The Gospel according to Luke

Volume II (Luke 9:51–24)

by Michael Wolter

Series edited by Wayne Coppins and Simon Gathercole

Translated by Wayne Coppins and Christoph Heilig

Series: Baylor-Mohr Siebeck Studies in Early Christianity

Imprint: Baylor University Press

Sales Date: 2021-10-15

674 Pages, 6.00 x 9.00 in, 4 tables

Paperback
9781481306706
Published: November 2021

$89.99

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Description
Contents
Bio
Praise

Contents
Introduction
1. Textual Tradition and Early Reception
2. Author, Date, and Provenance
3. Sources
4. The Lukan Story of Jesus as an Episodic Narrative
5. Intended Readers
6. The Theological Place of the Story of Jesus in Luke–Acts
9.51–18.34: The Journey to Jerusalem
9.51-56: An Inhospitable Samaritan Village
9.57-62: Consequences of Discipleship
10.1-16: The Commission of the Seventy-Two
10.17-24: The Return of the Seventy-Two
10.25-37: The Scribe and the Merciful Samaritan
10.38-42: Martha and Mary
11.1-13: On Prayer
11.1-4: The Prayer of the Disciples
11.5-13: Jesus’s Speech on Prayer
11.14-28: Jesus and the Evil Spirits
11.29-32: "This generation is an evil generation"
11.33-36: The Eye as Lamp of the Body
11.37-54: The Woes against the Pharisees and Scribes
12.1–13.9: Jesus and the Disciples in the Midst of a Huge Crowd
12.1-12: The Encouragement of the Disciples to Public Confession
12.13-21: On the Worthlessness of Earthly Riches
12.22-34: Do not Be Anxious but Seek the Kingdom of God
12.35-48: On the Watchfulness and Reliability of Service Personnel
12.49-53: Fire That Destroys Families
12.54-59: This Kairos as the Time of Decision
13.1-9: Last Call to Repentance
13.10-21: On the Sabbath in a Synagogue
13.10-17: Sabbath III
13.18-21: Two Parables on the Kingdom of God
13.22-35: Travelling to Jerusalem
13.22-30: Outside before the Narrow Door
13.31-35: Herod and Jerusalem
14.1-24: As a Guest at the House of a Leading Pharisee
14.1-6: Sabbath IV
14.7-11: "Whoever exalts himself will be lowered" and Vice Versa
14.12-14: The Nullification of the Principle of Symposial Reciprocity
14.15-24: The Parable of the Rejected Invitation
14.25–18.34: Somewhere on the Way
14.25-35: Conditions for Discipleship
15.1-32: The Controversy Dialogue over the Repentance of Tax Collectors and Sinners
15.1-3: Exposition
15.4-10: The Double Parable of the Lost Sheep andthe Lost Drachma
15.11-32: The Parable of the Prodigal Son
16.1-31: On Rightly Dealing with Money and Possessions
16.1-13: The Speech to the Disciples
16.14-31: The Speech to the Pharisees
17.1-10: Another Speech to the Disciples
17.11-21: The Thankful Samaritan and the Question of the Pharisees
17.11-19: The Thankful Samaritan
17.20-21: The Question of the Pharisees
17.22–18.8: When the Son of Man Comes
17.22-37: The Day of the Son of Man
18.1-8: The Parable of the Judge and the Widow
18.9-14: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
18.15-17: The Children and the Kingdom of God
18.18-30: Riches and Discipleship
18.31-34: Jesus’s Second Announcement of the Passion and the Resurrection
18.35–19.46: The End of the Peregrination
18.35–19.28: Jericho
18.35-43: The Healing of a Blind Man before Jericho
19.1-10: Zacchaeus
19.11-28: The Parable of the Throne Claimant
19.29-46: The Entrance into Jerusalem
19.47–21.38: "And he was teaching daily in the temple"
19.47-48: Initial Frame
20.1-26: Jesus as Teacher of the Jewish People and His Opponents
20.1-8: The Questioning of Jesus’s Authority
20.9-19: The Parable of the Tenants of the Vineyard
20.20-26: The Question about the Tax for Caesar
20.27-40: The Question about the Resurrection of the Dead
20.41-44: Is the Messiah David’s Son?
20.45-47: Warning against the Scribes
21.1-4: The Gift of the Widow
21.5-36: Jesus’s Last Public Speech
21.37-38: Concluding Frame
22.1–24.52(53): Passion and Easter
22.1-6: The Prelude: The Agreement between Judas and Jesus’s Opponents
22.7-65: On the Day of Unleavened Bread
22.7-13: The Preparation for Passover
22.14-38: The Last Supper
22.14-20: Passover Meal, Breaking of Bread, and the New Covenant
22.21-23: The One Who Hands Over
22.24-30: On Serving and Ruling
22.31-34: The Announcement of the Denial
22.35-38: Coats to Swords!
22.39-53: On the Mount of Olives
22.39-46: Jesus Prays and the Disciples Sleep
22.47-53: The Handing Over
22.54-65: In the House of the High Priest
22.54-62: The Denial
22.63-65: Mocking
22.66–23.56: On the Next Day
22.66-71: Jesus before the Sanhedrin
23.1-25: Jesus before Pilate
23.1-5: Accusation and Trial
23.6-12: The Transfer to Herod Antipas
23.13-25: The Dispute over the Verdict
23.26-49: Crucifixion and Death
23.50-56: Burial and Preparation for the Anointing of the Dead
24.1-52(53): On the First Day of the New Week
24.1-12: The Empty Tomb
24.13-35: The Emmaus Disciples Encounter the Risen One
24.36-52(53): Jesus Appears to All the Disciples in Jerusalem
Bibliography

The original German version of Michael Wolter’s magisterial commentary on Luke is already, rightly, a standard work on that Gospel. The second volume here completes the English translation of the whole and will enable Wolter’s work to be accessed by a wider readership. Wolter is a master of his craft: the commentary is not afraid to strike out in new directions at times, but the interpretation is always meticulously argued and with a wealth of knowledge and expertise behind it. This translation represents a real boon to scholarship as Wolter’s work will remain an outstanding resource and reference work in all study of Luke’s Gospel for many years to come.
~Christopher Tuckett, Emeritus Professor of New Testament Studies, University of Oxford

It is wonderful to have Michael Wolter’s Handbuch commentary on Luke now available in English from Baylor University Press. The two volumes provide a trove of information on text-critical, grammatical, lexical, literary, historical, and theological issues in the text of Luke’s Gospel, and is a model of patient exegesis, insightful historical contextualization, and judicious interaction with other scholars.
~Margaret M. Mitchell, Shailer Mathews Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature, The University of Chicago

Michael Wolter, a leading New Testament scholar in Germany, offers a fresh and careful reading of the Greek text of Luke in this commentary. He blends painstaking attention to detail with a superb eye for the structural patterns within the Third Gospel. His judicious selections of parallels from the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds enable readers to situate the text in its original cultural milieu. This English translation makes an exceptional work of scholarship widely available to English speakers.
~Gregory E. Sterling, Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean and Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament, Yale Divinity School

Although assuming a serious level of exegetical knowledge on the part of the reader, Wolter’s exposition of Luke’s text is rich and highly satisfying. Without doubt this will remain a premier analysis of Luke’s gospel for a long time to come.
~Donald Senior, CP, The Bible Today

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