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Animated Workshops on the Gospel of Luke
Luke wrote two books. He begins the first one by saying "Many people have taken on the task of drawing up a narrative.....
It therefore seemed good to me as well, to do this after having investigated from their source everything accurately...."
Luke begins his second book with the words "The first account that I compiled Theophilus was about all the things that Jesus both did and taught. This was
up to the day.... when he chose to be taken up (to the heavens)."
The book (known as "the Acts
of the Apostles") takes on the narrative from there.
In both cases Luke addresses a person with a Greek name called Theophilus. This implies he is
addressing his material to non-Jews. He is also making an effort to present his material in
a way that is acceptable people who are affluent, urbanised, well-educated and rationalistic.
In terms of the "reality search" analysis an immediate question comes to mind.
Did Luke structure
his gospel in a way that develops the gospel of Mark and complements the gospel of Matthew?
Luke begins his gospel with narratives about the birth of Jesus. So these narratives fall into a
Section A.
But is there a Section B and other Sections?
Mark divides his first two sections up in terms of "where Jesus went". In doing this he creates
two concentric circles
Does Luke divide up a Section B in terms of "where Jesus went"?
Does he use the framework of a concentric circle?
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