Doing a Re-cap on Matthew and Luke - continued
The "child" is presented as the one who can enter 'the kingdom'.
It is logical to assume a child has more flexibility to move between two different types of society
- one based on Law and the other based on Order.
Even so, Matthew presents a "type" of person which goes with a society based on Law.
This is the disciple and growth of the "disciple" is referred to from the end of Section B
("a prudent one ") to the end of Section E ("the least ones ") and the disciple is dealt with at length in Matthew's
last Section F.
If Luke has a Section E in his gospel, will he present a "type" of person which goes with a society based upon
Order? What sort of person would this "type" be?
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What are some 'structural' clues?
Recall that Matthew stresses the sense of time with his use of "time hooks" and his
avoidance of "place hooks".
Luke does not use "time hooks." But he goes to great lengths to set out the paragraph pairs that
use "place hooks".
Luke also develops the sense of public speech via his hooks of "persons addressed".
So Matthew's society based on Law, is associated with "time" (as is Judaic and Islamic societies
with their heavy emphasis on religious law, prayer times and, it is sometimes argued, narrowness.)
Luke's society which is based upon Order, is associated with "place" (as with urbanised, democratic
(or totalitarian) cities and states. This society is associated with open speech (or propaganda.)
Let's look at Luke's next Section. Jesus has arrived at Jerusalem and he moves towards its centre.
A Section therefore appears to follow up to the statement "Now he was, during the day in the temple." (21:37)
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