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Until recently, virtually all known readings of Luke 24:45 took for granted a particular underlyi... more Until recently, virtually all known readings of Luke 24:45 took for granted a particular underlying Greek syntax that yields the translation, “Then he [Jesus] opened their mind to understand the Scriptures.” In an earlier issue of this journal, Matthew Bates proposed an alternative understanding of the Greek syntax, swapping the direct objects of the main verb and infinitive, substantially altering the meaning: “Then Jesus exposited the Scriptures so that the disciples could understand their meaning.” This article attempts to show that Bates’ reconstruction is syntactically infeasible and otherwise inadequately supported. Further, evidence from the broad context of Luke-Acts that supports the traditional reading is presented. Illumination, the opening of the mind of the disciples, is a climactic moment at the end of the Third Gospel.
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SBL Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Nov 2015.
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Biblical Studies Research Seminar, New College, University of Edinburgh (invited), Nov. 2014
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British New Testament Conference, Manchester, Sept. 2014.
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in The Reverberations of the Exodus in Scripture (ed. R. Michael Fox; Oregon: Pickwick, 2014).
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Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Baltimore, USA, Nov. 2013.
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British New Testament Conference, St. Andrews, Aug. 2013.
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Paper presented at ISBL, 2013
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Midwestern Journal of Theology, 2010
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Review of Biblical Literature (2010). Review of Bonnah, George Kwame Agyei, The Holy Spirit: A Na... more Review of Biblical Literature (2010). Review of Bonnah, George Kwame Agyei, The Holy Spirit: A Narrative Factor in the Acts of the Apostles (SBB 58. Stuttgart: Verlag Katholishes Bibelwerk, 2007).
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Review of Biblical Literature (forthcoming). Review of Craig S. Keener, Acts: An Exegetical Comme... more Review of Biblical Literature (forthcoming). Review of Craig S. Keener, Acts: An Exegetical Commentary: 3:1–14:28; vol 2 (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013).
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