Luke's Gospel

<p><em>Luke's Gospel</em> provides a comprehensive and schematic reading of Luke's Gospel one of the most important books detailing the life and works of Christ in six main parts. Knight introduces the Gospel and the narrative theory on which the Gospel rests. He offers a detailed chapter-by-chapter exposition of the Gospel and also alternative perspectives such as feminism and deconstruction. He considers the principal motifs of the Gospel particularly the theme of the temple which has been previously overlooked in Luke scholarship arguing that Jesus pronounces the present temple forsaken by God to introduce himself as the cornerstone of the eschatological temple. Finally he examines earlier readings of Luke's Gospel.<br>Jonathan Knight presents an accessible and jargon-free introduction to the Gospel and makes a valuable addition to the <em>New Testament Readings</em> series.</p>