Jesus and the thoughts of many hearts
Subtitle: implicit Christology and Jesus' knowledge in the gospel of Luke
By: Collin Blake Bullard
Series: Library of New Testament studies -- 530; T & T Clark library of biblical studies; Library of New Testament studies -- 530.; T & T Clark library of biblical studies
Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London, UK; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780567660350; 9780567660367
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Omniscience; Knowledge and learning; Bible; God (Christianity); Biblical teaching; Person and offices; Criticism, interpretation
Description: "In Luke 2:34-35, Simeon forsees the opposition Jesus will face and concludes his oracle with a vivid description of the final outcome of this opposition: '... so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed' (2:35). Bullard investigates the narrative and Christological significance of this 'revelation of thoughts' in Jesus' ministry and shows how Simeon's words are fulfilled in Jesus' ability to know the thoughts in the hearts of those whom he encounters throughout the Gospel. Bullard first explores a number of potential literary parallels to Jesus' knowledge of thoughts from Greco-Roman and Jewish sources. He then undertakes a narrative- and redaction-critical study which spans the Gospel in order to provide a full description of the 'revelation of thoughts' in Jesus' ministry. What Jesus knows and how he knows it are fundamental features of his identity. Yet the issue of whether, or how Jesus' knowledge of thoughts fits into Luke's overall Christological portrait has been given only superficial attention. Bullard offers an account of the Christological significance of Jesus' knowledge that makes sense of both its internal narrative development and external literary parallels."--
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Cambridge, 2013 under title: The revelation of thoughts : implicit christology and Jesus' knowledge in the Gospel of Luke.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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