{"product_id":"the-preface-to-lukes-gospel-loveday-alexander-9780521018814","title":"The Preface to Luke's Gospel","description":"Luke's two-volume work begins with a formal preface unlike anything else in the New Testament, and it has long been academic orthodoxy that Luke's choice of style, vocabulary, and content in this short passage reveal a desire to present his work to contemporary readers as 'History' in the great tradition of Thucydides and Polybius. This study challenges that assumption: far from aping the classical historians, Dr Alexander argues, Luke was simply introducing his book in a style that would have been familiar to readers of the scientific and technical manuals which proliferated in the hellenistic world. The book contains a detailed study of these Greek 'scientific' prefaces as well as a word-by-word commentary on the Lucan texts. In her concluding chapters, Alexander seeks to explore the consequences of this alignment both for the literary genre of Luke-Acts (is it meant to be read as 'history'?) and for the social background of the author and the book's first readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Loveday Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521018811\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521018814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d","brand":"Loveday Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46866991415551,"sku":"9780521018814","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f258f3e0-bfe5-48c2-baf3-abf5c91a4b5b.jpg?v=1747453629","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-preface-to-lukes-gospel-loveday-alexander-9780521018814","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}