The Story of Jesus According to L

by Kim Paffenroth

Book Overview

Using stylistic, formal and thematic criteria, Paffenroth reconstructs a pre-Lukan source (L) for much of the unique material in Luke 3-19. This source portrays Jesus primarily as a healer and teller of parables, a portrayal very different from that of the suffering Son of Man in Mark, the aphoristic teacher of Wisdom in Q, or the depiction of Jesus as universal saviour that Luke himself prefers. This source is quite primitive, probably earlier...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850756759
• ISBN13: 9781850756750
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"