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In this book, Andrew Arterbury seeks to read and expound upon the final form of the Gospel of Luke from both a literary and theological angle. To buttress both endeavors, Arterbury routinely asks how the first readers (or listeners) of Luke’s Gospel likely made sense of both the literary flow of the book as well as the theological convictions it espouses. To ask about the readers Luke first...

1:31. Rather, Luke uses these OT allusions, echoes, parallels, and stylistic features to indicate that the story of God’s redemptive work in the world (or “salvation history”) began long ago. It simply reaches its climactic turning point during the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Luke also sets the scene for a dramatic miracle when he introduces John’s parents. He tells us that both Zechariah and Elizabeth are “righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and
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