Feasting and Social Rhetoric in Luke 14

In This Original And Thought-Provoking Study Willi Braun Draws Both On Social And Literary Evidence Regarding The Greco-Roman Elite Banquet Scene And On Ancient Prescribed Methods Of Rhetorical Composition To Argue That The Pharisaic Dinner Episode In Luke 14 Is A Skillfully Crafted Rhetorical Unit In Which Jesus Presents An Argument For Luke''S Vision Of A Christian Society. His Analysis Underscores The Way In Which Gospel Writers Manipulated The Inherited Jesus Traditions For The Purposes Of Ideological And Social Formation Of Christian Communities.