The preface to Luke's Gospel

Cambridge University Press

1993

xv, 250 pages

Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 78

9780521434447

Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. The Lucan preface: questions and assumptions2. On the beginnings of books 3. Historical prefaces 4. Scientific prefaces: origins and development 5. Scientific prefaces: structure, content and style 6. Luke's preface 7. Prefaces in hellenistic Jewish literature 8. The social aatrix of Luke's preface 9 The appropriate form of words for the occasion Appendix A: Structural analysis of Luke1.1-4 and selected scientific prefaces Appendix B: Bibliographical notes on scientific prefaces Select bibliography Indexes

In the process of exploring the full implications of Luke's preface, Loveday Alexander puts forward the innovative thesis that Luke followed the prefaces of the 'scientific' tradition in the Greaco-Roman world, rather than the conventions of the literati.

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