The writings of Luke and the Jewish roots of the Christian way : an examination of the aims of the first Christian historian in the light of ancient politics, ethnography, and historiography /

J. Andrew Cowan challenges the popular theory that Luke sought to boost the cultural status of the early Christian movement by empasizing its Jewish roots - associating the new church with an ancient and therefore respected heritage. Cowan instead argues that Luke draws upon the traditions of the Ol...

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