Luke 10-24

Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies, and president emerita of Catholic Theological Union (the first woman who held the position). She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2014–2015. Her most recent publications are Luke 1–9 and Luke 10–24, co-authored with Shelly Matthews (WCS 43A, 43B; Liturgical Press, 2021); and At the Table of Holy Wisdom: Global Hungers and Feminist Biblical Interpretation (Paulist, 2023).Shelly Matthews holds a ThD from Harvard Divinity School and is professor of New Testament at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas. She is the general editor for the SBL Press series Early Christianity and Its Literature and the cofounder and cochair of the SBL Program Unit Racism, Pedagogy and Biblical Studies. Her books include Perfect Martyr: The Stoning of Stephen and the Construction of Christian Identity (Oxford University Press, 2010) and The Acts of the Apostles: An Introduction and Study Guide: Taming the Tongues of Fire  (T&T Clark, 2017). She is currently writing a monograph under the working title A Feminist Guide to Early Christian Resurrection: Justice, Authority, Presence.Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies, and president emerita of Catholic Theological Union (the first woman who held the position). She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2014–2015. Her most recent publications are Luke 1–9 and Luke 10–24, co-authored with Shelly Matthews (WCS 43A, 43B; Liturgical Press, 2021); and At the Table of Holy Wisdom: Global Hungers and Feminist Biblical Interpretation (Paulist, 2023).

“An incredible accomplishment! Informed by a diverse array of methodologies as well as by contexts ancient and present, this volume covering Luke 10–24 is in tune with both literary sensibilities and ideological sensitivities from beginning to end. The fact that it is done in not only the spirit but also the reality of feminist collaboration makes this volume truly unique. With this second volume, we now have in our hands a treasure trove of wisdom to guide our reading of Luke’s Gospel of women.”Tat-siong Benny Liew, Class of 1956 Chair, Professor in New Testament Studies, College of the Holy Cross

• List of Abbreviations viiLuke 10:1-42 Seventy Men Empowered,Mary and Martha Restrained 341Luke 11:1-54 Prayer, Exorcism, Religious Polemic 363Luke 12:1-59 Lilies Do Not Spin, Families Divide,Slave Relations Remain 389Luke 13:1-35 The Basileia Manifest in Women’s Healingand Women’s Work 407Luke 14:1-35 Who Is Coming to Dinner? 419Luke 15:1-32 Losing, Finding, and Rejoicing 439Luke 16:1-31 Rich Men and Their Money 453Luke 17:1-37 The Complex Processes of Forgiveness 473Luke 18:1-43 Widows, Little Children, and Alternate Families 487Luke 19:1-48 An Angry King and a Weeping Messiah 505Luke 20:1-47 Equal to the Angels 523Luke 21:1-38 A Muted Apocalypse 543Luke 22:1-71 A Meal, an Arrest, and a Slave Woman’s Truth 557Luke 23:1-56 The Last Words of the Dying Innocent 595Luke 24:1-53 To Have Seen or Not to Have Seen:Appearances of the Resurrected Jesusand Their Authorizing Significance 625Afterword 657Works Cited 659Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings 686Index of Subjects 699