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Bibliography: The Gospel of Luke

Overview

Borgman, Paul. The Way according to Luke: Hearing the Whole Story of Luke-Acts. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006.

Craddock, Fred B. Luke. IBC. Louisville: John Knox, 1990.

Danker, Frederick. Jesus and the New Age: A Commentary on St. Luke’s Gospel. Rev. ed. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988.

Evans, C. F. Saint Luke. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1990.

Green, Joel B. The Theology of the Gospel of Luke. NTT. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Knight, Jonathan. Luke’s Gospel. NTR. London: Routledge, 1998.

Parsons, Mikeal. Luke: Storyteller, Interpreter, Evangelist. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2007.

Powell, Mark Allan. What Are They Saying about Luke? Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1989.

Ringe, Sharon H. Luke. WestBC. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1995.

Shillington, V. George. An Introduction to the Study of Luke-Acts. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2007.

Talbert, Charles H. Reading Luke: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Third Gospel. Rev. ed. RNTS. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2002.

Tannehill, Robert C. Luke. ANTC. Nashville: Abingdon, 1996.

Wright, Tom. Luke for Everyone. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2004.

Critical Commentaries

Bock, Darrell L. Luke. 2 vols. BECNT. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2000.

Bovon, François. Luke 1: A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke 1:1–9:50. Hermeneia. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2002.

———. Luke 2: A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke 9:51–19:27. Hermeneia. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013.

———. Luke 3: A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke 19:28–24.53. Hermeneia. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2012.

Fitzmyer, Joseph. The Gospel according to Luke. 2 vols. AB 28, 28A. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981–85.

Green, Joel B. The Gospel of Luke. NICNT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.

Johnson, Luke Timothy. The Gospel of Luke. SP. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1991.

Just, Arthur, Jr. Luke. 2 vols. ConcC. St. Louis: Concordia, 2000.

Marshall, I. Howard. The Gospel of Luke: A Commentary on the Greek Text. NIGTC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1978.

Nolland, John. Luke. 3 vols. WBC 35A, 35B, 35C. Dallas: Word, 1989–93.

Tiede, David L. Luke. ACNT. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1988.

Academic Studies

Ahn, Yong-Sung. The Reign of God and Rome in Luke’s Passion Narrative: An East Asian Global Perspective. BIS 80. Leiden: Brill, 2006.

Anderson, K. L. “But God Raised Him from the Dead”: The Theology of Jesus’s Resurrection in Luke-Acts. PBM. Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster, 2006.

Baban, Octavian D. On the Road in Luke-Acts: Hellenistic Mimesis and Luke’s Theology of the Way. Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster, 2006.

Bailey, Kenneth. Finding the Lost: Cultural Keys to Luke 15. St. Louis: Concordia, 1992. Interprets the three parables in Luke 15 from the perspective of Middle Eastern culture and develops the thesis that this chapter is best understood in light of Psalm 23.

———. Poet and Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes: A Literary-Cultural Approach to the Parables in Luke. 2 vols. in 1. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983. An analysis of the literary structure of the Lukan parables combined with comments drawn from the author’s knowledge of Middle Eastern culture.

Barrett, C. K. Luke the Historian in Recent Study. London: Epworth, 1961. A classic survey of attitudes toward Luke as a historian, which concludes that the evangelist’s interest in biographical method is prompted by his rejection of gnosticism.

Bartholomew, Craig G., Joel B. Green, and Anthony Thiselton, eds. Reading Luke: Interpretation, Reflection, Formation. SH 6. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005.

Bock, Darrell. Proclamation from Prophecy and Pattern: Lucan Old Testament Christology. JSNTSup12. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1987. Studies Luke’s use of the Old Testament in light of his christological interests.

Bonz, Marianne Palmer. The Past as Legacy: Luke-Acts and Ancient Epic. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2000.

Bovon, François. Luke the Theologian. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2006. A survey of scholarship, originally published in 1978, with major updates through 1987, and minor updates since then.

Brawley, Robert L. Centering on God: Method and Message in Luke-Acts. LCBI. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1990. A literary-critical study of Luke-Acts that focuses on point of view, levels of reliability, reader response, narrative structure, characterization, textual gaps, cultural repertoire, and redundant antitheses.

