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Luke's Use of the Old Testament

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2011

Helmer Ringgren
Affiliation:
Uppsala

Extract

In Luke 24:47 we are told that Jesus explained to the Emmaus disciples “Moses and all the prophets” and “interpreted in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.” This statement reflects Luke's intense interest, both in his Gospel and in Acts, in the relationship between the ancient scriptures and the events of the life of Jesus and the activity of the apostles. In this paper I shall discuss briefly the variety of ways in which Luke quotes, paraphrases, and alludes to the scriptures.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © President and Fellows of Harvard College 1986

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References

1 Stendahl, Krister, The School of St. Matthew (ASNU 20; Lund: Gleerup; Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1954). Citations to this work in the text will be abbreviated SSM.Google Scholar

2 See Ringgren, Helmer, “Oral and Written Tradition in the Old Testament,” StTh 3 (1949) 34ff.Google Scholar

3 Holm-Nielsen, Svend, Hodayot, Psalms from Qumran (Aarhus:Universitetsforlaget, 1960).Google Scholar

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5 Cf. SSM, 67f without reference to this passage.