Code
BN9003W
Level
Postgraduate
Discipline
New Testament (BN)
Field
Biblical Studies (B)
Prerequisites
Foundation unit in NT (BN8001W or equivalent)
Location
Whitley College view location >
Faculty
Deborah Storie
Class Time
Three hours per week
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Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
- give an informed and critical account of the history of interpretation of Luke’s Gospel;
- analyse the socio-political and literary context in which the Gospel first circulated;
- identify and describe distinctive Lukan Christological, ecclesiological, pneumatological, missiological and eschatological themes and understandings;
- exegete the Lukan text by employing a range of appropriate exegetical methods and resources;
- discuss the interpretation and proclamation of Luke’s Gospel in meaningful ways for today’s world; and
- engage critically with the scholarly literature on the relationship between Luke and Acts.
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Assessment
Classroom:
- One critical review of readings (1,500 words) (25%)
- One thematic seminar paper (1,500 words) (25%)
- One exegetical essay (3,000 words) (50%)
Online:
- One critical review of readings (2,000 words) (30%)
- Online tutorial participation (at least 5 entries of approximately 200 words each) responding to set readings and and peer interactions (20%)
- One exegetical essay (3,000 words) (50%)
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Recommended reading
Set texts recommended for purchase are highlighted in blue
- Byrne, Brendan. The Hospitality of God. A Reading of Luke’s Gospel (Strathfield: St Pauls, 2000).
- Esler, Philip. Community and Gospel in Luke-Acts: The social and political motivations of Lukan theology (Cambridge: CUP, 1987).
- Evans, C. F. Saint Luke (London: SCM Press; Philadelphia: Trinity Press, 1990).
- Fitzmyer, Joseph A. Luke the theologian, aspects of his teaching (New York/Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1989).
- Green, Joel B. Conversion in Luke-Acts: Divine Action, Human Cognition, and the People of God (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2015).
- Green, Joel B. The Theology of the Gospel of Luke (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006).
- Johnson, Luke T. The Gospel of Luke. Sacra Pagina Series (Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2006).
- Karris, Robert J. Eating your way through Luke’s Gospel (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2006).
- Levine, Amy-Jill. A Feminist Companion to Luke (London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002).
- Lieu, Judith. The Gospel of Luke (Epworth Commentary) (London: Epworth Press, 2012)
- Nolland, John. Luke (Word) (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1989).
- Parsons, Mikeal C. Luke (Paideia) (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2015).
- Ringe, Sharon. Luke (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1995).
- Tannehill, Robert C. The Narrative Unity of Luke-Acts, a Literary Interpretation, vol. 1: The Gospel according to Luke (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986).
- Trainor, Michael. According to Luke: Insights for contemporary pastoral practice (Melbourne: Collins Dove, 1992).