———. Luke-Acts and the Jews: Conflict, Apology, and Conciliation. SBLMS 33. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1987. Argues that Luke ties gentile Christianity to Judaism and appeals to Jews to accept it as such.

Brown, Raymond E. The Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in Matthew and Luke. Rev. ed. ABRL. New York: Doubleday, 1993. Includes an in-depth study of the background and compositional history of the Lukan infancy stories, as well as a verse-by-verse commentary on the first two chapters of Luke’s Gospel.

Brown, Schuyler. Apostasy and Perseverance in the Theology of Luke. AnBib 36. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1969. Studies Luke’s concept of temptation and faith and argues that the evangelist stresses the faithfulness of Jesus’s disciples so as to ensure a reliable transmission of apostolic tradition.

Buckwalter, H. Douglas. The Character and Purpose of Luke’s Christology. SNTSMS 89. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.       

Cadbury, Henry J. The Making of Luke-Acts. 1927. Reprint, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999. A classic study that treats Luke as an author in his own right and examines the literary process that resulted in his two works.

Carroll, John. Response to the End of History: Eschatology and Situation in Luke-Acts. SBLDS 92. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988. Emphasizes “unpredictability” as the main feature of Luke’s eschatological perspective and describes the manner in which Luke weds eschatology to parenetic interests and to his concept of salvation history.

Cassidy, Richard J. Jesus, Politics, and Society: A Study of Luke’s Gospel. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1978. Challenges Conzelmann’s thesis that Luke’s Gospel presents Christianity apologetically to the Roman Empire by showing that the political and social stance of Jesus as presented in Luke would be viewed as threatening by Rome.

Cassidy, Richard J., and Philip J. Sharper, eds. Political Issues in Luke-Acts. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1983.

Chance, J. Bradley. Jerusalem, the Temple, and the New Age in Luke-Acts. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1988. Discusses the role that Luke believes Jerusalem and the temple are to play in the new age of salvation that has dawned.

Conzelmann, Hans. The Theology of St. Luke. Translated by Geoffrey Buswell. 2nd ed. London: Faber & Faber, 1960. A classic synthesis of Luke’s theology by an outstanding redaction critic, with special focus on salvation history and eschatology.

Danker, Frederick W. Luke. 2nd ed. PC. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1987. The standard introduction to Luke’s Gospel used by many colleges and seminaries; emphasizes the work’s thematic unity and Hellenistic background, with particular attention to Christology and ethics.

Darr, John A. On Character Building: The Reader and the Rhetoric of Characterization in Luke-Acts. LCBI. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1992.

Dawsey, James M. The Lukan Voice: Confusion and Irony in the Gospel of Luke. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1988. Suggests that Luke uses the literary device of an “unreliable narrator” to create intentional irony in his narrative.

Dillon, Richard J. From Eye-Witnesses to Ministers of the Word: Tradition and Composition in Luke 24. AnBib 82. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1978. A thorough exegetical study of the final chapter of Luke’s Gospel, with emphasis on the “mission focus” of the resurrection/ascension narrative.

Dornisch, Lorett. A Woman Reads the Gospel of Luke. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1996.

Downing, Elizabeth V. Taking Away the Pound: Women, Theology, and the Parable of the Pounds in the Gospel of Luke. LNTS 324. London: T&T Clark, 2007.

Drury, John. Tradition and Design in Luke’s Gospel: A Study in Early Christian Historiography. London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1976. An attempt to explain the composition of Luke’s Gospel as a midrash on Mark, the Old Testament, and Matthew, without recourse to the hypothetical Q source.

Edwards, O. C. Luke’s Story of Jesus. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1981. A delineation of the basic story line of Luke’s Gospel, which the author believes can be best understood in terms of fulfillment of prophecy.

Egelkraut, Helmuth L. Jesus’s Mission to Jerusalem: A Redaction Critical Study of the Travel Narrative in the Gospel of Luke, Luke 9:51–19:48. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1976. A study of the various passages in this central section of Luke and their parallels in the Synoptic tradition, with emphasis on the conflict motif in the Lukan material.

