A Stone that Winnows<b>: Luke 20,18 as a Creative Quotation of Scripture</b>

Abstract Critical editions, translations, and scholarly discussions typically treat Luke 20,18 as a separate logion from the preceding quotation from Ps 118 (MT; LXX 117) in Luke 20,17 that ends Jesus’ telling of the parable of the wicked tenants. Despite its separation from the quote, scholars have typically seen in the line allusions to Isa 8,14–15 and Dan 2,34–35.44–45. This article questions both of these usual assumptions, arguing (a) that 20,18 should in fact be read as the second half of the quotation begun in 20,17 and (b) that its language of crushing and in particular “winnowing” (λικμάω) takes up a common scriptural judgment motif. Luke 20,18 represents, then, a point of convergence between explicit quotation and the third gospel’s frequent use of septuagintal language that results in a creative proof-text.