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8.7 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.