TY - BOOK AU - Beers,Holly TI - The followers of Jesus as the servant: Luke's Isaianic model for the disciples in Luke-Acts T2 - The Library of New Testament Studies SN - 9780567662163 AV - BS2589 .B44 2015eb U1 - 226.4/06 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Bloomsbury T & T Clark KW - Jesus Christ KW - Bible KW - Luke KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Acts KW - Isaiah, XL-LXVI KW - fast KW - Servant of Jehovah KW - Biblical teaching KW - Serviteur de Yahvé KW - Enseignement biblique KW - RELIGION KW - Biblical Studies KW - Jesus, the Gospels & Acts KW - bisacsh KW - New Testament N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 -- INTRODUCTION: JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES AS THE SERVANT; Chapter 2 -- INTERTEXTUALITY: PHILOSOPHY AND METHOD; I. Introduction; II. Epistemological Reconstruction: Positivism, Phenomenalism, and Storied Critical Realism; III. Epistemological Reconstruction: Speech Act Theory; IV. Intertextuality and Luke-Acts; Chapter 3 -- ISAIAH AND THE SERVANT; I. Introduction; II. Isaiah 54-66: The Vindication of the Servant -- the Realization of the New Exodus; Chapter 4 -- SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM AND THE SERVANT; I. Introduction; II. The Old Testament; III. The Dead Sea ScrollsIV. Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha; V. Other Relevant Texts; VI. Excursus: Luke and Greco-Roman Imitation; VII. Conclusion: Luke as a 'Typical' Second Temple Author; Chapter 5 -- LUKE AND THE SERVANT; I. Introduction; II. Luke 1-2: The Birth Narratives; III. Luke 3-8: Enacting Isaianic Restoration as the Servant; IV. Luke 9-19: Journeying with Jesus -- Training in Servanthood; V. Luke 20-24: The Climax of Jesus' Servant Task; Chapter 6 -- ACTS AND THE SERVANT; I. Acts 1-2: The Inauguration of the Disciples' Servant Mission; II. Acts 3-7: Servant Activity in Jerusalem; III. Acts 8-12: To Judea, Samaria, and BeyondIV. Acts 13-20: A Focus on the 'Ends of the Earth' (Gentiles); V. Acts 21-28: Paul, the Servant, and the Climactic Ends of Isaiah and Acts; Chapter 7 -- CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors N2 - Luke models his portrayal both of Jesus and his disciples in Luke-Acts after the human agent of the Isaianic New Exodus in Isaiah 40-66, the servant. In the Isaianic New Exodus the servant is integral to the restoration; the servant's mission being embodied is, to a great extent, how the New Exodus comes to fruition. The servant connection is at times explicit, as Jesus is identified with the servant in Luke 4:18-19 (quoting Isa 61:1-2 [with 58:6]); Luke 22:37 (citing Isa 53:12); and Acts 8:32-33 (Isa 53:7-8). Regarding the disciples, Isa 49:6 is quoted by Paul in Acts 13:47 in reference to h UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=946032 ER -