The Apologetic revisited [Elektronische Ressource] : exonerating Luke from an Ancestral Exegetical and Theological Burden / Innocent Emezie Ezeani. Betreuer: Bernhard Heininger

JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITÄT WÜRZBURG KATHOLISCH-THEOLOGISCHE FAKULTÄT The Apologetic revisited: Exonerating Luke from an Ancestral Exegetical and Theological Burden Inaugural Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktors der Theologie Betreuer: Professor Dr. Bernhard Heininger Zweitkorrektor: Professor Dr. Hans Rechenmacher eingereicht von Innocent Emezie Ezeani Januar 2010 I Table of Content Chapter 1...............................................................................................................................1 1. Introduction to the theme of the Dissertation ...................................................................1 2. Justification of the Study ..................................................................................................2 3. Some research works in the course of years.....................................................................3 3.1 Conzelmann: Redaction criticism in Luke and the Apologetic........................................4 3.2 Yoder and Cassidy: Protagonists of a defiant Luke .........................................................6 3.3 Other works of recent years............................................................................................10 3.4 A shift in the Appeasement paradigm ............15 4. Relevant Biblical texts for the Dissertationtheme18 5. Methodological Approach ........................