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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Passion narrative."”.
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Interweaving innocence : a rhetorical analysis of Luke's passion narrative.
… 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 between …
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The atonement in Lukan theology
This dissertation examines the narrative of Luke-Acts in order to assess the widespread scholarly assertion that Luke either rejects or minimizes atonement theology in his presentation of the death of Jesus. Chapter 1 provides a history of modern research on the meaning of Jesus' death in Lukan …
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Remnant and restoration as a paradigm of Matthew's theology of Israel
… fulfillment citations that function on both a narrative and theological level to authenticate Jesus' messianic identity and his mission to Israel. This chapter focuses upon each of these citations and shows that Matthew presents Jesus as the Davidic Messiah sent by God to inaugurate the …
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The "Lamb of God" Title in John's Gospel: Background, Exegesis, and Major Themes
… κόσμου] (John 1:29, 36)—and its impact on the narrative of the Fourth Gospel. The goal is to provide a deeper understanding of this rich image and its influence on the Gospel. In an attempt to do so, three areas of concentration are explored. First, the most common and accepted views of the …
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Wages of Righteousness: The Economy of Heaven in the Gospel According to Matthew
… to examine the import of this language for the narrative as a whole, arguing that some of the Gospel's central claims about Jesus emerge from this conceptual matrix. To be more specific, the narrative provides a coherent description of how Jesus saves his people from their sins and comes to be …
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The Narrative Function(s) of Evil Spirits in the Gospel of Luke
… conducts a comprehensive investigation of the narrative function(s) 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 …