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Narrative Predictions, Old Testament Prophecies and Luke's Sense of Fulfilment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2009

Brigid Curtin Frein
Brigid Curtin Frein
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(Department of Theology/Religious Studies, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510, USA
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Since the publication of Paul Schubert's article, ‘The Structure and Significance of Luke 24’, considerable attention has been paid to what Schubert called Luke's ‘proof-from-prophecy theology’ and what others have identified as the pattern of prophecy/promise and fulfilment. Whatever term is used, it is generally agreed that Luke–Acts presents Jesus' life and the beginning of the church as the fulfilment of God's design for salvation as announced through his prophets. Yet most discussions of this aspect of Luke's theology have focused on Luke's interest in showing that Jesus and the earliest Christians fulfilled OT prophecy, while less attention has been paid to the predictions made in the narrative itself.Even less attention has been paid to the relationship between the fulfilment of OT prophecy and the fulfilment of these narrative predictions. This study will show how the narrative predictions in Luke–Acts contribute to Luke's theology of fulfilment and discuss the ways in which these predictions interface with Luke's emphasis on the fulfilment of OT prophecy.

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New Testament Studies , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , January 1994 , pp. 22 - 37
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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