Luke the Priest: The Authority of the Author of the Third GospelThis work focuses on the authority and status of the author of Luke-Acts. Rick Strelan constructs the author as a Jesish Priest, examining such issues as writing and orality, authority and tradition, and the status and role of priests. |
Contents
Who Were the Gospel Writers? | 3 |
Gospels Authors and Authority | 11 |
The Status of Luke in Scholarship | 15 |
Why Write Another Gospel? | 21 |
Owning Controlling Guarding the Tradition | 37 |
The Oral and the Written | 57 |
Luke in the Tradition | 69 |
Luke among the Scholars | 99 |
Luke as Authoritative Interpreter of Scripture | 145 |
Luke as Interpreter of the Jesus Traditions | 153 |
Luke as Interpreter of Paul | 159 |
Conclusion | 165 |
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Luke the Priest: The Authority of the Author of the Third Gospel Dr Rick Strelan Limited preview - 2013 |
Luke the Priest: The Authority of the Author of the Third Gospel Rick Strelan No preview available - 2019 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Luke the Priest: The Authority of the Author of the Third Gospel Biblical studies/Christianity |
| Author | Rick Strelan |
| Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008 |
| ISBN | 0754662594, 9780754662594 |
| Length | 194 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament Religion / Biblical Studies / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts |
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