Michael B. Cover reexamines Luke-Acts as a foundational site for a ‘theology of history,’ challenging prevailing linear and salvation-historical readings. While engaging debates shaped by Conzelmann and Cullmann, Cover proposes a fourth temporal framework: paradigmatic, eidetic, or typological time, in which diachronic history is transfigured by an eternal, synchronic vision. By drawing special attention to the prefaces of Luke-Acts, Luke’s adoption of two historiographical styles, and decisive moments such as the transfiguration, ascension, and genealogy of Jesus, Cover argues that Luke depicts not only history’s progression but also its metamorphosis.
Michael B. Cover (Tue,) studied this question.