Methods for Luke (Methods in Biblical Interpretation)

✍ Scribed by Joel B. Green

• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 169
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In Methods for Luke, four leading scholars demonstrate how different interpretive methods provide insight into the Gospel of Luke. Introducing contemporary perspectives on historical criticism, feminist criticism, narrative criticism, and Latino interpretation, they illustrate these approaches to New Testament study by examining either the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16: 19-31 ) or Jesus' warning regarding the scribes and the story of the women with two small coins (Luke 20: 45-21:4). The use of two "set texts" enables readers to understand how method makes a difference in the reading of the same text.

✦ Table of Contents

Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Contributors......Page 11
1 Reading Luke......Page 13
2 Historical Criticism......Page 21
Text Criticism......Page 22
Source Criticism......Page 27
Form Criticism......Page 32
Redaction Criticism......Page 34
Rhetorical Criticism......Page 35
Social-Scientific Criticism......Page 36
Archaeology......Page 38
The Gospel of Luke and the Historical–Critical Method......Page 39
Exegesis......Page 40
Source Criticism......Page 41
Form Criticism......Page 42
Redaction Criticism......Page 44
Rhetorical–Critical Issues......Page 47
Conclusion......Page 51
3 Feminist Criticism......Page 54
The multiplicity of feminist criticisms......Page 55
Gender as analytical category......Page 58
Hermeneutical signposts......Page 60
Subjectivity and agency......Page 64
The multivalence of narrative......Page 65
Diversity, complexity, and intersectionality......Page 67
Reading luke......Page 69
Luke 21:1–4: the story of the widow's mites......Page 71
A Feminist Look at Current Interpretations......Page 72
The Woman Is a Widow......Page 76
The Widow Is Poor......Page 78
The Poor Widow's Agency......Page 79
From there to here: the rise of narrative criticism......Page 86
Where is meaning to be found?......Page 93
What is a narrative?......Page 104
Elements of narrative......Page 107
The Lukan Cotext......Page 110
Characterization in Luke 16:19–31......Page 117
Hearing the Scriptures......Page 123
Reflections on the priority of method......Page 125
Biographical reflections......Page 127
The circularity of interpretation......Page 130
Interpretación en conjunto......Page 137
Looking at luke from “out here”......Page 138
The parable......Page 146
Historical criticism......Page 157
Narrative criticism......Page 158
Commentaries on the gospel of luke......Page 159
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources......Page 161
Index of Modern Authors......Page 166