NOUVELLES DE JÉRUSALEM - Automne 2017

ute to this process by forgiving
monetary debts. This distinction
is exemplified in Luke 7 through
the parable of the Two Debtors
that Jesus tells in order to flesh
out the significance of the woman’s
charitable actions. Her act
of hospitality is construed as a fit
display of repentance and hence
a trustworthy means of securing
divine forgiveness.
The book then turns to consider
the way in which the command to
love one’s neighbor (Lev 19:18)
is related to charity and how that
exegetical move, in turn, informs
the story of the Good Samaritan
(10:25-37). Giambrone proposes
that the importance of the final
verses of the parable has been
overlooked. He suggests that the
line of credit opened between the
Samaritan and the Innkeeper is
directly related to the motif of a
creditor Christology that he introduced
in the previous chapter.
Variation and paradigms
His final exegetical probe concerns
the difficult story of the Dishonest
Steward (16:1-8) and the Rich Man
and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). He
addresses how the two stories are
related and explains the exegetical
value of the non-parabolic
teachings that sit between them
(16:9-18). In this probe, another
variation on the “debt/sin” motif is
discovered and two different soteriological
paradigms are explored:
one governed by the grammar of
repayment, the other by a gracious
remission of debt. Though deference
in the Gospel is shown toward
the later, the former includes
a place for human agency, specifically
that of showing mercy to
the poor. Finally, the importance
of the economic soteriology of
Prov 10:2 (“almsgiving delivers
from death”) – a passage long neglected
in the study of Luke – is
given its due.
The book closes with a discussion
of the work’s theological implications.
Giambrone situates Luke’s
perspective on charity over against
other texts in the New Testament.
He also addresses points of dispute
about the meritorious character of
charitable deeds among Protestant
and Catholic exegetes.
Prof. Gary Anderson
Hesburgh Professor of Catholic
Theology Biblical Studies / Christianity
and Judaism in Antiquity
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Photothèque
Les clichés de l’École exposés en Jordanie, en
Pologne et aux États-Unis
Jordanie
Jordan River
À Ammân, Institut français de Jordanie
(ex-CCF), Jabal al-Weibdeh,
du 9 au 30 avril 2017.
Pour le 4 e Image Festival d’Amman,
organisé par M me Linda al-Khoury,
ce sont 15 tirages noir & blanc et
un couleur (diapositive de 1954),
sur l’identité du fleuve Jourdain qui
ont été exposés. Provenance : fonds
des Dominicains, des Assomptionnistes,
des Pères Blancs et des Salésiens.
Tirages faits à Ammân par les
soins de M me al-Khoury. L’ambassadeur
de France en Jordanie, M.
David Bertolotti, était présent au
vernissage.
Lettre aux amis de l’ÉBAF - N° 94 - Automne 2017
Identité des lieux et des hommes en
Jordanie - The Identity of Places
and People in Jordan
À Ammân, Institut espagnol Cervantès,
IIIe Cercle, Jabal Amman,
du 11 au 22 avril 2017. Dans le cadre
du même Festival dont le thème général
était cette année « Identity »,
49 tirages noir & blanc : les villes
ou villages d’autrefois en Jordanie,
y compris la capitale, et des types
humains.
Pologne
Jérusalem pérennisée - Jerozolima
utrwalona
À Cracovie, dans le cloître du couvent
des pères Dominicains de la
ville. L’exposition s’inscrivait dans
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