| ISBN: | 9781839737916 |
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| Imprint: | Langham Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Dimensions (mm): | 229 x 152 x 21 |
| Publication Date: | 31/03/2024 |
| Pages: | 412 |
| Series: | Studies in New Testament |
| Language: | English |
Uniqueness of the Concept of Witness in Lukan Writings within the Biblical Canon
£28.99
In an age of relativism, tolerance and political correctness, the church is called to walk in the footsteps of Christ. As his witnesses, we must reject all forms of coercion and violence while simultaneously refusing to shy away from the authority and conviction that come from carrying his revelation.
Dr. Ervin Budiselić examines the concept of “witnessing” in the writings of Luke, contextualizing it within the larger framework of Scripture’s emphasis on revelation and testimony. Like Judaism, Christianity is a religion of revelation, where specific content must be preserved, passed on and proclaimed to others. Dr. Budiselić explores the communal nature of this calling, as well as its pneumatological implications within Luke’s writings. Acknowledging the tendency within the Western church to emphasize moral transformation over physical, he reminds readers that Jesus’s kingdom ministry was accompanied by deeds as well as words. He specifically engages the dangers of normalizing a gospel disconnected from the supernatural or the miraculous, as partnership with the Holy Spirit was central to the calling given to the early church. This book offers a prophetic message for the church today as it seeks to fulfill its calling to faithfully witness to the revelation of Christ.
Endorsements
Ervin Budiselić’s study is a thorough and competent exegetical analysis of Luke’s use of the concept of “witness,” framed by an informing background study of “witness” and its semantic connotations in both the Old and the New Testament. This is a book that ought to be present in the classroom as well as the pulpit.
Marcel V. Măcelaru, PhD
Head of the Theology Department,
Director of the Ars Theologica Research Centre,
“Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Romania
In this wide-ranging and insightful work, Ervin Budiselić explores an important theme in both parts of the Christian Bible: the practice of witness. Budiselić methodically works through all the relevant biblical texts to show the profundity of Luke-Acts’s thinking on the role of the witness in the life of the church. This study has sweeping implications for the contemporary church as it bears witness to its Lord in a religiously diverse society.
Mark W. Hamilton, PhD
Robert and Kay Onstead Professor of Biblical Studies,
Abilene Christian University, Texas, USA
Ervin Budiselić explores the important biblical, theological and hermeneutic concept of testimony. In comparing the Lukan concept of witness with the rest of the Bible, this book provides some new perspectives on the concept of witness but also reminds the church on her task of being a witness by faithfully emulating Jesus’s life and ministry.
Maksimilijan Matjaž, PhD
Professor of New Testament,
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Introductory Analysis of Acts 1:8
- Chapter 2 Introduction to the Concept of Witness in the Old Testament
- Chapter 3 The Concept of Witness in the Old Testament – Passage Analysis
- Chapter 4 LXX Textual Analysis
- Chapter 5 Major Aspects of the Concept of Witness in the Old Testament
- Chapter 6 The Semantic Range of the Concept of Witness in the Old Testament – Selected Texts
- Chapter 7 Introduction to the Concept of Witness in the New Testament
- Chapter 8 The Concept of Witness in the New Testament – Passage Analysis
- Chapter 9 Major Aspects of the Concept of Witness in the New Testament
- Chapter 10 The Semantic Range of the Concept of Witness in the New Testament – Selected Texts
- Chapter 11 Unique Aspects of the Concept of Witness in Luke/Acts
- Chapter 12 The Lukan Concept of Witness: Application
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Appendix
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