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The Narrative Unity of Luke-Acts: A Literary Interpretation, Volume 1: The Gospel according to Luke is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this volume, Tannehill shows how the narrative contributes to the impact of Luke’s literary whole. The study further shows that Luke’s use of recurring words, patterns of repetition and contrast, irony, pathos, and many other features of this narrative contribute to the total fabric of Luke’s masterpiece.

the various healing and exorcism stories in Luke, we discover that there are a series of repetitions not only of word-motifs but of whole sentences. These repetitions should remind the reader that a basic kind of relationship between Jesus and a character type has returned. The repetition not only indicates the importance of this relationship but also enriches the readers’ experience of it, for each scene will express the relationship in an individual way, with some scenes developing a special aspect
Pages 94–95