The Way according to Luke: Hearing the Whole Story of Luke-Acts

by Paul Carlton Borgman

Among the classics of ancient Greek and Jewish literature, the story of Luke-Acts has few rivals. Yet we moderns miss much of the meaning of Luke's two-part drama because we read it like any other text and not as it would have been heard by ancient listeners -- in public performance by a skilled storyteller.

The Way according to Luke unlocks the big picture of Jesus' mission by attending to the repetition, patterns, and other clues of oral narrative. In this single volume Paul Borgman lays out a holistic view of the organic unity between Luke and Acts while demonstrating that the meaning of Luke-Acts is uniquely embedded in its narrative. Borgman's distinctive work makes available both the satisfying pleasure of reading the Bible as great literature and the rewarding insight gained from receiving Scripture as it was originally delivered.

416 pages, Paperback

First published March 10, 2006

Reviews

[Ramón · Rating 4 out of 5]

Starts to get repetitive after a time, but the main thesis was paradigm shifting in my reading of Luke-Acts, as well as my "hearing" of the New Testament writings.

[Carl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting analysis of the text.