Details for Luke-Acts

Luke-Acts is the two-volume work which tracks the movement from the ministry of Jesus through to the early church (and beyond!). Obviously this text is therefore of great significance in the New Testament (even if just in regards to the size of the combined volumes), and has been used by Pentecostals for over a century in our quest for recovering a truly biblical faith. This unit examines the narrative of Luke-Acts in a way that holds together the historical and theological foci, and seeks to equip you with a solid reading strategy for approaching these remarkable texts.

Quick Info

Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
Course code: BIB351
Credit points: 10
Subject coordinator: John Griffiths

Prerequisites

The following courses are prerequisites or corequisites:

BIB101—Introduction to the Bible OR BIB102 Introduction to Israel's Scriptures (Old Testament) OR BIB103 Introduction to the New Testament OR BIB104 Old Testament Foundations OR BIB105 New Testament Foundations

Awards offering Luke-Acts

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Unit Content

Curriculum Objective

This unit provides an investigation of the Lukan material, his continuation of salvation history, and critiques the contemporary Pentecostal use of the same.

Outcomes

Analyse passages in the Lucan material and make application to modern Pentecostalism;
Evaluate Luke’s concern for, and assurance of the implied audience, particularly in the light of Pentecostalism;
Discriminate between the primary biblical materials and secondary literature from a range of perspectives;
Engage the socio-historical background relevant to Luke’s historiography, as well as the work’s respective structures, themes, theology/ies and style.

Subject Content

Identification of Luke’s genre as Greek Historiography
Occasion and purpose as reconstructed from Luke’s prologue and its propleptic function
Luke’s rhetorical strategy
Narrative world and placing characters within the story
Exegesis of individual texts utilising a redemptive movement hermeneutic
Examination of Luke’s pneumatology
Critique of contemporary Pentecostals' use of Luke
Application to ministry

This course may be offered in the following formats

Face to Face (onsite)
Distance/E-learning (online)
Intensive (One week: 7 hours per day for 5 days = 35 class hours + approx 85 hours out of class time for research, writing, exam preparation and execution, ancillary activities associated with completion of assigned tasks)

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

Reading Responses (20%)
Contemporary Presentation (30%)
Major Exegesis (50%)

Prescribed Text

David M. Parker Reading Luke-Acts Now and Then Sydney: 2011.

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