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A New Temple and a New Law

The Unity and Chronicler-based Nature of Luke 1:1-4:22a

St. Vincent's Seminary, Boynton Beach, Florida 33435

The arguments for the separation and relatively late dating of Luke's infancy narrative are not conclusive. On the contrary, while Luke 1 and 2, on analysis, turns out to involve a systematic rewriting of the first part of the Chronicler's history, Luke 3:1-4:22a emerges as its complement - a systematic rewriting of the second part of the Chronicler's work (Ezra-Nehemiah). As the Chronicler had once reshaped Israel's history, Luke re shapes the Chronicler, adapting the building of the Temple to the building of the living Temple, Jesus, and adapting the post-exilic reconstruction to build a picture of moral reconstruction (3:1-4:22a). Thus the pervasive influence of the OT (midrash?) is not limited to the infancy narra tives.

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