Luke and the Jewish Other - 9781032463636

Name: Luke and the Jewish Other - 9781032463636
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Luke and the Jewish OtherPolitics of Identity in the Third Gospel\nAuthor(s): David Andrew Smith\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032463636, 978-1032463636\nSynopsis\nLuke and the Jewish Other takes up the debated question of the orientation of Luke toward the Jewish people. Building on recent studies in the social history of early Jewish-Christian relations, it offers an analysis of Lukes portrayal of Jewish and Christian identities that challenges the common assumption that the construction of religious identity in antiquity necessarily depended upon antagonistic relations with others. Taking account of the deep and often divisive difference that belief in Jesus made in Lukes community, the author argues that Luke hoped to bring about both a rapprochement with and the conversion of contemporary Jews. Through this account of identity and alterity in the Gospel of Luke, the book cuts across boundaries of biblica.