Luke and the Jewish Other

Politics of Identity in the Third Gospel

David Andrew Smith

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Routledge
18 December 2024

Religion: general; New Testaments; Jewish studies

Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biblical Criticism

Luke and the Jewish Other takes up the debated question of the orientation of Luke toward the Jewish people. Building on recent studies in the social history of early Jewish-Christian relations, it offers an analysis of Luke’s portrayal of Jewish and Christian identities that challenges the common assumption that the construction of religious identity in antiquity necessarily depended upon antagonistic relations with others. Taking account of the deep and often divisive difference that belief in Jesus made in Luke’s community, the author argues that Luke hoped to bring about both a rapprochement with and the conversion of contemporary Jews. Through this account of identity and alterity in the Gospel of Luke, the book cuts across boundaries of biblical studies, history, theology, and social theory, proposing a way forward for the study of Luke’s relation to Judaism and of the ""parting of the ways"" between Jews and Christians in the early Common Era.

By: David Andrew Smith
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032463636
ISBN 10: 1032463635
Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biblical Criticism
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 18 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

David Andrew Smith (PhD Duke University) is Rector at Bread of Life Anglican Church in Ithaca, New York.