Ellis, E. Earle. Eschatology in Luke. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1972. Presents a two-stage model (present and future) for understanding Luke’s concept of eschatology and salvation history.

Esler, Philip. Community and Gospel in Luke-Acts. SNTSMS 57. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. A study of Luke’s community that seeks to combine insights based on sociological research with those of redaction criticism.

Evans, Craig A., and James A. Sanders, Luke and Scripture: The Function of Sacred Tradition in Luke-Acts. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.

Farris, Stephen. The Hymns of Luke’s Infancy Narratives: Their Origin, Meaning and Significance. JSNTSup 9. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1985. Argues for pre-Lukan, Jewish-Christian origins of the Magnificat, Benedictus, and Nunc Dimittis, which nevertheless anticipate key themes that recur throughout Luke-Acts.

Fitzmyer, Joseph A. Luke the Theologian: Aspects of His Teaching. New York: Paulist Press, 1989. A collection of essays on a variety of themes, including authorship, the infancy narrative, Mary, John the Baptist, discipleship, Satan and demons, the Jewish people, and the thief on the cross.

Flender, Helmut. St. Luke: Theologian of Redemptive History. Translated by Reginald Fuller and Ilse Fuller. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1967. Offers an alternative to Hans Conzelmann’s view of salvation history and eschatology in Luke (see above), proposing that Luke presents the exaltation of Jesus as the consummation of salvation in heaven.

Ford, J. Massyngbaerde. My Enemy Is My Guest: Jesus and Violence in Luke. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1984. Discusses Luke’s presentation of Jesus as an advocate of nonviolence, with special consideration of the political circumstances of the evangelist’s milieu.

Franklin, Eric. Christ the Lord: A Study in the Purpose and Theology of Luke-Acts. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1975. An overarching study of such matters as Luke’s eschatology, Christology, and view of the Jews that tries to situate the evangelist within the mainstream of early Christianity.

Garrett, Susan R. The Demise of the Devil: Magic and the Demonic in Luke’s Writings. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1989. Argues that Luke intends to present Christ as triumphant over the “rulers of this world.”

Giblin, Charles Homer. The Destruction of Jerusalem according to Luke’s Gospel: A Historical-Typological Moral. AnBib 107. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1985. Proposes that Luke understands the fate of Jerusalem as a warning to society as to what can happen to those who reject Jesus.

Gillman, John. Possessions and the Life of Faith: A Reading of Luke-Acts. ZS. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1991. Explores Luke’s views on possessions and draws connections for the faith life of twentieth-century Christians.

Glen, Stanley. The Parables of Conflict in Luke. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1962. Interprets selected Lukan parables in terms of their significance for contemporary theology and especially for the practice of evangelism in the modern world.

Goulder, Michael D. Luke: A New Paradigm. 2 vols. JSNTSup 20. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1989.

Gowler, David B. Host, Guest, Enemy, and Friend: Portraits of the Pharisees in Luke-Acts. New York: Peter Lang, 1991. Combines narrative criticism and sociological analysis in the study of the Pharisees as a character group in Luke’s two-volume story.

Grassi, Joseph. God Makes Me Laugh: A New Approach to Luke. GNS 17. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1986. A study of selected themes in Luke’s writings that use basic elements of comedy, such as paradox and exaggeration.

Hamm, Dennis. The Beatitudes in Context: What Luke and Matthew Meant. ZS. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1990. Offers a preliminary discussion on the nature of beatitudes, followed by interpretations of the Lukan and Matthean beatitudes in the context of their respective Gospels.

Hendrickx, Herman. The Infancy Narratives. London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1975. A description and comparison of the infancy stories in Matthew and Luke.

Horsley, Richard. The Liberation of Christmas: The Infancy Narratives in Social Context. New York: Crossroad, 1989. Focuses on the sociopolitical relationships portrayed in the infancy narratives and their implications for first-century Palestine and contemporary history.

Jervell, Jacob. Luke and the People of God. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1972. A collection of essays expounding the author’s view that Luke writes primarily for Jewish Christians, addressing their questions about relationships with other Jews and with gentiles.

Johnson, Luke T. The Literary Function of Possessions in Luke-Acts. SBLDS 39. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1977. Suggests that Luke’s emphasis on possessions has implications that go beyond the literal consideration of how to handle wealth.

