~Like the one who serves~ : Jesus, servant-likeness and self-humiliation in the Gospel of Luke
This study challenges the current scholarly consensus regarding Luke 22:27c and Jesus' claim to ~servant-likeness~ (as opposed to ~servanthood~, a term which obscures the force of Jesus' comparison). It investigates three facets of Jesus' claim - its <I>significance</I>, its <I>basis,</I> and its <I>permanence</I>. Detailed exegetical analysis of Luke 22:24-27 demonstrates that Jesus' servant-likeness is more closely related to the Lucan motif of self-humiliation than to texts in which Jesus engages in ~practical service~ or acts with others' interests in view. An analysis of Jesus' critique of self-exaltation in Luke's Gospel, and the application of this analysis to Luke's overall christological portrait, suggests that the basis of Jesus' claim to be ~like the one who serves~ is to be found in his consistent refusal to depart from the path of humiliation appointed for him as messiah. Finally, a comparison of Luke 22:27c and 12:37b serves as a starting point for assessing the permanence of Jesus' demand for and embodiment of servant-like self-humiliation. Ultimately, both verses reflect Jesus' conviction that the kingdom of God, whether present or future, is governed by the principal of status-transposition
Agan, Jimmy
Philosophy
~Like the one who serves~ : Jesus, servant-likeness and self-humiliation in the Gospel of Luke. This study challenges the current scholarly consensus regarding Luke 22:27c and Jesus' claim to ~servant-likeness~ (as opposed to ~servanthood~, a term which obscures the force of Jesus' comparison). It investigates three facets of Jesus' claim - its <I>significance</I>, its <I>basis,</I> and its <I>permanence</I>. Detailed exegetical analysis of Luke 22:24-27 demonstrates that Jesus' servant-likeness is more closely related to the Lucan motif of self-humiliation than to texts in which Jesus engages in ~practical service~ or acts with others' interests in view. An analysis of Jesus' critique of self-exaltation in Luke's Gospel, and the application of this analysis to Luke's overall christological portrait, suggests that the basis of Jesus' claim to be ~like the one who serves~ is to be found in his consistent refusal to depart from the path of humiliation appointed for him as messiah. Finally, a comparison of Luke 22:27c and 12:37b serves as a starting point for assessing the permanence of Jesus' demand for and embodiment of servant-like self-humiliation. Ultimately, both verses reflect Jesus' conviction that the kingdom of God, whether present or future, is governed by the principal of status-transposition
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