On the Road Encounters in Luke–Acts: Hellenistic Mimesis and Luke’s Theology of the Way (Biblia.com)

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In On the Road Encounters in Luke-Acts, Baban argues on theological and literary grounds that Luke’s on-the-road encounters, especially those belonging to the post-Easter period, are part of his complex theology of ‘the Way.’ Jesus’ teaching and that of the apostles is presented by Luke as a challenging answer to the Hellenistic reader’s thirst for adventure, good literature, and existential...

Peter’s Confession represents a significant landmark for the gospel’s geography: For example, Mark’s references to the wilderness,16 the mountain and the sea occur almost exclusively before Mark 8:27, while his mention of the ‘way’ goes beyond this turning point.17 For U. Mauser, the significance of this landmark is that the proclamation in the desert, characteristic for the first part of the gospel, makes room now for ‘the way through the desert’, in the second part, a way that ends on the Cross,

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