Original Language Of The Lukan Infancy Narrative

Jung, Chang-Wook

ISBN 10: 0567082059 / ISBN 13: 9780567082053

Published by T&T Clark, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Original Language Of The Lukan Infancy Narrative
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567082059
• ISBN 13: 9780567082053
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

It has long been recognized that the Greek of the Lukan infancy narrative (chapters 1-2) displays numerous Semitic features.

Although the majority of recent scholarship assumes that such features stem from an imitation of the Septuagint (imitation theory), the issue has not been settled satisfactorily. Others argue that Luke probably relied on a written source for the infancy narrative-or at least for some parts of it-and that this source material was composed in imitation of the Septuagint. Luke was not, however, merely the reviser or compiler of his source; rather, he rewrote the source employing his own style and language for his own purpose.

Here, Chang-Wook Jung examines the arguments most commonly put forward by both sides and considers their merits.

About the Authors

Chang-Wook Jung studied at the Calvin Seminary (Th.M.) and received his Ph.D. from the Free University in Amsterdam. He is currently part-time lecturer in New Testament Studies at Chongshin University in Seoul, Korea.

Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.