Gospel According to Luke

by Michael Patella, Daniel Durken

Overview

Luke continues to challenge our lives. Focusing on Jesus and his earthly ministry among the early church, Michael, F. Patella, OSB, opens the Gospel of Luke to the 21st-century reader.

Patella presents literary, textual, and historical criticism in a readable manner to give readers a solid background for the Lukan Gospel. A brief introduction informs reader of Luke's literary technique, Luke as an evangelist, and other historical data.

Chapters are "The Prologue (1:1-4)," "The Infancy Narrative (1:5-2:52)," "Preparation for the Public Ministry (3:1-4:13)," "The Ministry in Galilee (4:!4-9:50)," "The Journey to Jerusalem (9:51019:27)," "The Teaching Ministry in Jerusalem (19:28-21:38)," "The Passion (22:1-23:56)," "The Resurrection (24:1-53)." Also includes questions for discussion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814628621
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	10/01/2005
Series:	New Collegeville Bible Commentary: New Testament Series , #3
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Michael F. Patella, OSB, SSD, is professor of New Testament at the School of Theology Seminary at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. He is the author of Angels and Demons: A Christian Primer of the Spiritual World and Word and Image: The Hermeneutics of The Saint John’s Bible(Liturgical Press). He is a contributor to The Bible Today and Give Us This Day published by Liturgical Press.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Abbreviations    4

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE
Introduction    5
Text and Commentary    9
     The Prologue (1:1-4)    9
     The Infancy Narrative (1:5–2:52)    10
     Preparation for the Public Ministry (3:1–4:13)    23
     The Ministry in Galilee (4:14–9:50)    29
     The Journey to Jerusalem (9:51–19:27)    69
     Teaching Ministry in Jerusalem (19:28–21:38)    125
     The Passion (22:1–23:56)    139
     The Resurrection (24:1-53)    153

Review Aids and Discussion Topics    159
Index of Citations from the Catechism of the Catholic Church    163
Maps    167

Editorial Reviews

Patella’s years of study in the Holy Land and first-hand experience at archaeological sites are evident in his numerous insights concerning history, geography and customs of Roman Palestine and the wider early Christian world. He also skillfully addresses literary and theological themes as he brings alive the Lucan Jesus. A valuable addition to the library of any student of the Third Gospel.
Barbara E. Reid, OP, PhD, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois


Patella’s commentary helpfully underlines the Lukan themes of Jesus’ mercy towards sinners and outcasts, is especially strong on the historical dimensions of Luke’s presentation of Jesus’ life, ministry, and death, and most insightfully highlights Luke’s presentation of Jesus’ battles with and conquest over the powers of evil. Teachers, preachers, and the people in the pew will all reap a rich harvest from this clearly written work.
Robert Karris, OFM, Head of Research, The Franciscan Institute, St. Boneventure University


Michael Patella shows restraint, judgment, and penetrating insight in the way he lays out four main literary themes: 1) Conflict with the Evil One, 2) the Great Reversal of Fortunes, 3) Division of Those For from Those Against, and 4) the Experience of the Joy of Redemption. By simply following Luke’s remarkable story line, he shows how all four come up at the beginning, the middle, and, most strikingly, at the very end of the Gospel. By the end the reader can only say, ‘Now I see.’ Rather than present Jesus’ teaching as a ‘generalized ethics,’ he places it firmly in the context of the ‘end-time’ proclamation of the Kingdom of god, and subtly guides the reader into the First Century World: socially, religiously, and culturally. In this he shows himself both a scholar and an educator.”
John Clabeaux, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska

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