The presentation in the Temple

Andrés García Serrano

"This doctoral dissertation shows that Lk 2:22-39 reveals this identity and mission of Jesus. The presentation passage picks up many of the main features of Jesus contained in the previous episodes in the Lukan infancy narrative, and adds important features not present in the other pericopes: the Temple as a privileged places of revelation, the universal offer of salvation in Jesus, and the divided response in Israel. These distinctive feartures of the passage are subsequently developed throughout the progression of Luke-Acts. The significance of the passage increases as it is related to additional parts of the Lukan composition. Simeon's characterization of Jesus, particularly in his commission statement with its universal salvation and divided response, is fulfilled not only in Jesus, but, suprisingly, also in his disciples. This is verified in the common architecture seen in the...