Gospel of Luke

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Gospel of Luke

• Luke and Greco-Roman Society (Luke 2225-27)
• A two-part work Luke 11-4 Acts 11-4
• Luke/Acts as Apology
• Luke/Acts as Theodicy
• Transitions in Luke/Acts Luke 1616 Luke
  2444-53 Acts 16-8 Acts 1344-46 Acts 185-6
  Acts 2828

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Gospel of Luke

• Creatively modifies Markan expectation of an
  immediate end a historical approach - the Church
  now extends indefinitely into the future.
• Questions Concerning Authorship We passages
  (e.g. Acts 1610-17 Acts 205-15). Beloved
  Physician Luke (Col 414 Philem 24 2 Tim 411)

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Gospel of Luke

• Preaching in the Synagogue Luke 416-30 Role of
  the Spirit (Luke 418, 21)
• More than any other Gospel writer, Luke stresses
  forsaking worldly ambition for spiritual riches
  of the kingdom (Luke 1222-34 Luke 1425-32
  Acts 242-47).

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Gospel of Luke

• For Luke, it is the conventionally religious who
  too often fail to value an invitation to the
  Messianic banquet. See the Prodigal Son (Luke
  1511-32)
• Infancy Narratives Comparison with Matthew
  model Jewish background Jesus and John the
  Baptist as cousins the involvement of women.