The understanding of the poor in Luke-Acts: Luke’s implied audience’s perspective

Moon, Hyunin (2008). The understanding of the poor in Luke-Acts: Luke’s implied audience’s perspective. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

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Abstract

The objectives of this research are to answer the following two questions; (1) who were the poor from Luke’s implied audience perspective, and (2) how Luke’s implied audience understood the poor by engaging with Luke-Acts.

With relation to the poor from the audience perspective, the audience did not define the poor from only one decisive perspective, which is religious. We come to know that the images which the audience would have the images combined with other factors, such as socio-economic perspective.

In addition, from the comparison study between the almsgiving in Luke-Acts, and practiced in Greco-Roman world, Jesus’ sharing meals with the poor and table fellowship in Greco-Roman world, and the sharing possessions in Common in Acts and the friendship and sharing possessions in ancient Greco-Romans literatures, we come know that the poor were not recognised as the subject who were in need material help. From the Luke’s narratives related to the poor, Luke’s implied audience could recognise the poor as their friends or kin rather than those who needed only material help.

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Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.)

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Doctorates > Ph.D.

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