The Hidden Prophet Bursting Forth: John the Baptist’s Appearing According to Luke

This study offers a fresh reading of John the Baptist’s infancy and childhood narratives in the Gospel of Luke. It argues that Luke utilizes the motif of “hiddenness” to create tension so that John bursts forth into his public ministry in Israel from a place of obscurity. John suddenly appears in pu...

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Main Author: Wenkel, David H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2023
In: The expository times
Year: 2023, Volume: 134, Issue: 5, Pages: 201-210
Further subjects:B Infancy
B hidden
B Jesus
B Wilderness
B John
B secret
B Child
B Prophet
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Summary:This study offers a fresh reading of John the Baptist’s infancy and childhood narratives in the Gospel of Luke. It argues that Luke utilizes the motif of “hiddenness” to create tension so that John bursts forth into his public ministry in Israel from a place of obscurity. John suddenly appears in public to prepare the way for the messiah. This reading offers for a unifying concept of “concealing-then-revealing” which provides an explanatory lens for several opaque textual units in Luke’s Gospel.
ISSN:1745-5308
Contains:Enthalten in: The expository times
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/00145246221125349