The Passion Narrative of St Luke
A Critical and Historical Investigation

The book defends and develops the argument for a non-Markan basis for the Gospel of Luke.

Vincent Taylor (Author), Owen E. Evans (Edited by)

9780521616928, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 16 December 2004

164 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1 cm, 0.22 kg

This is the last of the late Vincent Taylor's many notable contributions to NT scholarship and in particular to the controversy about the sources of St Luke's gospel. Taylor defends and develops the arguments in favour of a non-Markan basis for Luke which he first presented in 1926 in Behind the Third Gospel. He answers critics of that book by a detailed study of the Passion Narrative and concludes that St Luke used, in this part of his gospel at least, a special source, an authority which was as old as Mark but independent of it and which preserved accounts of the death and resurrection of Jesus given by the first Christians. The work has been edited and prepared for publication by a former pupil of Vincent Taylor's, the Rev. Owen E. Evans. It should interest all specialists in NT studies as the last research of a distinguished scholar on a problem of continuing importance.

Preface
Editorial Note
Abbreviations
Part I. Introduction: 1. Summary of critical opinion
2. Objections
3. Recent developments
4. Methods of gospel criticism
Part II. Analysis and Detailed Study of Luke XXII–XXIV: 5. The priests' plot
6. The treachery of Judas
7. Preparations for the Passover
8. The last supper
9. The prediction of the betrayal
10. The discourse on true greatness and the saying about twelve thrones
11. The exhortation to Simon
12. Then and now
13. The agony
14. The arrest
15. The denial
16. The mocking
17. The trial before the priests
18. The trials before Pilate and Herod
19. The journey to the cross
20. The crucifixion
21. The burial
22. The action of the women
23. The visit of the women to the tomb
24. The journey to Emmaus
25. The appearance to the Eleven
25. The ascension
Part III. The Special Lukan Passion Narrative: 26. Summary and conclusions
27. The text of the Passion source
28. The value of the special Lukan Passion narrative
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Religion: general [HRA]