The Gospel according to Luke

Volume II (Luke 9:51–24)

Michael Wolter, Wayne Coppins, Simon Gathercole, Wayne Coppins, Christoph Heilig, Wayne Coppins, Simon Gathercole, Wayne Coppins, Christoph Heilig

• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781481306706, 9781481306690
• eBook ISBN: 9781481306737
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

In this fifth volume of the Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity series, Michael Wolter provides a detailed, verse-by-verse interpretation of the Third Evangelist's Gospel (Luke 9:51-24). Wolter's commentary fully complements the great tradition of "Handbooks of the New Testament" published by Mohr Siebeck. Replacing the third edition of Erich Klostermann's commentary on Luke, Wolter's volume rightly joins those by Conzelmann (Acts), Käsemann (Romans), and Lietzmann (1 Corinthians) in this venerable series.

Wolter's approach to a sustained reading of Luke's Gospel is comprehensive. He carefully places Luke's narrative of Jesus in its cultural context, paying close attention to the relationship of the Gospel with its Jewish and Greco-Roman environment. Wolter performs form-critical and narrative analysis of the specific stories; however, Wolter also emphasizes Luke as a theologian and his Gospel as a work of theology.

Centrally, Wolter recognizes how Luke's narrative of Jesus forms the first part of a unified work--the Acts of Apostles being the second--that represents a new moment in Israel's history. But in surprising new ways, Wolter makes clear that it is God alone who works in and through the words and deeds of Jesus to bring salvation to Israel. His commentary shows that Luke succeeds in preserving the history of Jesus and its theological impact and that this history stands on equal footing with the history of early Christianity. Wolter's thorough, careful reading follows Luke as the Evangelist seeks to explain how the fulfillment of the Old Testament promises of God for Israel results in a parting of the ways between the Christian church on the one side and Judaism on the other. Scholars and students alike will benefit from access to new German scholarship now available to English-language audiences.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title Page, Series Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Textual Tradition and Early Reception
• 2. Author, Date, and Provenance
• 3. Sources
• 4. The Lukan Story of Jesus as an Episodic Narrative
• 5. Intended Readers
• 6. The Theological Place of the Story of Jesus in Luke-Acts
• 9.51-18.34: The Journey to Jerusalem
• 9.51-56: An Inhospitable Samaritan Village
• 9.57-62: Consequences of Discipleship
• 10.1-16: The Commission of the Seventy-Two
• 10.17-24: The Return of the Seventy-Two
• 10.25-37: The Scribe and the Merciful Samaritan
• 10.38-42: Martha and Mary
• 11.1-13: On Prayer
• 11.14-28: Jesus and the Evil Spirits
• 11.29-32: "This generation is an evil generation"
• 11.33-36: The Eye as Lamp of the Body
• 11.37-54: The Woes against the Pharisees and Scribes
• 12.1-13.9: Jesus and the Disciples in the Midst of a Huge Crowd
• 13.10-21: On the Sabbath in a Synagogue
• 13.22-35: Travelling to Jerusalem
• 14.1-24: A Guest at the House of a Leading Pharisee
• 14.25-18.34: Somewhere on the Way
• 18.35-19.46: The End of the Peregrination
• 18.35-19.28: Jericho
• 19.29-46: The Entrance into Jerusalem
• 19.47-21.38: "And he was teaching daily in the temple"
• 19.47-48: Initial Frame
• 20.1-26: Jesus as Teacher of the Jewish People and His Opponents
• 20.27-40: The Question about the Resurrection of the Dead
• 20.41-44: Is the Messiah David's Son?
• 20.45-47: Warning against the Scribes
• 21.1-4: The Gift of the Widow
• 21.5-36: Jesus's Last Public Speech
• 21.37-38: Concluding Frame
• 22.1-24.52(53): Passion and Easter
• 22.1-6: The Prelude: The Agreement between Judas and Jesus's Opponents
• 22.7-65: On the Day of Unleavened Bread
• 22.66-23.56: On the Next Day
• 24.1-52(53): On the First Day of the New Week
• Bibliography