Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 85 No. 2, 2015.
Original scientific paper
Is Luke 4:16-30 a Messianic Text or Not?
Darko Tomašević
orcid.org/0000-0002-4900-8308
; Catholic Theological Faculty in Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosna and Herzegovina
Abstract
Looking at the content and structure of Luke 4:16-30, the text may be placed in various categories: from royal-Davidic, to prophetic-Mosaic to messianic. There are reasonable arguments for each of these. However, based on an analysis that is specifically based on the words used in the passage, the text will be seen as belonging, first and foremost, to the messianic category. The arguments that support the messianic character of the text include the following: the programmatic significance of the passage; the broader context (i.e., Luke4:14-44); the quoting of Is 61:1-2 (especially as two Qumran texts link Is 61:1-2 with the Messiah). However, the strongest argument that this is a messianic text is the use of the word ... which in Luke’s gospel has a Christological meaning. There are also a number of other expressions in Luke 4:16-30 that have Christological connotations ... Looking at all the expressions used in Luke 4:16-30, it may be said that the passage, although it does not directly use the word »Christ«, is clearly Christological.
Keywords
messianism; prophet; Christ; Christological; Luke
Hrčak ID:
141167
URI
Publication date:
10.7.2015.
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