to the events than most historians who cite conflicting sources;80 because he writes popular rather than elite history; or because he depends on communal memory (cf. “accomplished among us,” Luke 1:1).81 Luke’s potentially “many” sources surely include at least Mark and, I believe, in what is probably still the majority opinion, “Q,”82 as well as other sources that no longer remain extant.83 In 1:2, Luke mentions the passing down of oral tradition, which both preceded and proceeded concurrently with