Abraham, Ancestry, and Ethnicity in Luke’s Gospel

Andrew Benko

doi:10.5771/9781978714472

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Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-1446-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-1447-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 254
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. 1. Topic, Thesis, and Approach No access
  2. Chapter Structure and Prospect No access
  3. Finding One’s Pedestal: Christians among the Ethnē No access
  4. Notes No access
1. 1. Ancient Terms: εθνος, γενος, etc. No access
  2. “A race, by any other name . . .” No access
  3. Race as Social Construct No access
  4. Ancient Sources on of the Criteria of Race No access
  5. Synthesis: A Three-Criteria Model of Race in Antiquity No access
2. 1. 1. Ethnic Genealogies No access
    2. Individuals’ Genealogies No access
    3. Negotiating Ancestral Claims No access
    4. “Subscriptive Descent” vs. “Ascriptive Descent” No access
  2. 1. Migration / Relocation No access
    2. Change in Political Situation / Cultural Environment No access
    3. Sense of Connection with a Homeland No access
  3. 1. Ethno-cultural Umbrellas: Hellenism, Judaism, Romanitas No access
    2. Race and Religious Practice No access
    3. i. Constructive Effect of Conversion: The Proselyte Is Added to the People No access
    4. ii. Deconstructive Effect of Conversion: The Apostate Abandons the People No access
    5. iii. Constructed Kinship and Subscriptive Descent No access
  4. The Polythetic Nature of Race No access
3. Race in Antiquity: Chapter Conclusions No access
4. Notes No access
1. 1. 1. Excursis: Abraham in the “Animal Apocalypse” of 1 Enoch No access
  2. Abrahamic Blessings for (Just) the Judeans No access
  3. Subscriptive Descent—Abraham’s Children follow Abraham’s Ways No access
  4. Summary: Abraham as Wall No access
2. 1. Ascriptive Descent—Israel’s Kinship to Other Abrahamic Races No access
  2. Cultural Connections—Abraham among the Nations No access
  3. Subscriptive Descent—Abraham, “Father” of Converts No access
  4. Summary: Abraham as Bridge No access
3. Chapter Conclusions: Abraham in Second Temple Judaism No access
4. Notes No access
1. Abrahamic Stock: The Family of Jesus in Luke 1–2 No access
2. The Songs of Elizabeth and Mary (Luke 1:39–56) No access
3. The Song of Zechariah (Luke 1:67–79) No access
4. The Songs of Simeon and Anna (Luke 2:25–38) No access
5. Abraham in the Genealogy of Jesus (Luke 3:23–38) No access
6. Abraham in the Infancy Narratives: Conclusions No access
7. Notes No access
1. 1. Brood of Vipers (Luke 3:7) No access
  2. Sons from Stones (Luke 3:8) No access
  3. Axes, Trees, Fruit (Luke 3:8–9) No access
  4. “What then shall we do?” No access
  5. John the Baptist on Abrahamic Identity: Summary No access
2. 1. A Daughter of Abraham (Luke 13:10–17)105 No access
  2. A Son of Abraham (Luke 19:1–10)118 No access
  3. The Bosom of Abraham (Luke 16:19–31) No access
  4. Abraham and the Eschaton (Luke 13:23–30, 17:29–32) No access
3. Abraham in Luke: Chapter Conclusions No access
4. Notes No access
1. 1. One Human Line: “. . . son of Adam, son of God” (Luke 3:23–38) No access
  2. One Human Line: “We are indeed God’s genos” (Acts 17:24–31) No access
2. 1. Diverging Lines: Whose Fathers Killed the Prophets? No access
  2. 1. Our Father, Naaman (Luke 4:25–27) No access
    2. Gentile Queens and Gentile Cities (Luke 11:29–32) No access
3. 1. Designating “Brothers” No access
  2. Ethnic Deviance, and Estrangement between “Brothers” No access
4. Chapter Conclusions No access
5. Notes No access
1. Two Brothers No access
2. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 235 - 246
Index Subjects No access Pages 247 - 252
About the Author No access Pages 253 - 254