The Passion of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke: Volume 3

by Donald P Senior

Overview

The recent resurgence of scholarship on Luke's Gospel is due, in part, to this Gospel's special appeal for an age in which questions of economic justice, peace, and the prophetic role of the Churches questions all important in Luke are so urgent.

Father Senior's exegesis yields a strong sense of what Luke intended to communicate to his readers and, to some degree, what may have been the circumstances that shaped his message. He reveals the Luke who presents Jesus as a champion of the poor and marginalized, whose message of justice is proclaimed with a sharp prophetic edge.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814654613
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	01/01/1985
Series:	Passion of Jesus , #3
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	5.76(w) x 8.14(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Donald Senior, CP, (1940-2022), was a professor of New Testament at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He served for twenty-three years as president of CTU and was its chancellor. He was a frequent lecturer and speaker throughout the United States and abroad and served on a variety of boards and commissions, including the Pontifical Biblical Commission. He published extensively on biblical topics, with numerous books and articles for both scholarly and popular audiences. 

Table of Contents

Contents
Preface  7
          Part I Preparation for the Death of Jesus
The Framework of Luke's Story  17 
  The Challenge of Justice
  Breaking the Boundaries  23
  The Rejected Prophet  28
  The Test of Evil  31
  The Destiny of the Christ: Jesus' Journey to God  35
          Part II The Passion of Jesus
Overview of Luke's Passion Narrative  40
  I  Betrayal: The Plot Against Jesus is Set in Place (22:1-6)  41
  II  Passover: Jesus' Farewell to His Disciples (22:7-38)  49
  III  The Mount of Olives: Jesus' Struggle in Prayer (22:39-46) and his Arrest (22:47-53)  83
  IV  In the House of the High Priest: Denial (22:54-62) and Mockery (22:63-65)  93
  V  Rejection by the Leaders of Israel: Jesus before the Sanhedrin (22:66-71)  99
  VI  The Trial: Interrogation by Pilate (23:1-5), Displayed before Herod (23:6-120), Condemnation (23:13-25)  105
  VII  The Way of the Cross (23:26-32)  119
  VIII  Crucifixion and Death (23:33-49)  127
  IX  The Burial (23:50-56)  149
From Suffering to Glory: The End of Luke's Gospel  152
          Part III The Passion of Jesus: Luke's Message
  I  The Passion and Luke's Portrait of Jesus  161
  II  The Passion and the Power of Darkness  171
  III  The Passion and the Community  173
  IV  The Passion and the Meaning of Death  177
Subject Index  180
Author Index  184
Biblical Reference Index  186