The Preface to Luke's Gospel: Literary Convention And Social Context in Luke 1:1-4 and Acts 1.1: 78 (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)
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The Preface to Luke's Gospel: Literary Convention And Social Co...
Author: Alexander, Loveday
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Binding: paperback
Format: Import
Number Of Pages: 268
Release Date: 13-10-2005
Part Number: Refer to Sapnet.
Details: 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.
EAN: 9780521018814
Package Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
Languages: English
