The Gospel of Luke. An Introduction for Preachers
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Description: Written by William Loader, professor of New Testament at Murdoch University and New Testament Lecturer of the Perth Theological Hall of the Uniting Church in Australia.
The Gospel of Luke. An introduction for preachers What Luke tells us about ‘Luke’ Body language is important. How people do things tells us a lot about them. This is certainly the case with the author of the third gospel. Tradition has it that the author was ‘Luke, the beloved physician’ (Col 4:14). This is far from certain, as we shall see. We are on much firmer ground when we look at what is before us, which originally would have had no reference to an author. Instead it has a very stylised beginning, 1:1-4, a lavish sentence structure which matches many of the best efforts of the day which followed the convention of setting off with an impressive opening. It was also conventional to include a dedication. Whether Theophilus was a real person, perhaps a sponsor who was going to make the physical production possible, or simply part of the literary decoration (‘Theophilus’ means lover of God), we can already conclude that this author, whom I shall call ‘Luke’, whoever he may have been, had an eye for what was going on in the literary world of his time.
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