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Book Review: Images of Judaism in Luke-Acts

TYSON USES reader-response criticism to determine how the "implied author" of Luke-Acts portrays Judaism to the "implied reader." By examining what is explained in the text and what is not, Tyson first constructs a profile of the implied reader as someone who shows an aversion to polytheism, an awareness of some Jewish religious practices, an acceptance of the Jewish scriptures, a certain distancing from "their" synagogues, and knowledge about James (Jesus' brother) . In other words, this is a Godfearer who also has "intratextual representations" in the two centurions (Luke 7; Acts 10), the Ethiopian eunuch, and Theophilus (pp. 19-41). Tyson then scans successive blocks of material in Luke-Acts (Luke 1—2; 3:1—19:44; 19:45—24:53; Acts 1—12; 13:1—21:14; 21:15—28:31) for their images of Judaism (its people, temple, law, scripture, religious practices). He concludes that the implied author's portrayal of Judaism is characterized by "ambivalence" (both proand anti-Jewish images), which in turn is accounted for by the implied author's aim (that is, "to persuade Godfearers to accept the Christian message about Jesus rather than accepting Judaism" [p. 182]). The Festival ofHomiletics 1994