Way According to Luke Hearing the Whole Story of Luke-Acts

Name: Way According to Luke Hearing the Whole Story of Luke-Acts
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ISBN: 9780802829368

ISBN-10: 0802829368

ISBN-13: 9780802829368

Edition: 2006

Authors: Paul Borgman

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Among the classics of ancient Greek and Jewish literature, the literary genius of Luke and Acts has few rivals, but we moderns miss much of the meaning of Luke's two-part drama. Our problem begins with the fact that we read it. We have difficulty hearing Luke-Acts as it would have been heard by ancient listeners -- in public performance by a skilled storyteller. Unlike most books about the Bible, "The Way according to Luke, /I

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List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication date: 3/10/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Borgman (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is professor of English at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts.



Introduction : what we miss in Luke's two-part story, and why



Story in a nutshell : a girl versus a priest and the matter of proper listening



Story distilled : the first eight of twelve preparatory poems



Story distilled and elaborated : the last four poems



A motif of darkness and disruption



"Peace to this house" and "things that make for peace"



"What must I do to inherit eternal life?"



What to pray for, and how



Neither signs nor status : hear the word, do it



Look inside yourself, and do the word



Relinquish possessions - and/or the spirit of possessing



Relinquish privilege : use it for God's purposes



Relinquish family and religion



Striving to enter God's kingdom - but what of Jerusalem?



Jesus strives against Israel's old-guard leadership



You must strive : Jesus challenges followers



Luke's gospel in early Acts : the hinge-points



Peter : three speeches to fellow-Israelites



Three model speeches : Stephen, and the twelve (two)



Peter : three speeches about non-Jews joining faithful Israel



Paul in acts : his two framing speeches to Israel



The gospel according to Paul : back-to-back speeches



Paul : three defense speeches before Israel and Gentiles



Paul : three repentance accounts


Conclusion : "believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved" : the whole story in one scene