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Luke and Scripture: The Function of Sacred Tradition in Luke-Acts is unavailable, but you can change that!

In Luke and Scripture, Craig A. Evans and James A. Sanders explore how the author of the third Gospel and Acts understood the nature and function of Scripture. Throughout this collection of exploratory studies, Evans and Sanders present a variety of fresh insights into key passages from Luke and Acts, based on extensive research on ancient Jewish tradition. Clear and concise, this volume will aid...

Luke’s knowledge of Scripture was rather remarkable. His Bible was a Greek text of the First Testament as it then was. Abundant evidence in Luke and Acts shows that Luke knew First Testament Scripture, especially certain portions,5 very well indeed. The Semitisms in Luke’s work can be accounted for otherwise, for semitization was widespread in the Hellenistic language and literature of his time. He thought and wrote in the Koine Greek of his world. In no case of Luke’s reading and understanding of
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