Jenny Read-Heimerdinger

Luke's Characters in Their Jewish World

Being Theophilus
Herausgeber: Keith, Chris

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is a study of key characters in Luke-Acts, viewing them through the eyes of a contemporary Jewish addressee.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780567711410
• ISBN-10: 0567711412
• Artikelnr.: 73809128

Autorenporträt

Jenny Read-Heimerdinger, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One: Jesus: a Jubilee Messiah (Luke 2)
Chapter Two: The Emmaus Disciples: a Re-Enactment of Jacob (Luke 24)
Chapter Three: Peter 1: for the Jew First (Luke 5; 22; 24; Acts 1; 3)
Chapter Four: Judas: Jacob (Again) and Judah, Revealed in a Kiss (Luke 22;
Acts 1)
Chapter Five: Barnabas: Joseph, the Hero of Hellenistic Judaism (Acts 1; 4)
Chapter Six: The Temple Authorities: Israel's Exodus in Reverse (Acts 5)
Chapter Seven: The Ethiopian Eunuch: the Fulfillment of Messianic Joy (Acts
8)
Chapter Eight: Peter 2: Deliverance from Jewish Expectations (Acts 10; 11;
12)
Chapter Nine: Paul 1: Apostle to the Gentiles? (Acts 13-15)
Chapter Ten: James: The High Priest Simeon the Just and Rabbi Gamaliel
(Acts 15; 21)
Chapter Eleven: The 'We'-group: Spirit Guides Resisting Jerusalem (Acts 11;
14; 16; 18-21)
Chapter Twelve: Paul 2: A Pharisee of the Tribe of Benjamin (Acts 16-21)
Conclusions: Luke, a Jewish Prophetic Voice; Theophilus, a Jewish Enquirer
Bibliography
Index of references to biblical and other ancient works