Luke: Storyteller Interpreter Evangelist

In this volume Mikeal C. Parsons provides an overview of Luke and Acts reading Luke and Acts in the context of ancient rhetorical criticism as practiced in the Hellenistic world. Parsons first compares Lukes storytelling with narrative techniques of ancient rhetoric. He next compares Lukes interpretation of Jewish sources within the social conventions of Lukes day. Finally Parsons profiles Lukes specific evangelistic theological artistry one in which Luke creatively uses Isaiah to call for the conversion of the Gentiles. The depth and breadth of Parsons chapters root Lukes narrative strategy interpretive moves and theological imagination in the pagan Jewish and Christian contexts of the period.