Luke's Unique Parables
Genesis Narratives and Interpretations of Jesus

Providing literary and linguistic analyses, this study presents a new perspective on how parables unique to Luke's Gospel were composed.

Calum Carmichael (Author)

9781009577885, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 6 March 2025

208 pages
23.5 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.442 kg

Calum Carmichael presents a new perspective on how parables unique to Luke's Gospel were composed. These parables took up moral issues that arose out of conflicts among figures such as Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers, Judah and Tamar as portrayed in Genesis narratives. Providing literary and linguistic analyses, Carmichael demonstrates how Luke, like many of his contemporaries, absorbed the narrative legacy of the Hebrew Bible and used it to express ideas about Jesus. The Joseph story was of particular interest to Luke because Joseph's role during the Egyptian famine resulted in the rescue of his family, thereby giving the Israelite nation a future. Carmichael's radically different approach identifies the influence of ancestral wrongdoing on how Luke portrayed Jesus' moral teaching.

Part I. Luke's Unique Parables: 1. Introduction
2. Two debtors (Lk 7:36-42)
3. The good Samaritan (Lk 10:25-37)
4. The friend at midnight (Lk 11:5-13) Pater noster (Lk 11:1-4)
5. The rich fool (Lk 12:15-21)
6. The barren Fig tree (Lk 13:6-9)
7. Places of honor at a feast (Lk 14:1-11)
8. The lost sheep (Lk 15:1-7) The lost coin (Lk 15: 8-10)
9. The prodigal son (Lk 15:11-32)
10. The steward of unrighteousness (Lk 16:1-9)
11. The rich man and Lazarus (Lk 16:19-31)
12. The Widow and the unjust judge (Lk 18:1-8) The pharisee and the Tax Collector (Lk 18:9-14)
13. The pounds (Lk 19:1-27)
14. The wicked tenants (Lk 20:9-18)
15. Conclusion
Bibliography
Abbreviations: Luke's unique parables.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]