A Failed Spectacle: The Role of the Crowd in Luke 23
That Jesus’ death is uniquely portrayed as a spectacle of death in Luke’s Gospel is widely acknowledged. Most scholarship has focused on the figure of Jesus, his self-control and emotions, to debate how much it concurs with the ancient ideal of noble death. Little attention, however, has been given...
| Autres titres: | Visual Rhetoric and Biblical Interpretation |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2017
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Biblical interpretation
Année: 2017, Volume: 25, Numéro: 3, Pages: 399-416 |
| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianisme et culture HC Nouveau Testament TB Antiquité |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
spectacle
crowd
crucifixion
gladiator
noble death
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | That Jesus’ death is uniquely portrayed as a spectacle of death in Luke’s Gospel is widely acknowledged. Most scholarship has focused on the figure of Jesus, his self-control and emotions, to debate how much it concurs with the ancient ideal of noble death. Little attention, however, has been given to the role of the crowd in Luke’s passion. This paper analyzes the role of the crowd in Luke’s passion to argue that Luke has framed the cross in a manner fitting of death in the arena. By emphasizing the crowd’s size, placement, and role in the drama, I argue that Luke presents Jesus’ death as a failed spectacle and suggest some political and theological ramifications.
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| ISSN: | 1568-5152 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Biblical interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685152-00253p06 |