NT034-812 - Narrative and Theology in the Gospel of Luke

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category advanced unit
    C
  • new testamentUnit Discipline

Prerequisites

24cps NT

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code NT764-4.

Set Text

This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, interpretation of the narrative and theology of the Gospel of Luke

B. Be able to

1. Examine recent scholarship on the interpretation and application of the narrative and theology of the Gospel of Luke

2. Demonstrate skill in utilising diverse scholarship in the interpretation and application of the narrative and theology of the Gospel of Luke

3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on the interpretation and application of the narrative and theology of the Gospel of Luke

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from ‘Narrative and Theology in the Gospel of Luke’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

  1. Occasion, purpose & setting of the Gospel of Luke: current perspectives
  2. The narrative structure of the Gospel of Luke
  3. Literary motifs and narrative devices in the Gospel of Luke
  4. A study of selected key texts from Luke, in their relation to the narrative as a whole
  5. A study of 2-3 key theological themes in Luke, as they relate to contemporary scholarship
  6. Strategies for teaching the Gospel of Luke

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.


No Texts Are Prescribed

(Set pre-reading of approximately 300 pages for 4cps unit and 400 pages for the 6cps unit will be negotiated with the moderator from the works below, together with a short selection of journal articles)

 

Recommended:

Bartholomew, G. C., J. B. Green, and A. C. Thiselton, (eds), Reading Luke: Interpretation, Reflection, Formation, Scripture and Hermeneutic 6 (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005).

Bovon, F., Luke the Theologian: Fifty-five Years of Research (1950-2005). (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2006).

Byrne, B., The Hospitality of God: A Reading of Luke’s Gospel (Strathfield: Liturgical Press, 2000).

Forbes, G. W., The God of Old: The Role of the Lukan Parables in the Purpose of Luke’s Gospel (Sheffield: SAP, 2000).

Hur, J., A Dynamic Reading of the Holy Spirit in Luke-Acts JSNTS 211 (London: Continuum, 2004).

Marshall, I. H., Luke: Historian & Theologian (repr & updated; Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1998).

Shillington, V. G., An Introduction to the Study of Luke-Acts. London & New York: T&T Clark Approaches to Biblical Studies, 2007).

 

Classics:

Bailey, K. E., Poet and Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes: A Literary-Cultural Approach to the Parables in Luke (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983).

Tannehill, R. C. The Narrative Unity of Luke-Acts: A Literary Interpretation: Volume One: The Gospel According to Luke (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1991).

Turner, M., Power from on High: The Spirit in Israel's Restoration and Witness in Luke-Acts (Sheffield: SAP, 1996).

 

Commentaries:

Bock, D. L., Luke (2 Vols; Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994,1996).

Carroll, J. T., Luke: A Commentary (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2012).

Fitzmyer, J. A., The Gospel According to Luke (2 Vols; New York: Doubleday, 1979, 1985).

Green, J. B., The Gospel of Luke (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983).

Hughes, R. K., Luke: That You May Know the Truth (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2014)

Johnson, L. T., The Gospel of Luke (Collegeville: Liturgical, 1991).

Just, A. A., Luke (2 vols; St Louis: Concordia, 1997)

Marshall, I. H., The Gospel of Luke (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978).

Nolland, J., Luke (3 Vols; Dallas, TX: Word, 1990, 1993).

Ryken, P. G., Luke, (2 vols; Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2009).

Stein, R. H., Luke: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture (New York: Holman, 1993)

Strelan, R., Luke the Priest: The  Authority of the Author of the Third Gospel (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2013).

Talbert, C. H., Reading Luke: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Third Gospel (Rev. ed. New York: Crossroad, 2002).