The character and purpose of Luke's christology
Building on the assumption that for most New Testament writers their literary motives strongly influence their expressed christology, the aim of this work is to develop a writing concern which would explain the character and purpose of Luke's recorded christology. After surveying fifteen different positions on what scholars think represents Luke's controlling christology, it becomes evident that there still exists a need to establish a writing concern which pulls together Luke's rather diverse and complex christology under some common rubric. Our method for accomplishing the task is to examine the character of Luke's christology in conjunction with his purpose in writing, taking into consideration the influences of Mark's Gospel and a fitting Pauline parallel. Luke writes c. A.D. 62-80 to a group of believers characterized by the church issue of second-generation Christianity. His chief intention is to show how Jesus' life stands as the believer's ethical imperative and model for Christian living and how the early church reflects his likeness in their own life and witness. Support for this thesis first becomes evident in Luke's revision of Mark. The author's improvement of Mark according to this writing concern
Buckwalter, H. Douglas
Philosophy
The character and purpose of Luke's christology. Building on the assumption that for most New Testament writers their literary motives strongly influence their expressed christology, the aim of this work is to develop a writing concern which would explain the character and purpose of Luke's recorded christology. After surveying fifteen different positions on what scholars think represents Luke's controlling christology, it becomes evident that there still exists a need to establish a writing concern which pulls together Luke's rather diverse and complex christology under some common rubric. Our method for accomplishing the task is to examine the character of Luke's christology in conjunction with his purpose in writing, taking into consideration the influences of Mark's Gospel and a fitting Pauline parallel. Luke writes c. A.D. 62-80 to a group of believers characterized by the church issue of second-generation Christianity. His chief intention is to show how Jesus' life stands as the believer's ethical imperative and model for Christian living and how the early church reflects his likeness in their own life and witness. Support for this thesis first becomes evident in Luke's revision of Mark. The author's improvement of Mark according to this writing concern
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