Luke: A Social Identity Commentary

Robert L. Brawley is the Albert G. McGraw Professor Emeritus of New Testament at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, USA.

• Series Editors' PrefacePreface and AcknowledgementsPart 1 Introduction: Methods and ContextsI. Fictive Qualities of NarrativesII. Author, Audience, CompositionIII. The Narrative WorldIV. The Cultural EncyclopediaV. Sociological ApproachesVI. Social Identity TheoryVII. Philosophical Reflections on IdentityVIII. Feminism and PostcolonialismIX. Hidden Dimensions of Hierarchies of DominanceX. Social Identity, Christology, and DiscipleshipXI. Modesty in InterpretationPart 2 The Gospel of Luke: An OutlinePart 3 CommentaryI PrologueII Luke 1:5 -2:40 Births and Early Development of John the Baptizer and JesusIII Luke 3:1-22 John the BaptizerIV 3:23-4:13 Jesus’s BeginningsV Luke 4:14-21:38 Jesus’s ‘Good-Newsing’ of the ßas??e?a of God and its Extension VI Luke 22:1-24:53 Jesus’s Passion, Resurrection, and AscensionBibliographyIndex

Robert Brawley provides an invaluable contribution to Lukan scholarship by offering a reading of Luke’s text through the lens of social identity theory; such a lens not only illuminates Luke’s Gospel, but offers a methodological framework for illuminating other New Testament texts as well. I heartily recommend this commentary to the specialist and non-specialist alike.