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Blogging My Thesis: The Questions of Jesus in Luke
Hello, Near Emmaus readers! Remember me? I apologize for my extended absence from blogging—other business has been beckoning, the most important of which is the development of my master’s thesis. A...
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Blogging My Thesis: The Questions of Jesus in Luke (Part II)
Below is Part II of the first draft of my master’s thesis research proposal. You can find Part I here. Methodology In my analysis of the rhetorical function of Jesus’ question-asking in the Gospel of...
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The Questions of Jesus in Luke—Parallels Data Sheet
As I begin to move forward with research for my thesis, I thought I would share this little bit of data that I’ve collected which shows the various attestations of the questions Jesus asks in the...
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Luke, the Progymnasmata, and the “Prodigal Son”
One of the reasons I was so interested in studying the rhetorical function of the questions of Jesus in Luke is because of Luke’s Hellenistic style—of all the Gospel writers (except, perhaps, John),...
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Blogging My Thesis: Origen on the Questions of Jesus
Origen While the Gospel of Luke’s portrayal of a questioning Jesus has largely been ignored by many (most) contemporary scholars, Origen at least recognized the fact that interrogation was part of...
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Reconciling the Disciples of Jesus and John in Luke-Acts
Ottavio Vannini, San Giovanni che indica il Cristo a Sant’Andrea (Source: Wikipedia) This post is sort of like chicken-scratch. I’ve noticed some things, so I am writing them down here in case anyone...
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Burridge, Pitts, and the Genre of the Gospels
This morning I mentioned Andrew W. Pitts’ paper Disambiguating the Genre of the Third Gospel: History, Bios, and the Synoptic Tradition which he delivered during the Synoptic Gospels section that final...
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The Magnificat and Income Inequality
This weekend a friend of mine shared this depressing video on incoming inequality in the United States: I responded half-jokingly that since it is Christmas I need to go read the Magnificat (Luke...
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A Note About a Weird Question in Luke
Over the last week I have been on a personal retreat at Conception Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in northern Missouri, while trying my best to get some serious work done on my thesis. My research,...
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Francis Watson on the Fourfold Gospel
Last night I purchased Francis Watson’s Gospel Writing: A Canonical Perspective, so I thought I’d share this video interview with Watson on the fourfold Gospel tradition wherein he discusses his new...
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