Loveday Alexander

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The Preface to Luke's GospelHardcover, 25 June 1993

The Preface to Luke's Gospel
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Part of Series
Society for New Testament Studies Monograph
Part of Series
Society for New Testament Studies in Monograph
Print Length
266 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Date Published
25 Jun 1993
ISBN-10
0521434440
ISBN-13
9780521434447

Description

Luke's two-volume work begins with a formal preface unlike anything else in the New Testament, and it has long been academic orthodoxy that Luke's choice of style, vocabulary, and content in this short passage reveal a desire to present his work to contemporary readers as 'History' in the great tradition of Thucydides and Polybius. This study challenges that assumption: far from aping the classical historians, Dr Alexander argues, Luke was simply introducing his book in a style that would have been familiar to readers of the scientific and technical manuals which proliferated in the hellenistic world. The book contains a detailed study of these Greek 'scientific' prefaces as well as a word-by-word commentary on the Lucan texts. In her concluding chapters, Alexander seeks to explore the consequences of this alignment both for the literary genre of Luke-Acts (is it meant to be read as 'history'?) and for the social background of the author and the book's first readers.

Product Details

Author:
Loveday Alexander
Book Format:
Hardcover
Date Published:
25 June 1993
Dimensions:
22.43 x 14.53 x 2.06 cm
ISBN-10:
0521434440
ISBN-13:
9780521434447
Language:
English
Location:
Cambridge
Pages:
266
Weight:
439.98 gm

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