Luke and the LawThe theme of law in Luke's Gospel has rarely been discussed, and then only tangentially in studies concerned with recovering Jesus' view of the law. The evidence of Acts has received considerably more attention, but almost always in the context of a comparison with Paul's view of the law or a reconstruction of the historical events which lie behind the narrative of Acts. A notable exception is J. Jervell's essay on 'The Law in Luke - Acts' in which he argues that Luke presents a consistent and conservative view of the law, viz. that the Church, as the renewed Israel, is committed to the law, Jewish-Christians being obliged to keep the whole of it and Gentile Christians those parts relevant to them. He thus disagrees with Conzelmann, who argues that the apostolic decree freed the Church once and for all from its previous obligation to the law. |
Contents
Preface page | 1 |
The law in Acts | 59 |
Law Judaism and the Gentiles | 103 |
Notes | 118 |
Index of passages cited | 131 |
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Acts allusion antinomian Apostelgeschichte apostolic decree argued argument Athenaeus Berger blood christological Church circumcision clear commands conclusion connection context Conzelmann Cornelius cultic cults demands described diaspora discussion dispute distinction divorce e0os eating ethical evidence example explain expression fulfilment Gentile Christians Gentile mission godfearers Haenchen halakah hellenistic hellenistic Judaism Hübner imply insofar interpretation issue Jerusalem Jervell Jewish practice Jewish-Christians Jews Josephus Judaism kingdom Lucan Lukas Luke wrote Luke-Acts Luke's Gospel Luke's narrative Luke's view Macc Matt Matthew meaning Mosaic Mosaic law Nazirite non-Jews obedience obligation Old Testament original pagan Paul Paul's perhaps Peter's vision Pharisees Philo phrase piety preaching precisely problem prohibition prophets Qumran rabbinic rabbinic literature readers reference rules salvation Samaritan Schürmann scribal seems sense significance Stephen story strangled suggests summary synagogue TDNT teaching of Jesus Tertullian theme things Torah tradition unclean understanding understood verse 17 Western text writings