Johnson, Marshall. The Purpose of the Biblical Genealogies. SNTSMS 8. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969. Analyzes the genealogies of Matthew and Luke and understands them to be a form of literary expression that is used to articulate the conviction that Jesus is the fulfillment of the hope of Israel.

Juel, Donald. Luke-Acts: The Promise of History. Atlanta: John Knox, 1983. A general introduction to Luke-Acts that, following Jacob Jervell (see above), interprets the two-volume work within the framework of Jewish crisis literature.

Jung, Chang-Wook. The Original Language of the Lukan Infancy Narratives. JSNTSup 267. London: T&T Clark, 2007. Argues that Luke did not have a Hebrew or Aramaic source for his infancy narratives; he probably did have a Greek source that had been written in imitation of the Septuagint.

Karris, Robert J. Eating Your Way through Luke’s Gospel. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2006. A treatment of the food motif in Luke’s Gospel.

———. Luke, Artist and Theologian: Luke’s Passion Account as Literature. TI. New York: Paulist Press, 1985. A study of literary motifs in Luke’s Gospel and of their fulfillment in the passion narrative; the themes of “faithfulness,”  “justice,” and “food” are emphasized.

Keck, Leander, and J. Louis Martyn, eds. Studies in Luke-Acts. 1966. Reprint, Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980.

Kingsbury, Jack Dean. Conflict in Luke: Jesus, Authorities, Disciples. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991. A narrative-critical examination of the plot of Luke’s Gospel, with emphasis on the story lines of its three principal characters.

Kwong, Ivan Shing Chung. The Word Order of the Gospel of Luke: Its Foregrounded Messages. LNTS 298. London: T&T Clark, 2005.

Levine, Amy-Jill, ed. A Feminist Companion to Luke. FCNTECW 3. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001. A collection of essays.

Litwak, Kenneth Duncan. Echoes of Scripture in Luke-Acts: Telling the History of God’s People Intertextually. JSNTSup 282. London: T&T Clark, 2005.

Maddox, Robert L. The Purpose of Luke-Acts. SNTW. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1985. Considers the various theories as to why Luke wrote his two works and decides that the best explanation is that he wished to reassure Christians of the validity of their faith in response to Jewish criticisms.

Mallen, Peter. The Reading and Transformation of Isaiah in Luke-Acts. LNTS 367. London: T&T Clark, 2008.

Marshall, I. H. Luke: Historian and Theologian. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989. Argues that an appreciation for Luke’s interest in history is essential to a proper understanding of his theology, especially in regard to his concept of salvation.

Matson, Mark A. In Dialogue with Another Gospel? The Influence of the Fourth Gospel on the Passion Narrative of the Gospel of Luke. SBLDS 178. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2001.

Mattill, A. J. Luke and the Last Things: A Perspective for the Understanding of Lukan Thought. Dillsboro: Western North Carolina Press, 1979. Argues that Luke expects the parousia to come soon and rallies Christians to accomplish the mission they have been given.

McComiskey, Douglas S. Lukan Theology in the Light of the Gospel’s Literary Structure. Carlisle, UK: Paternoster, 2004.

Metzger, James A. Consumption and Wealth in Luke’s Travel Narrative. BIS 88. Leiden: Brill, 2007.

Minear, Paul. To Heal and to Reveal: The Prophetic Vocation according to Luke. New York: Seabury, 1976. Focuses on Luke’s understanding of Jesus as a prophet and of the disciples as prophets like Jesus.

Miura, Yuzuru. David in Luke-Acts: His Portrayal in the Light of Early Judaism. WUNT 2/232. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2007.

Moessner, David P., ed. Jesus and the Heritage of Israel. Vol. 1, Luke’s Narrative Claim upon Israel’s Legacy. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2000.

———. Lord of the Banquet: The Literary and Theological Significance of the Lucan Travel Narrative. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1989. Studies the central portion of Luke’s Gospel by analyzing the relationship that the sayings of Jesus reported here have to the story of the journey to Jerusalem. Allusions to Deuteronomy are especially noted.

