The Fate of the Jerusalem Temple in Luke-Acts: An Intertextual Approach to Jesus’ Laments Over Jerusalem and Stephen’s Speech (Library of New Testament Studies | LNTS)

by Steve Smith

Publisher:

Bloomsbury

, 2017

Overview

What was Luke’s attitude to the Jerusalem temple? Steve Smith examines the key texts which concern the destruction of the Jerusalem temple in Luke-Acts. Smith proposes that Acts 7 is a fuller discussion of the material contained in the Gospel sayings on this subject, which themselves make frequent allusion to the Old Testament and the interpretation of which thus requires an understanding of Luke’s use of the Old Testament.

Accordingly, in this work, Steve Smith makes a thorough review of Luke’s use of the Old Testament, and proposes that relevance theory is a capable hermeneutical tool to permit the reconstruction of how Luke’s readers would have understood references to the Old Testament. Using this approach, the key texts from Luke-Acts are examined sequentially, and Luke’s apparent criticism of the temple is examined in a new light.

Key Features

• Explores Luke’s theology of the temple
• Examines the intratextual and intertextual evidence
• Considers the overall message of Luke’s critical material

Contents

• Introduction
• The Old Testament in Luke-Acts
• Relevance Theory as a Methodological Tool
• Luke 13:31–35: The Rejected Prophet and Saviour
• Luke 19:29–46: The Rejected Messiah and the Temple
• Luke 21:20–28: The Son of Man and Jerusalem
• Luke 23:26–31, 44–45: The Death of the Saviour and the Fate of the City
• Acts 7: Stephen and the Temple
• Conclusion

Praise for the Print Edition

Smith’s analysis of the text of Luke-Acts is meticulous, measured and illuminating, and shows a mastery of a wide range of secondary material.

—The Expository Times

Product Details

• Title: The Fate of the Jerusalem Temple in Luke-Acts: An Intertextual Approach to Jesus’ Laments Over Jerusalem and Stephen’s Speech
• Author: Steve Smith
• Series: Library of New Testament Studies (LNTS)
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2016
• Pages: 208
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Topic: Intertextuality

About Steve Smith

Steve Smith trains and coaches believers how to cooperate with the Spirit of God to see church planting movements emerge among the nations.

His education includes a B.A. in N.T. Greek, M.Div., M.Th. and Th.D. in missiology. The first few years of his ministry were spent pastoring both in rural situations and in the urban core of Los Angeles. He and his family started a church in L.A. very similar to the one described in his novels HASTENING and REBIRTH.

For 16 years, the Smiths labored in Asia. They were privileged to be personally involved when God started a church planting movement among a previously-unreached people group in Asia. Since 2013 they have worked globally to catalyze movements of God and finish the task of reaching every people group with the gospel. Steve is the VP of Multiplication for East-West Ministries and also Global Movement Catalyst for Beyond.org.

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