the role of the lukan parables in terms of the purpose of luke's gospel

Denaux divides the –formula into two series: the cases where the –formula
occurs at the beginning of text units, and the cases where the –formula arises in the
middle of a text unit. In the latter case, the –formula is accompanied by a general
situation and the necessary conditions for the narrative action to be possible. In other words,
the second part of the formula has elements of the preceding general introductory description.
In this respect, 19:28 belongs to the parable of Pounds, and the entry story begins with 19:29,
because the second part of the –formula in 19:29 is a realization of the general
mention of 19:28. In the same way, the second part of the –formula in 20:1 reiterates
the general summary in 19:47-48, and 19:45-46 belongs to the temple section (19:45-21:38)
because of the content concerning the cleansing of the temple. Therefore, rather than linking
it to the preceding context, 19:45-46.47-48 should be linked to the following context, that is
to say, to the temple section. Denaux also claims that Luke, in his travel narrative, certainly
shows dependence on Mk 10:1-52, while he presents, to a considerable extent, his
independence, particularly in his composition of 19:29-44, in which he relies on Mk 11:1-11.
That is to say, Luke’s reworking of Mk 11:1-11 shows that Luke views 19:29-44 as belonging
to the travel narrative. Luke reinterprets Mark’s entry story by means of the redaction of Mk
11:1-11 and the addition of 19:39-44. Unlike Mk 11:11, Luke in 19:45 records that Jesus
enters the city, not the temple. In this way, Luke represents his theological point of view: He
makes a sharp distinction between the temple where Jesus ministers and teaches as a
messianic King and Lord (19:45-21:38), and the city of Jerusalem where Jewish religious
leaders are master, and where still more of the passion of Jesus will take place (Lk. 22-23). 6
In recent years, even Denaux puts forward 13 theses to show the redactional links between
the parable of the Pounds (19:11-28) and the Entry Story (19:29-44). 7
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1-2. Lk 19:46
6. Denaux, “The Delineation of the Lukan Travel Narrative within the Overall Structure of the Gospel of Luke,”
369-88.
7. A. Denaux, “The Parable of the King-Judge (Lk 19:12-28) and its Relation to the Entry Story (Lk 19:29-44),”
ZNW 93 (2002), 35-57.
8. For those who view 19:46 as the end of the travel section, see J.H. Davies, “The Purpose of the Central
Section of St. Luke’s Gospel,” in ed., F.L. Cross, Studia Evangelica II (TU, 87, Berlin, 1964), 164-69; J.
Lambrecht, “Reading and Rereading Lk 18:31-22:6,” À cause de ι’Évangile , (1985), 585-612; P. Kariamadam,
“The Composition and Meaning of the Lucan Travel Narrative (Lk 9:51-19:46),” Bible Bhashyam 13 (1987),
179-98; Jack Dean Kingsbury, Conflict in Luke: Jesus, Authorities, Disciples (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991), 150
n. 158; Frank J. Matera, “Jesus’ Journey to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51-19:46): A Conflict with Israel,” JSNT 51
(1993), 57-77, here 57-58.
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