Luke 1-3, 3 vols. (Hermeneia | HERM)
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
François Bovon’s magisterial commentary on the Gospel of Luke is justly renowned for its combination of judicious historical and literary treatment of the Evangelist’s context and for its theological sensitivity, informed by the wealth of the Christian interpretative tradition. Luke is clearly writing history in the manner of his Hellenistic and Jewish contemporaries, but Bovon insists he remains as well “a theologian of the Word of God.”
After an introduction covering the text-critical questions of the Gospel, as well as its canonization, language, structure, origin, and theological profile, volume 1 includes commentary on the birth narratives through the Galilean ministry of Jesus. In the second volume, Bovon covers the narration of Jesus’ travel on the road to Jerusalem—the occasion in Luke of most of Jesus’ teachings to the disciples regarding faithfulness, perseverance, and the practice of justice and mercy. Finally, volume 3 begins with Jesus' Triumphal Entry and Passion and concludes the book with His ascension.
The Hermeneia series is designed to be a critical and historical commentary to the Bible without arbitrary limits in size or scope. It will utilize the full range of philological and historical tools, including textual criticism (often slighted in modern commentaries), the methods of the history of tradition (including genre and prosodic analysis), and the history of religion. Great for the serious student of the Bible, it will make full use of ancient Semitic and classical languages; at the same time, English translations of all comparative materials—Greek, Latin, Canaanite, or Akkadian—will be supplied alongside the citation of the source in its original language. Insofar as possible, the aim is to provide the student or scholar with full critical discussion of each problem of interpretation and with the primary data upon which the discussion is based.
The editors of Hermeneia impose no systematic-theological perspective upon the series (directly, or indirectly by selection of authors). It is expected that authors will struggle to lay bare the ancient meaning of a biblical work or pericope. In this way the text’s human relevance should become transparent, as is always the case in competent historical discourse. However, the series eschews for itself homiletical translation of the Bible.
- Title: Luke 1-3, 3 vols. (Hermeneia | HERM)
- Author: François Bovon
- Series: Hermeneia
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Publication Date: 2002–2013
- Volumes: 3
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Resource ID: {C9AC9183-7C19-448F-8D83-DCE9491DF019}
François Bovon (Doctor of Theology, University of Basel) was Frothingham Professor of the History of Religion Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School where he taught New Testament and early Christian literature. Prior to this Bovon was professor and dean of the Divinity School at the University of Geneva. From 2000 to 2010, he served as editor of Harvard Theological Review.