Moxnes, Halvor. The Economy of the Kingdom: Social Conflict and Economic Relations in Luke’s Gospel. OBT. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988. A sociological analysis of the original context for Luke’s Gospel that provides a basis for sociopolitical interpretations of many selected texts.

Nave, Guy D. The Role and Function of Repentance in Luke-Acts. SBLAcBib 4. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 2002.

Navone, John. Themes of St. Luke. Rome: Gregorian University Press, 1970. A collection of studies on twenty important topics, such as conversion, joy, prayer, and witness.

Neagoe, Alexandru. The Trial of the Gospel: An Apologetic Reading of Luke’s Trial Narratives. SNTSMS 116. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Neale, David A. None but the Sinners: Religious Categories in the Gospel of Luke. JSNTSup 58. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1991. A study of the Pharisees and of “the sinners” as they are revealed in early Jewish literature in order to understand better Luke’s polarizing of these two groups in his Gospel.

Neyrey, Jerome H. The Passion according to Luke: A Redaction Study of Luke’s Soteriology. TI. New York: Paulist Press, 1985. Offers a complete exegetical study of Luke’s passion narrative, interpreting the presentation of Jesus as that of a new Adam whose faith is able to save others.

———, ed. The Social World of Luke-Acts: Models for Interpretation. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1991. A collection of articles from a conference of scholars using the insights and methods of cultural anthropology to study Luke’s Gospel.

Nuttall, Geoffrey F. The Moment of Recognition: Luke as Story-Teller. London: Athlone, 1978. The published form of a brief lecture that calls attention to Luke’s unusual skill at telling a story.

O’Toole, Robert F. The Unity of Luke’s Theology: An Analysis of Luke-Acts. GNS 9. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1984. A popular exposition of major themes in Luke’s theology, emphasizing God’s offer of salvation in Jesus and the anticipated response of Christians to this.

Park, Hyung Dae. Finding Herem? A Study of Luke and Acts in Light of Herem. LNTS 357. London: T&T Clark, 2007.

Parsons, Mikeal C. Body and Character in Luke and Acts: The Subversion of Physiognomy in Early Christianity. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006.

———. The Departure of Jesus in Luke-Acts: The Ascension Narratives in Context. JSNTSup 21. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1987. Offers insights into Luke 24:50–53 and Acts 1:1–11 based on literary theories concerning beginnings and endings in literature.

Pilgrim, Walter E. Good News to the Poor: Wealth and Poverty in Luke-Acts. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1981. Interprets the Lukan material dealing with possessions in terms of messages that the evangelist wants to send to both the rich and the poor.

Reid, Barbara E. Choosing the Better Part? Women in the Gospel of Luke. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1996.

Richard, Earl, ed. New Views on Luke and Acts. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1990.

Richardson, Neil. The Panorama of Luke. London: Epworth, 1982. A general introduction to Luke’s two works.

Rowe, C. Kavin. Early Narrative Christology: The Lord in the Gospel of Luke. BZNW 139. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2006.

Sanders, Jack. The Jews in Luke-Acts. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1987. Offers exegetical commentary on the key passages in Luke-Acts dealing with the Jews and concludes that the third evangelist is anti-Semitic.

Scaer, Peter J. The Lukan Passion and the Praiseworthy Death. NTM 10. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2006.

Schottroff, Luise, and Wolfgang Stegemann. Jesus and the Hope of the Poor. Translated by Matthew J. O’Connell. 1978. Reprint, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1986. Attempts to recover the theme of Jesus’s involvement with the poor that was present in the earliest Christian tradition and then traces the development of this theme in Q and Luke.

Schweizer, Eduard. Luke: A Challenge to Present Theology. Atlanta: John Knox, 1982. Emphasizes basic theological questions that Luke’s writings pose for systematic theology today.

Seccombe, David. Possessions and the Poor in Luke-Acts. SNTSU 6. Linz: Fuchs, 1982. Suggests that Luke’s treatment of this theme is an evangelistic address to persons whose devotion to wealth prevents them from accepting Christianity.

Senior, Donald. The Passion of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1989.

Sheeley, Steven. Narrative Asides in Luke-Acts. JSNTSup 72. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1992. A literary-critical analysis of those passages in Luke-Acts where the narrator speaks directly to the reader.

