Luke the Chronicler

Mark S. Giacobbe, Ph. D. (2018), Westminster Theological Seminary, is Teaching Pastor at Citylight Church, Philadelphia, PA. He also serves as adjunct faculty at Dallas International University in the Applied Linguistics Department.

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1 Introduction


 1 Rationale for the Study


 2 History of Research


 3 The Samuel-Kings Narrative Arc


 4 Methodology: Narrative Criticism


 5 Methodology: Philosophy and Argumentation Theory


 6 Plan of the Study


 7 Assumptions and Clarifications


 8 Conclusion





2 Luke’s Literary Environment: Second Temple Judaism


 1 Luke’s Text of Samuel-Kings and Chronicles


 2 Samuel-Kings: Contents, Structure, Themes


 3 Chronicles: Contents, Structure, Themes


 4 The SKNA, Revisited


 5 Samuel-Kings and Chronicles in Second Temple Jewish Literature


 6 Summary and Conclusion





3 Luke’s Greco-Roman Literary Environment


 1 Genre and Text


 2 Mimesis in the Greco-Roman Literary World


 3 Luke and Mimesis


 4 Summary and Conclusion





4 Luke the Chronicler: Fixed Points


 1 Luke’s Knowledge of Samuel-Kings and Chronicles


 2 Core SKNA Themes in Luke-Acts


 3 The Infancy Narrative


 4 Summary and Conclusion





5 The Disciples: Heirs of the Davidic Kingdom


 1 Heirs of the Davidic Kingdom


 2 Royal Characterization throughout Luke-Acts


 3 Additional Observations and Considerations


 4 Synthesis: Royal Figures in SKNA 2 and Luke-Acts


 5 Summary and Conclusion





6 Luke the Chronicler: Structural Features


 1 Luke’s Theological Geography and the SKNA


 2 The Sequence of Major Characters in Acts


 3 Speeches, Prayers, and Summaries in Acts


 4 Luke’s Approach to Historiography


 5 Summary and Conclusion





7 Luke the Chronicler: Beginnings and Endings


 1 The Beginning of Luke: Luke’s Preface


 2 The Ending of Luke: Preparing for Kingdom and Temple


 3 The Beginning of Acts: The New Temple


 4 The Ending of Acts: A King at the End of the Earth


 5 Summary and Conclusion





8 Conclusion


 1 Summary


 2 The SKNA in Luke-Acts: Collected Parallels


 3 The Samuel-Kings Narrative Arc


 4 Hermeneutical Implications


 5 Theological Implications


 6 For Further Study


 7 Conclusion: Luke the Chronicler and the Purpose of Acts





Appendix: Bayes’ Theorem


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