Luke and the Jewish Religion

After delineating the difficulties of defining “religion” and “Judaism/Jewish/Jews,” this article traces Luke’s presentation of Jewish religious markers: circumcision, temple worship, sacred space (Jerusalem, synagogues) and sacred time (Sabbath), Scripture, and myth. It argues that Luke renders Jew...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levine, Amy-Jill 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Sage Publ. 2014
In: Interpretation
Year: 2014, Volume: 68, Issue: 4, Pages: 389-402
Further subjects:B Gospel of
B Temple
B Scripture
B Synagogue
B Halakhah
B Luke
B Religion
B Judaism
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Electronic
Description
Summary:After delineating the difficulties of defining “religion” and “Judaism/Jewish/Jews,” this article traces Luke’s presentation of Jewish religious markers: circumcision, temple worship, sacred space (Jerusalem, synagogues) and sacred time (Sabbath), Scripture, and myth. It argues that Luke renders Jewish practice and belief, outside of Jesus’ interpretation, as relegated to the past, insignificant, corrupt, or co-opted by Jesus and his followers.
ISSN:2159-340X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0020964314540107