NT316 Book Study: The Gospel of Luke
Overview
In this course, Dr. Andrew W. Pitts works through the Gospel of Luke in short segments. He answers questions such as: What did Luke intend the reader to know? How should we read this Gospel? Who was Luke? And what message can modern readers take from this important book?
Top Highlights
“The Pharisees are viewed as a group of people who don’t want to associate with the common folk or don’t want to associate with the marginalized, but that really is not a very accurate portrayal of first-century Judaism. No, instead, the problem with this group was not that they were the common folk but that they were the unrepentant.” (source)
“This would solve issues of chronology, positing a fourth missionary journey and an additional Roman imprisonment, from which Paul wrote at least 2 Timothy. It also potentially indicates that Luke’s defense of Paul and the sect in which he was involved may have contributed to Paul’s release.” (source)
“The equation of the documents we refer to as Luke with euangelion seems perfectly compatible with the document’s origins in connection with the Jesus movement.” (source)
“Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” (source)
“I think that the best and most viable literary framework for addressing these two volumes is ancient history” (source)
- Title: NT316 Book Study: The Gospel of Luke
- Author: Andrew W. Pitts
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Luke › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. N.T. Luke › Commentaries; Education › Bible. N.T. Luke--Criticism, interpretation, etc; Education › Bible. N.T. Luke--Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:NT316PITTS
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:50:10Z
Andrew W. Pitts, is the Chair of the Biblical Studies Department and Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies and Christian Ministries at Arizona Christian University (ACU), has published peer-reviewed articles in publications including the Journal of Biblical Literature, Currents in Biblical Research, the Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism, and Religions. He has been the editor of the Brill Exegetical Commentary series since 2009 and is co-author of The Fundamentals of New Testament Textual Criticism (Eerdmans, 2015). He is also co-editor of three recently released books on early Christianity: Christian Origins and Hellenistic Judaism (Brill, 2013), Christian Origins and Greco-Roman Culture (Brill, 2013), and The Language of the New Testament (Brill, 2013).
Prior to taking his post at ACU, Andrew taught at seminaries and universities across the continent, including Hope International University (Fullerton, CA), Veritas Evangelical Seminary (Murrieta, CA), Bethel Seminary (San Diego, CA), Heritage Seminary (Cambridge, ON, Canada), and McMaster Divinity College (Hamilton, ON, Canada), where he did his doctoral work in Christian Theology (New Testament). Andrew has long had a passion for teaching and inspiring students by bringing innovative pedagogical techniques to the classroom.