Barbara E. Reid & Shelly Matthews 
Luke 1–9 [EPUB ebook] 

List of Abbreviations vii
List of Contributors xi
Foreword: “Come Eat of My Bread . . . and Walk in the Ways of Wisdom” xvii
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza Editor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary:
               “She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25) xxi
          Barbara E. Reid, OP
Authors’ Introduction: A Feminist Commentary on an Ambiguous Gospel xli
Luke 1:1-80 An Orderly Account for Lovers of God 1
Luke 2:1-52 Divine Love Becomes Incarnate 63
Luke 3:1-38 Beloved Son of God and All God’s Children 97
Luke 4:1-44 Prophetic Mission Declared; Divided Responses 117
Luke 5:1-39 Male Disciples Called; Female Disciples in the Shadows 165
Luke 6:1-49 Multitudes of Women and Men Are Healed and Hear 195
Luke 7:1-50 Wisdom’s Children Justified 221
Luke 8:1-56 Galilean Women Followers and Financiers 247
Luke 9:1-62 The Cross That Should Not Be Taken Up 277
Works Cited 297

Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the president of Catholic Theological Union and the first woman to hold the position. She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a Ph D in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was also president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2014–2015.