The Pharisees and Figured Speech in Luke-Acts (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 2.Reihe)

"A scholarly consensus holds that Luke is ambivalent toward the Pharisees, or at least that he has left readers with an ambiguous depiction of them. What previous evaluations of the Lukan Pharisees have left unanswered, however, is why Luke would give such an impression of these characters and then what might lie behind the rhetorical effects of ambiguity. Justin R. Howell reevaluates the long-standing debate about the Pharisees in Luke-Acts, arguing the thesis that there is ambiguity in the Lukan Pharisees because, in his portrayals of them, the author has applied what ancient Greco-Roman rhetoricians call "figured speech." The fact that the Lukan Pharisees appear ambiguous to some readers does not necessarily mean that Luke was also undecided about or ambivalent toward them, for the use of figured speech can presuppose a firm and critical stance on the characters in view."--!c From publisher's description Cover Preface Table of Contents Introduction Part One: Contextualizing the Question Chapter One: Defining Figured Speech 1. Allusion (ἔμφασις) 2. Discretion (εὐπρέπεια) 3. Security (ἀσφάλεια) 4. Freedom of Speech (παρρησία) 5. Irony (εἰρωνεία) 6. Indirect Speech (ὁ πλάγιος λόγος) 7. Figured Speech as an Art (τέχνη) Chapter Two: Methodological Approach 1. Redactional Analysis 2. Intertextual and Interconceptual Analysis 3. Rhetorical and Literary Analysis 4. Historical Analysis 5. The History of Reception Chapter Three: Scholarship on the Historical Pharisees 1. The Authority of the Pharisees 2. The Pharisees in the Roman Empire Chapter Four: The Provenance of Luke-Acts 1. Judea 2. Ephesus 3. Antioch in Syria 4. The Question about Diaspora Pharisees Chapter Five: Luke and His Readers 1. Authorship and Date 2. Luke and Ethnic Perspective 3. God-Fearers in Luke-Acts 4. The Question about Pharisaic Readers Part Two: The Suppression of Free Speech Chapter Six: From Figured to Free Speech 1. Framing the Narrative of Luke-Acts 2. The Lukan Pharisees as Spies 3. Conclusions Chapter Seven: Paul and Other Former Pharisees 1. Paul’s Feigned Ignorance about the High Priest (Acts 23.5) 2. Ananias as Ruler of the People 3. Paul’s Appeals to His Pharisaism (Acts 23.6; 26.5) 4. The Lukan Paul and His Alleged Roman Citizenship 5. The Other Former Pharisees (Acts 15.5) 6. Conclusions Chapter Eight: Gamaliel and the God-Fighters 1. Complications around Gamaliel 2. Theudas, Judas, Gamaliel, and Their Respective Followers 3. Obedience to God versus Obedience to Gamaliel 4. The Sanhedrin among Other God-Fighters 5. Distinguishing Gamaliel from the Apostles 6. Theudas, Judas, and Jesus 7. Persecution for (Speech in) the Name 8. Conclusions Part Three: Luke's Moral Diagnosis of the Pharisees Chapter Nine: The Initial Symptoms of Illness 1. The Pharisees Who Remain Seated (Luke 5.17–32) 2. The Folly of the Scribes and Pharisees (Luke 6.6–11) 3. The Textual Variant at Luke 5.17c 4. The Lukan Jesus as a Doctor of the Soul (Luke 4.23; 5.31–32) 5. Conclusions Chapter Ten: The Passions of Injustice 1. The Passion for Money 2. The Passion for Glory 3. The Passion for Luxury 4. Passions of Injustice in Moral Philosophical Traditions 5. The Rulers of the Pharisees and the Question of Justice 6. Conclusions Chapter Eleven: The Evil Eye and Its Cure 1. The Pharisees and the Evil Eye of Predatory Greed 2. Curing the Evil Eye 3. The “Some” and “Others” in the Beelzebul Controversy 4. Conclusions Part Four: The Pharisees and the Kingdom of God Chapter Twelve: The Kingdom within Reach 1. Previous Interpretations of ἐντὸς ὑμῶν (Luke 17.21) 2. The Kingdom “within you” 3. The Governing Part of the Soul 4. The Kingdom “among you” 5. The Lukan Jesus as Kingly Benefactor 6. Conclusions Chapter Thirteen: Simon the Pharisee and the Feet 1. The Repetition of πόδας 2. Psalms of Solomon 8 and Luke 7 3. The Pharisees in Luke 7.24–50 4. Conclusions Chapter Fourteen: The Abandoned House 1. Inside and Outside the House (Luke 13.22–14.24) 2. The Function of ὑμῖν (Luke 13.35a) 3. “This Fox” and the Pharisees 4. Conclusions Chapter Fifteen: The Kingly Entrance 1. Silencing the Disciples (Luke 19.39–40) 2. The “Citizens” and the Nobleman 3. Conclusions Chapter Sixteen: Zacchaeus and the Pharisees 1. The Sycamore Tree 2. To Climb and Come Down 3. Zacchaeus and Yohanan ben Zakkai 4. Conclusions Conclusions and Implications Bibliography Index of References Index of Interpreters and Scholars Index of Subjects Es herrscht wissenschaftlicher Konsens darüber, dass Lukas den Pharisäern ambivalent gegenüberstand oder zumindest, dass er seinen Lesern eine mehrdeutiges Bild von ihnen lieferte. Frühere Beurteilungen der lukanischen Pharisäer beantworteten jedoch nicht die Frage, warum Lukas einen solchen Eindruck dieser Charaktere vermittelt und außerdem, was sich hinter dem rhetorischen Effekt der Mehrdeutigkeit verbirgt. Justin R. Howell bewertet die langjährige Debatte über die Pharisäer im lukanischen Doppelwerk neu. Er vertritt die These, dass es diese Mehrdeutigkeit gibt, weil der Autor in seinen Darstellungen ein Stilmittel anwendet, welches die antiken, griechisch-römischen Rhetoriker als »figurierte Rede« bezeichnen. Die Tatsache, dass die lukanischen Pharisäer einigen Lesern als zweideutig erscheinen, heißt nicht unbedingt, dass Lukas ihnen gegenüber ebenfalls unentschieden oder ambivalent war, da die Anwendung von figurierter Rede eine klare und kritische Haltung gegenüber den betreffenden Personen voraussetzt Back cover: Why does Luke give an ambiguous impression of the Pharisees? And what lies behind the rhetorical effects of this ambiguity? Justin R. Howell reevaluates the long-standing debate about the Pharisees in Luke-Acts, arguing the thesis that there is ambiguity in the Lukan Pharisees because, in his portrayals of them, the author has applied what ancient Greco-Roman rhetoricians call "figured speech."