Dialogue Not Dogma : Many Voices in the Gospel of Luke.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- A. Many Voices in the Gospel of Luke -- B. Fresh Approach to a Familiar Issue -- C. The Design of this Book -- 1. READING LUKE IN LIGHT OF BAKHTIN: THEORY, POSSIBILITIES, LIMITATIONS, SCOPE OF THE STUDY -- Introduction -- A. Bakhtin, Biblical Studies, and the Gospel of Luke -- B. Bakhtin and His Concept of Polyphony -- C. The Concept of Dialogism -- D. Luke as a Dialogic Gospel: Possibilities and Limitations -- Conclusion -- 2. BLESSED ARE THE OUTSIDERS: VIEWING LUKE'S POLYPHONIC STORY OF JESUS' IDENTITY FROM A DISTANCE -- Introduction -- A. Were the Nazarenes Nay-sayers? -- B. Mission to the Non-Jews? -- C. The Meaning of Jesus' Response in 4:23-27 -- D. Insiders versus Outsiders -- E. How Ironic! -- F. Bakhtin and His Concept of Outsidedness -- G. Layers of Outsidedness in the Nazareth Episode -- H. The Readers' Outsidedness and Layers of Dialogue about Jesus' Identity -- I. Outsidedness, Otherness, Dialogue -- Conclusion -- 3. TO EACH ITS OWN LOOPHOLE: LOOPHOLE DIALOGUES AND THE TENSION BETWEEN HEARING AND DOING -- Introduction -- A. "Loophole" Defined -- B. Loophole in the Law -- C. The Samaritan's Loophole -- D. The Bakhtinian Concept of Surplus -- E. The Lawyer's Loophole -- F. The Martha-Mary Dialogue -- G. Jesus' Loophole and the Dialogue between 10:25-37 and 10:38-42 -- Conclusion -- 4. DOWNSIZING THE WEALTHY? A CARNIVALESQUE READING OF LUKE'S PORTRAYAL OF WEALTH -- Introduction -- A. The Bakhtinian Concept of Carnival -- B. Key Aspects of Carnival -- C. Carnival in the Story of Lazarus and the Rich Man -- D. Carnivalization of Literature -- E. Lukan Perspectives on Wealth -- F. Luke as Carnivalized Literature -- Conclusion -- 5. CONTRIBUTIONS OF THIS STUDY TO LUKAN SCHOLARSHIP AND THE ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A DIALOGIC READING OF LUKE -- Introduction.

A. Bringing Bakhtin to Luke: Goals and Results -- B. Luke is Dialogic Not Dogmatic -- C. The Significance of a Dialogic Reading for Lukan Scholarship -- D. Diversity in Luke's Community -- E. From the Author's Context to the Dialogic (Gospel) Text? -- F. Dialogism and Its Potential Significance for Luke's Community -- G. Then and Now: Similarities between Luke's Context and Current Contexts -- H. Ethical Implications of a Dialogic Reading in the Context of Diversity -- I. Theological Implications: Dialogue and Truth -- J. Problems with Bakhtin's Theories and Their Application to Luke -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W.

Nadella examines the strands of Luke's narrative, showing that the 'many voices' in the text should be celebrated as a unique feature of Luke's writing. Lukan scholars offer varying responses to the issue of divergent viewpoints in the gospel regarding the identity of Jesus, wealth, women, and the emphasis on doing vis-a-vis hearing. Many forms of criticism attempt to explain or harmonize these apparent contradictions. Conversely, Raj Nadella argues that there is no dominant viewpoint in Luke and that the divergence in viewpoints is a unique literary feature to be celebrated rather than a problem to be solved. Nadella interprets selected Lukan passages in light of Bakhtinian concepts such as dialogism, loophole, and exotopy to show that the disparate perspectives, and interplay between them, display Luke's superior literary skills rather than his inability to produce a coherent work. Luke emerges as a work akin to Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov that accommodates competing views on several issues and allows them to enter into an unfinalizable dialogue as equal partners. Formerly the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement, this is a book series that explores the many aspects of New Testament study including historical perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and theological, cultural and contextual approaches. The Early Christianity in Context series, a part of JSNTS, examines the birth and development of early Christianity up to the end of the third century CE. The series places Christianity in its social, cultural, political and economic context. European Seminar on Christian Origins and Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Supplement are also part of JSNTS.

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