The Path to Salvation in Luke’s Gospel: What Must We Do? (Library of New Testament Studies | LNTS)

by MiJa Wi

Publisher:

Bloomsbury

, 2019

Overview

This book investigates Luke’s message of salvation in relation to socio-economic issues, and thus concerns salvation of the rich as well as the poor. With a narrative reading of Luke’s Gospel built on careful examination of its socio-economic context, it demonstrates that Luke’s message of salvation is best understood as: 1) Divine mercy which champions the cause of the poor and redresses the injustice of the world, 2) Its human embodiment, and 3) Divine reward promised to those who enact mercy.

Wi argues that Luke’s question of ‘what must we do?’ juxtaposes salvation with ‘doing’, posing interesting questions with respect to the salvation of the rich. This volume highlights good news to the poor in terms of divine mercy and justice, shows that the reception of divine mercy calls for practices, which embody it, and above all clarifies Luke's notion of salvation of the rich which will happen as participation in the salvation of the poor. Wi’s conclusion challenges its readers by asking the question along with Luke's audience: What must we do?

Key Features

• Explores major themes of salvation in Luke’s Gospel
• Offers a brief survey of scholarly readings of poor and rich in Luke’s Gospel
• Examines the literary patterns such as repetitions, themes, and temporal and spatial markers within the larger Lukan narratives

Contents

• Introduction

Part I: Socio-Economic Contexts of Luke’s Gospel

• Wealth: Land, Tax, Debt
• Life Essentials: Food and Clothing

Part II: Salvation of the Poor and the Rich

• Salvation in the Gospel Of Luke
• Salvation of the Poor: Divine Mercy And Justice (Lk. 4.18-19; 7.22; 7.11-17; 16.19-31)
• What Must We Do?: Human Embodiment Of Divine Mercy I (Lk. 3.1-20)
• What Must I Do?: Human Embodiment Of Divine Mercy II (Lk. 10.25-37; 18.18-30)
• What Must I Do?: Human Embodiment Of Divine Mercy III (Lk. 12.16-21; 16.1-9)
• Salvation of the Rich: Restored People Of God (Lk. 14.1-24)
• Conclusion

Product Details

• Title: The Path to Salvation in Luke’s Gospel: What Must We Do?
• Author: MiJa Wi
• Editor: Chris Keith
• Series: Library of New Testament Studies (LNTS)
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2019
• Pages: 240
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Topic: Gospel of Luke

About MiJa Wi

MiJa Wi is a lecturer in Biblical Studies and Global Mission at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester.