Notes
by Linda Monyak. Last update January 7, 2001.
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Topics
Reading
of Luke 4:14-30
Questions
for Discussion
Notes
for Discussion
Use
of summary statement in Isaiah 4:14-15
The
parallel passage to Luke 4:14-30 in Mark 6:1-6
The
Isaiah passage read by Jesus
Luke
4:14-30 marks a transformation of Jesus
Significance
of Jesus' custom of going to the synagogue
How
the people of Jesus' day viewed and used the reading of biblical passages in the
synagogue
Honor
and Shame
Importance
of health in the ancient world
Luke
4:19 and the Year of Jubilee
Significance
of Jesus' Proclaiming the Kingdom
References
Reading
of Luke 4:14-30
Questions
for discussion
-
What strikes you
as meaningful in this passage?
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Is there anything
that you noticed in this reading that you have never noticed before?
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How does this
passage serve as a mini-version of the Gospel of Luke?
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Who says what to
whom about what, in what setting, and for what purpose? (Malina’s ?)
Notes
for discussion:
Use
of summary statement in Isaiah
4:14-15
The
parallel passage to Luke
4:14-30 in Mark
6:1-6
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Proverb parallel
to Luke
4:24 is Mark
6:4
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There are
additional non-canonical sources in which this proverb is found, including
the Gospel of Thomas (“Jesus said, ‘No prophet is accepted in his own
town; a physician does not heal those who know him”).
The
Isaiah passage read by Jesus
-
Isaiah
61:1-2; Isaiah
58:6
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Anointing referred
to in Isaiah is that conferred on prophets, not kings
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Squares with
comparison to Elijah and Elisha later in the passage
Luke
4:14-30 marks a transformation of Jesus
(from: Mark McVann,
Chapter 12 in The
Social World of Luke-Acts. Models for Interpretation)
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Luke
4:14-30 marks
the transformation of Jesus, the private individual, to Jesus, the public
figure
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Immediately
follows temptation in wilderness
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Marks
transformation in several areas
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Ritual
elements:
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Initiand:
Jesus
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New role:
prophet
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Elder: John
the Baptizer
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Symbols:
river, desert, mountain, temple, scripture, etc.
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Ritual
process:
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Separation
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Liminality
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Communitas
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Confrontation
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Aggregation
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Prophets:
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“Speak
oracles of warning and judgment against sin”
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New
revelations from God
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“Holy,
separate, all-seeing, faithful to God’s covenant, powerful in word”
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Elijah &
Elisha: cured lepers (2
Kings 5:1-19), raised the dead (1
Kings 17:17-24), multiplied food (2
Kings 4:42-44)
Significance
of Jesus' custom of going to the synagogue
(from: Neyrey, Jerome,
in Chapter 10 of The
Social World of Luke-Acts. Models for Interpretation)
How
the people of Jesus' day viewed and used the reading of biblical passages in
the synagogue
(from Malina, Bruce,
in Chapter 1 of The
Social World of Luke-Acts. Models for Interpretation)
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“...in synagogue
preaching the biblical passage will be explained in terms of contemporary
occurrence, while in debate the passage will be used to dishonor opponents;
in temple discussions the readings might look to legal precedent.”
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The society of
Jesus' time was a "high context society:"
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Low context
societies: detailed texts, leaving little to the imagination. Ex.
The Congressional Record, our society
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High
context societies: sketchy texts with few details, the biblical and
Mediterranean world
Honor
and Shame
(from: Malina &
Neyrey in Chapter 2 of The
Social World of Luke-Acts. Models for Interpretation)
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In
Luke
4:14-30, we see denial of honor to
Jesus at inaugural appearance
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Sees Luke as writing a
corrective to society’s labeling of Him as a false prophet and a danger to
society
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Honor &
birth/kinship. The challenges to Jesus’ honor:
Importance
of health in the ancient world
(from Oakman, Douglas
E, in Chapter 6 of The
Social World of Luke-Acts. Models for Interpretation).
Luke
4:19 and the Year of Jubilee
(from: Oakman, Douglas
E, in Chapter 6 of The
Social World of Luke-Acts. Models for Interpretation)
Significance
of Jesus' Proclaiming the Kingdom
(from: Moxnes, Halvor,
in Chapter 9 of The
Social World of Luke-Acts. Models for Interpretation)
References
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