The Lukan Narrative
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BS203/303
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Treating Luke-Acts as a single narrative arc, this unit will seek to identify the specific contribution which the Lukan Narrative makes to the New Testament, addressing the questions of its character and purpose. This will become a study of the unusually close connection between narrative and theology in Luke. The unit will read in detail key passages of both Luke and Acts in an attempt to see how the Lukan Narrative functions as a coherent whole which may speak both directly and powerfully to the Church today.
Undergraduate Prerequisites
| second level: |
BS101 and BS102 or equivalent |
| third level: |
two Biblical Studies units at second level |
Graduate and Postgraduate Prerequisites (BS303)
BS102 or BS351
Requirements
3 hours per week
Undergraduate Assessment
| second level |
one 2,000 word essay |
50% |
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one 1,500 word workshop |
30% |
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one 1 hour written examination |
20% |
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| third level |
one 2,500 word essay |
50% |
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one 1,500 word workshop |
30% |
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one 1 hour written examination |
20% |
Graduate and Postgraduate Assessment (BS303)
Equivalent to 6,000 words.
See Coursework Assessment for Graduate and Postgraduate Students.
Bibliography
- Allen, Ronald. J. Preaching Luke-Acts. St Louis: Chalice, 2000.
- Byrne, Brendan. The Hospitality of God: A Reading of Luke’s Gospel. Strathfield, NSW: St Paul’s, 2000.
- Coleridge, Mark. The Birth of the Lukan Narrative: Narrative as Christology in Luke 1–2. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, no 88. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993.
- Fitzmyer, Joseph. A. The Acts of the Apostles: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. New York: Doubleday, 1998.
- ———. The Gospel According to Luke: Introduction, Translation, and Notes. 2 vols. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981–85.
- Green, Joel B. The Gospel of Luke. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997.
- Harrington, Wilfred J. Luke: Gracious Theologian: The Jesus of Luke. Dublin: Columba Press, 1997.
- Johnson, Luke T. The Acts of the Apostles. Sacra Pagina, vol. 5. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992.
- ———. The Gospel of Luke. Sacra Pagina, vol. 3. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1991.
- O’Toole, Robert F. The Unity of Luke’s Theology: An Analysis of Luke-Acts. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1984.
- Parsons, Mikael C. Luke: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2007.
- Tannehill, Robert C. The Narrative Unity of Luke-Acts: A Literary Interpretation. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986–90.
