Title: Dining with Pharisees /
Authors: Mullen, J. Patrick.
Publisher: Liturgical Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Simon,; Bible. Criticism, Redaction.; Bible. Social scientific criticism.; Pharisees; Jews in the New Testament.
Abstract: Calls upon Luke 7:36-50 as a starting point for studying the Pharisees from a perspective that aims to "redeem" them from anti-Semitic readings of the New Testament and establishes Jesus as a first-century Jew. Also, by comparing Luke and Mark, by posing questions and at times resolving them, the book demonstrates how Luke's themes, particularly those regarding the poor and marginalized, shape his conflation of Mark's story of Simon the Leper with other Lukan traditions.
Contents: Redaction criticism -- Culture, first-century Judaism, and Christianity -- The cultural worlds of Jesus and Simon the Pharisee -- Redaction criticism and the development of Luke 7:36-50 -- Interpretation of Luke 7:36-50.