a patron funding the gospel or a literary device ("lovers of God")
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Other Writings
Familiar with other writings, maybe even other gospels
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"Orderly Account"
Other gospels were disorderly
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Gentile Audience
maybe written to Ephesus
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80 CE
Written in
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Purpose
Answer questions, Has Christianity failed
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Told in a three-fold drama
Act 1 (The Birth Narrative), Act 2 (The Long Journey and Teachings/Passion Era), Act 3 (Acts)
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Edits of Mark
Add historical details, along with fixing grammar and details, doesnt use Mark as much as Matthew
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Long Journey
Narrative, Galilee to Jerusalem
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Longest Gospel
Luke
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Unique Stories
many stories are just in Luke
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Worship and Prayer
Poems become liturgical hymns, Jesus prays more in Luke than any other Gospel
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Food (Banquets)
Important for Greco-Roman World, so Luke uses it; Jesus is even called a drunkard and glutton
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Marginalized
Jesus hangs out with the marginalized; the lesser play a major role; Jesus is for everyone, not just Jews
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Jesus is the Universal Savior
Son of Man (Mark), Son of God (Matthew); Jesus is sent for everyone and portrayed like Greek heroes (Philosopher, Benefactor, Immortal)
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Salvation in Present Tense
People are healed now, liberated now; possibly in response to Jesus not coming as soon as they expected
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Holy Spirit
main character in Luke and Acts
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Style of Septuagint
epic, Old Time-y and regal
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Poetry
Luke 1:42, Ave Maria
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Luke
Conpanion of Paul, mentioned in Colossians 4:14 and Philemon, Gentile
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Luke the Physician?
Inferred by description of things in the New Testament
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What do we know about the author?
Scholar, diverse vocab, sophisticated knowledge of Greek and Hebrew texts, either a Hellenist Christian or God Fearer, wrote both Luke and Acts, companion with Paul
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