Shepherd, William H. The Narrative Function of the Holy Spirit as a Character in Luke-Acts. SBLDS 147. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1994.

Sloan, Robert B., Jr. The Favorable Year of the Lord: A Study of Jubilary Theology in the Gospel of Luke. Austin, TX: Schola Press, 1977. Studies the notion of Jubilee in Luke’s theology, with emphasis on eschatological dimensions of the theme.

Soards, Marion. The Passion according to Luke: The Special Material of Luke 22. JSNTSup 14. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1987. A redaction-critical analysis that concludes that the non-Markan material in Luke 22 can be attributed to Luke’s own free composition or to his reliance on oral tradition rather than to the use of another source.

Squires, John T. The Plan of God in Luke-Acts. SNTSMS 76. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Stronstad, Roger. The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1984. A study of Luke’s presentation of the Holy Spirit and its work in the church.

Sweetland, Dennis M. Our Journey with Jesus: Discipleship according to Luke-Acts. GNS 23. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1990. A study of Luke’s concept of discipleship, with emphasis on its communal dimension.

Sydnor, William. Jesus according to Luke. New York: Seabury, 1982. A popular exposition that describes Luke’s portrayal of Jesus’s ministry as the time in which God’s promises of salvation are fulfilled.

Talbert, Charles H. Literary Patterns, Theological Themes, and the Genre of Luke-Acts. SBLMS 20. Missoula, MT: Scholars Press, 1974. An analysis of the formal patterns that Luke uses in composing his two works and the implications that these have for their interpretation.

———. Luke and the Gnostics: An Examination of the Lucan Purpose. Nashville: Abingdon, 1966. Argues that Luke wrote his Gospel to serve as a defense against gnosticism.

———, ed. Luke-Acts: New Perspectives from the Society of Biblical Literature. New York: Crossroad, 1984. A collection of essays.

———, ed. Perspectives on Luke-Acts. Danville, VA: Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, 1978. A collection of essays.

———. Reading Luke-Acts in Its Mediterranean Milieu. NovTSup 107. Leiden: Brill, 2003.

Tannehill, Robert. The Narrative Unity of Luke-Acts: A Literary Interpretation. Vol. 1, The Gospel according to Luke. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986. A study of Luke’s Gospel as a continuous narrative that tries to interpret all the individual episodes in terms of the story as a whole.

Tiede, David L. Prophecy and History in Luke-Acts. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980. Interprets Luke-Acts as an attempt to deal with the identity crisis faced by Jewish Christians following the destruction of Jerusalem.

Tyson, Joseph. The Death of Jesus in Luke-Acts. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1986. A literary study of the way Jesus’s death is presented in these writings, with special emphasis on the development and resolution of conflict between Jesus and his opponents.

———, ed. Luke-Acts and the Jewish People: Eight Critical Perspectives. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg, 1988.

Van Linden, Philip. The Gospel of Luke and Acts. MBS 10. Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, 1986. A popular study that describes Luke’s concept of the spiritual life as a journey, with special emphasis on themes such as prayer, justice, and joy.

Verheyden, J., ed. The Unity of Luke-Acts. BETL 142. Leuven: Peeters, 1999.

Wagner, Günter. An Exegetical Bibliography of the New Testament. Vol. 2, Luke and Acts. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1985.

Walaskay, Paul. “And So We Came to Rome”: The Political Perspective of St. Luke. SNTSMS 49. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Argues that Luke intended his work to serve as an apology to the Christian church on behalf of the Roman Empire in the interests of improving church/state relations.

Wilson, Stephen G. The Gentiles and the Gentile Mission in Luke-Acts. SNTSMS 23. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973. An in-depth analysis that suggests that Luke’s primary interest is to show how the incursion of gentiles has taken place according to the will of God.

———. Luke and the Law. SNTSMS 50. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Argues that Luke conceives of the Jewish law as applicable only to Jewish people and thus as nonbinding for gentile Christians.

———. Luke and the Pastoral Epistles. London: SPCK, 1979. A comparative analysis that suggests that the author of Luke-Acts also wrote the Pastoral Epistles.