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As a sequel to the hugely successful Jesus and the Heritage of
Israel this book brings together fourteen internationally acclaimed
scholars in antiquities studies and experts on Paul and Luke. The
contributors provoke new approaches to the troubled relation of the
Lukan Paul by re-configuring the figure and impact of Paul upon
nascent Christianity, with the two leading questions as a driving
force. First, 'Who is "Israel" and the "church" for Luke and Luke's
Paul' and secondly 'Who is Jesus of Nazareth and who is Paul in
relation to both?' The contributors provide challenging new
perspectives on approaches to the figure of Paul in recent
scholarship as well as in the scholarship of previous generations,
're-figuring' Paul by examining both how he is portrayed in Acts,
and how the Pauline figure of Acts may be envisioned within Paul's
own writings. Paul and the Heritage of Israel thus accomplishes
what no other single volume has done: combining both the 'Paul of
Paul' and the 'Paul of Luke' in one seminal volume. >
As the first historian of Christianity, Luke's reliability is
vigorously disputed among scholars. The author of the Acts is often
accused of being a biased, imprecise, and anti-Jewish historian who
created a distorted portrait of Paul. Daniel Marguerat tries to
avoid being caught in this true/false quagmire when examining
Luke's interpretation of history. Instead he combines different
tools - reflection upon historiography, the rules of ancient
historians and narrative criticism - to analyse the Acts and gauge
the historiographical aims of their author. Marguerat examines the
construction of the narrative, the framing of the plot and the
characterization, and places his evaluation firmly in the framework
of ancient historiography, where history reflects tradition and not
documentation. This is a fresh and original approach to the classic
themes of Lucan theology: Christianity between Jerusalem and Rome,
the image of God, the work of the Spirit, the unity of Luke and the
Acts.
Luke's Acts of the Apostles is the only documentation available on the birth of Christianity, despite the author's vigorously disputed reliability as a historian. Daniel Marguerat avoids this true/false quagmire by establishing his evaluation of Luke's talent as an historian within the framework of ancient historiography (the rules of ancient historians and narrative criticism). His study portrays Luke as a skillful and sound theologian, and provides an original approach to the classic themes of Lucan theology.
As a sequel to the hugely successful Jesus and the Heritage of
Israel, this book brings together fourteen internationally
acclaimed scholars in antiquities studies and experts on Paul and
Luke. The contributors provoke new approaches to the troubled
relation of the Lukan Paul by re-configuring the figure and impact
of Paul upon nascent Christianity, with the two leading questions
as a driving force. First, 'Who is "Israel" and the "church" for
Luke and Luke's Paul' and secondly 'Who is Jesus of Nazareth and
who is Paul in relation to both?' The contributors provide
challenging new perspectives on approaches to the figure of Paul in
recent scholarship as well as in the scholarship of previous
generations, 're-figuring' Paul by examining both how he is
portrayed in Acts, and how the Pauline figure of Acts may be
envisioned within Paul's own writings. Paul and the Heritage of
Israel thus accomplishes what no other single volume has done:
combining both the 'Paul of Paul' and the 'Paul of Luke' in one
seminal volume.
A welcome supplement to the bestselling How to Read the OT and How
to Read the NT, indicating more recent developments in biblical
studies especially in the area of narrative criticism."
Reading the Acts of the Apostles is still essential to our
knowledge of the beginnings of Christianity. The question is how
credible Luke's historical account is from today's perspective.
Daniel Marguerat's commentary wants to overcome the alternative
between historical credibility and narrative fiction. To this end,
he innovatively combines historical criticism and narrative
analysis. On the one hand, he examines Luke's narrative art in
order to grasp his interpretation of the events. The comparison
with the Graeco-Roman historians makes it possible to recognize the
rules of composition used. On the other hand, Marguerat looks for
the possible traditions that Luke used. This methodological
approach allows a new perspective on the work of Luke as the "first
Christian historian". This commentary was originally written in
French and is now available in German for the first time.
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