Luke/acts and the end of history

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Translations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Genre, themes that transcend genre, and the approach of this study -- Chapter 3: The direction and shape of history -- Chapter 4: Determinism and divine guidance of history -- Chapter 5: Huma...

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Main Author: Crabbe, Kylie 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin Boston De Gruyter [2019]
In: Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche / Beihefte (Volume 238)
Year: 2019
Reviews:[Rezension von: Crabbe, Kylie, 1977-, Luke/Acts and the end of history] (2022) (Elvey, Anne F.)
[Rezension von: Crabbe, Kylie, 1977-, Luke/Acts and the end of history] (2021) (Newberry, Julie, 1986 -)
[Rezension von: Crabbe, Kylie, 1977-, Luke/Acts and the end of history] (2020) (Dicken, Frank, 1978 -)
[Rezension von: Crabbe, Kylie, 1977-, Luke/Acts and the end of history] (2022) (Jipp, Joshua W.)
[Rezension von: Crabbe, Kylie, 1977-, Luke/Acts and the end of history] (2021) (Broccardo, Carlo, 1972 -)
Series/Journal:Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche / Beihefte Volume 238
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Lucan writings / Eschatology
Further subjects:B Eschatology Biblical teaching
B philosophy of history in ancient texts
B History Biblical teaching
B Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / RELIGION  / New Testament
B eschatology
B divine and human agency
B Luke-Acts
B Thesis
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Summary:Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Translations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Genre, themes that transcend genre, and the approach of this study -- Chapter 3: The direction and shape of history -- Chapter 4: Determinism and divine guidance of history -- Chapter 5: Human responsibility and freedom -- Chapter 6: The present and the end of history -- Chapter 7: Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index of ancient sources -- Index of modern authors -- Index of subjects
Luke/Acts and the End of History investigates how understandings of history in diverse texts of the Graeco-Roman period illuminate Lukan eschatology. In addition to Luke/Acts, it considers ten comparison texts as detailed case studies throughout the monograph: Polybius's Histories, Diodorus Siculus's Library of History, Virgil's Aeneid, Valerius Maximus's Memorable Doings and Sayings, Tacitus's Histories, 2 Maccabees, the Qumran War Scroll, Josephus's Jewish War, 4 Ezra, and 2 Baruch. The study makes a contribution both in its method and in the questions it asks. By placing Luke/Acts alongside a broad range of texts from Luke's wider cultural setting, it overcomes two methodological shortfalls frequently evident in recent research: limiting comparisons of key themes to texts of similar genre, and separating non-Jewish from Jewish parallels. Further, by posing fresh questions designed to reveal writers' underlying conceptions of history-such as beliefs about the shape and end of history or divine and human agency in history-this monograph challenges the enduring tendency to underestimate the centrality of eschatology for Luke's account. Influential post-war scholarship reflected powerful concerns about "salvation history" arising from its particular historical setting, and criticised Luke for focusing on history instead of eschatology due to the parousia's delay. Though some elements of this thesis have been challenged, Luke continues to be associated with concerns about the delayed parousia, affecting contemporary interpretation. By contrast, this study suggests that viewing Luke/Acts within a broader range of texts from Luke's literary context highlights his underlying teleological conception of history. It demonstrates not only that Luke retains a sense of eschatological urgency seen in other New Testament texts, but a structuring of history more akin to the literature of late Second Temple Judaism than the non-Jewish Graeco-Roman historiographies with which Luke/Acts is more commonly compared. The results clarify not only Lukan eschatology, but related concerns or effects of his eschatology, such as Luke's politics and approach to suffering. This monograph thereby offers an important corrective to readings of Luke/Acts based on established exegetical habits, and will help to inform interpretation for scholars and students of Luke/Acts as well as classicists and theologians interested in these key questions
ISBN:3110615193
Access:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/9783110615197