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Master's recital: Luke Sanders
1 PDF file (39 pages)
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Women and the Gospel in Luke-Acts
Th. D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1955 [January Mid-Session Convocation]
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Reclaiming the Radical Economic Message of Luke
… poverty, wealth, and the ethics of possession is Luke. It contains more economic material and a sharper message than do Mark, Matthew, or John. A centuries-long debate rages over just how revolutionary Luke’s message is. This dissertation employs redactional, literary, statistical, historical, and …
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The hermeneutics of social identity in Luke-Acts
… of this dissertation is that the author of Luke-Acts seeks to create and shape identity among God-fearers in the New Christian Movement by means of “cultural memory” and prescribed group behavior. Luke has an inclusive agenda that involves decentralization of the Jewish establishment, while …
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The topos of divine testimony in Luke-Acts.
… the concept of authoritative testimony in Luke-Acts. Specifically, the dissertation argues that ancient audiences would have understood particular elements in the narrative of Luke-Acts to be instances of the topos of divine testimony, considered by ancient rhetoricians to be the most …
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Luke and the marginalized : an African feminist's perspective on three Lukan parables (Luke 10: 25-37; 15: 8-10 ; 18: 1-8)
… These are: The parables of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10: 25-37), The Lost Coin (Luke 15: 8-10) and The Unjust Judge (Luke 18: 1-8) . This presentation is exposed by a selection of three scholars who typify the approach and views of their generation in the interpretation of each respective …
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According to Luke: Redefining Authorial Intent in Literary Theory
… literature. Through examining of the Gospel of Luke, I demonstrate that intention is not coextensive with meaning. When Luke, or any author, makes a statement, his secondary or latent presuppositions should be almost as important as his primary intent in determining ultimate meaning. I show that …
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Greco-Roman friendship in the Gospel according to Luke.
The Gospel of Luke contains more references to friendship than does any other work in the New Testament. This dissertation analyzes those references to friendship in light of Greco-Roman discourse on the subject in order to attain a wholistic understanding of friendship in the Gospel of Luke. It …
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Shaping Church Culture: Table Fellowship and Teaching in Luke-Acts
This thesis examines Luke-Acts to explore if, how, and in what ways Jesus and early church leaders intentionally shaped the culture of their followers. In Luke, table fellowship was the primary means Jesus used to shape the culture of his followers, as demonstrated through the prominence of eleven …
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Conversion in Luke and Paul: Some Exegetical and Theological Explorations
… explores the conversion theologies of Luke and Paul. For Luke and Paul conversion played an important role in the early Christian experience and in this dissertation we take a fresh look into how they interpreted this phenomenon. We traverse representative texts in the Lukan and Pauline …
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Luke and the Law: A Defence of Christian Law-Observance
… discussion of the Law of Moses in the Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles as ‘inconsistent’. These interpreters offer various proposals to explain this alleged inconsistency: Luke wrote at a later date, far-removed from the early debates about the Law within the nascent Christian movement, …
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Interweaving innocence : a rhetorical analysis of Luke's passion narrative.
… unsettled with regard to the interpretation of Luke's passion narrative: (1) the sources that Luke employed when composing his narrative; (2) how best to translate δίκαιος in 23:47 and how this confession contributes to Luke's characterization of Jesus; and (3) the function of the parallels …
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Narrative strategies in the gospel according to Luke : a Bakhtinian exploration
… to explore narrative strategy in the Gospel of Luke, the aim being to consider how this would affect a generic reading, and what implications this would have in assessing the discourse of this text. Bakhtin classifies early Christian writings as part of the Menippea, a collective name for a body …
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The Convergence of Discourse Analysis and Rhetorical Criticism in Luke 3-5
… Testament Greek texts—a continuous passage in Luke’s Gospel. Chapter I investigates general approaches within each method and presents shared communicative features that may display congruence. Chapter II expands upon the relevance of systemic functional linguistics as an approach within …
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Part-time Soccer Instruction to National Franchise: Luke Vercollone and Mighty Kicks
… the experience of one such individual, Mr. Luke Vercollone, a professional minor league soccer player who transformed a part-time instructional soccer coaching business into a national franchise called Mighty Kicks. This case study used in-depth interviews, and public and private documents …
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Closed systems : Alexandra Luke, Hortense Gordon and the Canadian art history canon
… written history. Canadian painters Alexandra Luke and Hortense Gordon made significant contributions to the development and acceptance of abstract art in Canada, not simply through their own art practice, but also as teachers, lecturers and exhibition organizers, especially in Ontario. In …
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The Narrative Function(s) of Evil Spirits in the Gospel of Luke
… of evil spirits as dominant characters in Luke’s Gospel. In addressing this issue, this work adopts a literary reading of character within a broader narrative-critical model of the textual, symbolic, and real worlds. The textual analysis comprises two major sections: (1) a microanalysis, …
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