The Lucan Birth Stories and the Purpose of Luke-Acts
Motivated by the suggestions of Rudolf Bultmann and Ernst Käsemann, the redaktionsgeschichtlich method has been recently applied to the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts with noteworthy success. Hans Conzelmann made the initial study and his work has been carried on by Ernst Haenchen and J. C. O&#...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1964
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New Testament studies
Year: 1964, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 202-226 |
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| Summary: | Motivated by the suggestions of Rudolf Bultmann and Ernst Käsemann, the redaktionsgeschichtlich method has been recently applied to the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts with noteworthy success. Hans Conzelmann made the initial study and his work has been carried on by Ernst Haenchen and J. C. O'Neill. Though these men do not agree in every detail on the theological purpose of Luke-Acts, there is nonetheless a striking unity among them. This article is based upon the general conclusions shared by these scholars, though it will seek to go beyond them by showing that the Lucan birth stories are integral to that purpose and not irrelevant (Conzelmann) or incidental (O'Neill) to it. It is in order first to review briefly the present situation as to the theological purpose of Luke-Acts. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688500002770 |