Please PM me at any time with any good resources/word bank ideas, broken links or suggestions! Enjoy, fellow Lukites
MiscellaneousDramatised NIV audio of LukeGreat for second authorship/dating/structure/literary style SACA wide but very useful variety of stuffLiterary
forms and
techniques in the Bible
CommentariesDARRELL BOCK (Bible Gateway)A site that in 2014 had Tannehill and Johnson's commentaries on the special chapters (don't know if it'll be updated for 2015).
Journey to Jerusalem sectionThe following are mostly from Google Books – just search ‘Luke’ or ‘Luke commentary’. Be aware that, being previews, you may only get a few chapters of commentary (which can be quite disappointing!).
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Robert Tannehill -
Sharon Ringe -
Fred Craddock -
Robert Stein (my favourite?)
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Leon Morris (short)
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Joel Green (very detailed and 'scholarly', hard to understand in places)
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Craig Evans, or you could
buy it for $6 (BUY IT!!!

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John MacArthur, Lk 18-24 -
John MacArthur, Lk 1-5 -
John Caroll -
Luke Johnson -
David Tiede -
Joel Green's Theology of Luke -
John Phillips (not very deep and won't explain much literary or historical context, but may help you get what the passage is all about)
Word bankLiterary formsAnnunciation: birth announcement of a special child by an angel
Angelophany: appearance of an angel
Pronouncement: a really important statement that someone makes.
Passion prediction: when Jesus predicts his future sufferings.
Exorcism: when Jesus casts out a demon.
Canticle: hymn
Pericope/vignette/extract/unit: alternate with the word 'passage', which you get sick of using 400 times per exam.
Magnificat: Mary's hymn, 1:46-56
Benedictus: Zechariah's hymn, 1:67-80
Nunc Dimittis: Simeon's hymn, 2:
OtherParousia: Jesus' second coming
Eschaton: end time, when Jesus returns.
Eschatological: to do with the end times.
Soteriological: to do with salvation
Christological: to do with Christ/the Messiah
Pneumatological: to do with the Spirit
Messianic: to do with the Messiah
Messianism: belief in the Messiah
Mosaic Law: the Law of Moses
Torah: first five books of the OT, the Law of Moses
Second temple period: Jesus' era
Metanoia: repentance
Salvific: of salvation (e.g. salvific plan: plan of salvation)
Davidic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Isaianic: of David, Abraham, Moses, Isaiah etc. -
e.g. Jesus' Davidic heritageGreco-Roman:
e.g. Greco-Roman world, worldviews etc. - Greek/Roman
First century culture/era/epoch/periodHellenistic: to do with the Greeks/Gentiles;
e.g. Luke's audience was mainly HellenisticSeptuagint/LXX: the Old Testament in Greek, which would have been what they read in Jesus' time
Divine purpose: God's plans
Prophet: someone sent with a message from God, often with the Holy Spirit
PropheticAngelic: of/do to with angels
See these attachments below: a Word NRSV copy of Luke with a wide margin, which is good to print and annotate/highlight throughout the year. Also, previous years' Luke exam questions: THE MOST USEFUL THING IN THIS POST. Remember you have to
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