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l i b r a r y o f n e w t e s t a m e n t s t u d i e s The BLiNd, The LAme, ANd The Poor Character Types in Luke-Acts S. John Roth JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT SUPPLEMENT SERIES 144 Executive Editor Stanley E. Porter Editorial Board David Catchpole, R. Alan Culpepper, Margaret Davies, James D.G. Dunn, Craig A. Evans, Stephen Fowl, Robert Fowler, Robert Jewett, Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, Robert W. Wall Sheffield Academic Press The Blind, the Lame, and the Poor Character Types in Luke-Acts S. John Roth Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 144 Copyright © 1997 Sheffield Academic Press Published by Sheffield Academic Press Ltd Mansion House 19 Kingfield Road Sheffield SI 19AS England Typeset by Sheffield Academic Press British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library EISBN 9781850756675 CONTENTS Acknowledgments 7 Abbreviations 8 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 11 The Consensus regarding the Unity of Luke-Acts 12 The Consensus regarding Luke's Social Consciousness 16 Problems with the Consensuses 18 Organizing Exegetical Approaches to Luke-Acts 20 Distinguishing Text, Extra-text, and Intertext 22 Thesis 25 Procedure 26 Chapter 2 HISTORY OF SCHOLARSHIP 28 Historical Critical Backdrop 28 The Poor as Objects of Mission 34 The Poor as a Religious and Economic Combination 40 The Poor' as a Metaphor 46 Summary of Studies on the Poor in Luke-Acts 49 The Poor in Literary-Critical Commentaries on the Gospel of Luke 50 The Path Forward 54 Chapter 3 AN AUDIENCE-ORIENTED LITERARY APPROACH TO READING LUKE-ACTS 56 Reader-Response Criticism 57 The Nature and Ramifications of Sequential Reading 64 Constructing an Authorial Audience 69 Character Types 73 6 The Blind, the Lame, and the Poor Chapter 4 THE SEPTUAGINT AS LUKANINTERTEXT 80 The Linguistic and Literary Competence of Luke's Authorial Audience 80 Steering the Audience to the Septuagint 88 Chapter 5 CONSTRUCTING CHARACTER TYPES FROM THE SEPTUAGINT 95 Preliminary Comments 95 The Captive 97 The Shattered 101 The Blind 103 The Deaf Mute 106 The Lame 107 Lepers 108 The Maimed 109 The Dead 110 The Poor 112 Old Testament Pseudepigrapha 134 Summary 140 Chapter 6 APPLYING SEPTUAGINT INSIGHTS TO INTERPRETATION OF THE CHARACTER TYPES IN LUKE'S GOSPEL 142 Preliminary Comments 142 Exegesis 151 Chapter 7 ACTS AND THE CAPTIVE, THE SHATTERED, THE BLIND, THE DEAF MUTE, THE LAME, LEPERS, THE MAIMED, THE DEAD, AND THE POOR 207 Chapter 8 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS 212 Appendix TABLES 1 AND 2 222 Bibliography 225 Index of References 239 Index of Authors 251 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This study is a slightly revised and updated version of my PhD dissertation (Vanderbilt University, 1994), which has been written while I have been serving as pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Jacksonville, Illinois, USA. I am grateful for the unfailing love, support, and encouragement I have received from the congregation. I would like to thank my wife, Kristina, who has lived with me and my academic pursuits for a decade and a half, and without whose willing partnership this effort would have been impossible. I would like to acknowledge also two friends and colleagues, Arthur Rawlings and Dr Brooks Schramm. I appreciate their encouragement, and their stimulating conversations with me both challenge and delight me. ABBREVIATIONS AB The Anchor Bible ATANT Abhandlungen zur Theologie des Alten und Neuen Testaments BAGD W. Bauer, W.F. Arndt, F.W. Gingrich and F.W. Danker, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament BETL Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium BFCT Beitrage zur Forderung christlicher Theologie Bib Biblica BR Biblical Research BZNW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly CBQMS Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Monograph Series CurTM Currents in Theology and Mission HBT Horizons in Biblical Theology HNT Handbuch zum Neuen Testament IDBSup G.A. Buttrick (ed.), Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Supplementary Volume Int Interpretation JAAR Journal of the American Academy of Religion JBL Journal of Biblical Literature JSNT Journal for the Study of the New Testament JSNTSup Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Supplement Series LCL Loeb Classical Library LD Lectio divina NCB New Century Bible NovT Novum Testamentum NovTSup Novum Testamentum, Supplements NTS New Testament Studies SBLDS Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series SBLMS Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series SBLSCS Society of Biblical Literature Septuagint and Cognate Studies Series SBLSP Society of Biblical Literature Seminar Papers SBS Stuttgarter Bibelstudien SNT Studien zum Neuen Testament SNTU Studien zum Neuen Testament und seiner Umwelt Abbreviations TDNT G. Kittel and G. Friedrich (eds.), Theological Dictionary of the New Testament THKNT Theologischer Handkommentar zum Neuen Testament TU Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literature VT Vetus Testamentum WBC Word Biblical Commentary ZAW Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ZNW Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft ZTK Zeitschrift fur Theologie und Kirche

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