist and Jesus: circumcision on the eighth day 144 a) The commandment to circumcise the son on the eighth day 146 b) The significance of Jesus circumcision on the eighth day 149 3. The divergence of the early church 153 4. Circumcision and salvation through faith 157 5. The circumcision of Timothy an exception that confirms the rule 164 6. The Lukan Paul and circumcision 168 Conclusion 172 VI
Contents And the Lord Turned : A Lukan Feature in the Itinerant Behaviour of Jesus 175 The term στραφείς in Luke: traditional or redactional? 176 The Lukan passages with στραφείς: text and context 179 The exemplary faith of the centurion (Luke 7:9a) 179 The loving gesture of a sinner (Luke 7:44) 183 The two zealous disciples (Luke 9:55) 185 The beatitude of the disciples (Luke 10:23) 186 The crowds and the following of Jesus (Luke 14:25) 188 Peter: the forgiven denier (Luke 22:61a) 190 The women on the way of the cross (Luke 23:28) 193 Conclusion 197 The Practice of Prayer by Jesus in the Lukan Teachings 201 1. The topography of the prayers 202 Mountains 203 The wilderness 207 Any other place 209 2. Prayer times 211 The practice of daily prayer 211 Night prayer 213 Prayer in particular circumstances 215 Continuous prayer 218 3. The manner of prayer 222 The attitude of the pray-er 223 The search for solitude 228 The intensity of prayer 229 Conclusion 230 Bibliography (Prayer in Luke-Acts) 232 The Finger of God (Luke 11:20) in Modern and Patristic Exegesis 237 I. Luke 11:20 in ongoing interpretation 238 1) The finger of God in the OT 238 2) Exod 8:15 and the Jewish tradition 240 3) The finger of God in the NT 244 4) The finger of God or the Spirit of God? 249 II. The finger of God in the patristic writings 253 1) The first evidence 254 2) The finger of God as his power 255 3) The finger of God as the Holy Spirit 257 The Spirit in creation (Ps 8:4) 257 VII
Everyone Will See the Salvation of God The Spirit and the gift of the Law (Exod 31:18; Deut 9:10) 258 The Spirit as worker of signs (Exod 8:15) 262 The finger: symbol of the Spirit s divinity 264 The Plan of God and the Announcement of the Kingdom in the Light of Acts 28:17-31 271 The kingdom of God in the Acts of the Apostles 272 The salvific plan and the universal proclamation of the kingdom 273 The meeting of Paul with the Jewish leaders (Acts 28:17-22) 276 The witness of the kingdom of God (Acts 28:23-28) 278 The announcement of the kingdom of God to the pagans (Acts 28:30-31) 284 Bibliography 293 Index of Biblical References 341 Index of Ancient Sources 367 Index of Modern Authors 377 VIII