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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
The author of Luke-Acts is traditionally identified with Luke, a friend and companion of Paul. He is said to be a Gentile, a native of Antioch, by profession a physician. According to Christian tradition he was also the first iconographer and lived to old age. There are no narratives about his martyrdom. What are believed to be his remains were brought to Padoa, Italy in the 12th century. | The author of Luke-Acts is traditionally identified with Luke, a friend and companion of Paul. He is said to be a Gentile, a native of Antioch, by profession a physician. According to Christian tradition he was also the first iconographer and lived to old age. There are no narratives about his martyrdom. What are believed to be his remains were brought to Padoa, Italy in the 12th century. | ||
==Luke in Scholarship== | |||
==Luke in Fiction== | |||
The traditional iconography of Luke focused on his role as evangelist and inconographer; it never developed into a narrative cycle. | |||
Modern novels seems to be more attracted to his medical profession and his relationship with Paul. Luke figures prominently in some novels on Paul and Christian origins, notably, | |||
[[The Silver Chalice (1952 Costain), novel]], and [[Paul (2000 Wangerin), novel]]. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 09:39, 22 April 2010
Luke (1st century CE) was, according to Christian tradition, one of the four evangelists.
The category: Luke (subject) includes scholarly and fictional works dealing with this character and with the writings he supposedly wrote (Luke-Acts).
Biography
The author of Luke-Acts is traditionally identified with Luke, a friend and companion of Paul. He is said to be a Gentile, a native of Antioch, by profession a physician. According to Christian tradition he was also the first iconographer and lived to old age. There are no narratives about his martyrdom. What are believed to be his remains were brought to Padoa, Italy in the 12th century.
Luke in Scholarship
Luke in Fiction
The traditional iconography of Luke focused on his role as evangelist and inconographer; it never developed into a narrative cycle.
Modern novels seems to be more attracted to his medical profession and his relationship with Paul. Luke figures prominently in some novels on Paul and Christian origins, notably, The Silver Chalice (1952 Costain), novel, and Paul (2000 Wangerin), novel.
External links
Pages in category "Luke (subject)"
The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
1
- Luke's Quest (1947 Snedecker / Unwin), juvenile novel & art
- How Luke Discovered Christmas (1951 Pickett), novel
- (+) Road to Bithynia (1951 Slaughter), novel
- The Letters of Luke the Physician (1957 Lloyd), novel
- Une étoile sur Antioche (1959 Caldwell / Doringe), novel (French ed.)
- O livro que Lucas não escreveu (1969 Branco Ribeiro), novel
- Luke: Historian and Theologian (1970 Marshall), book
- Luke: The Boy who Wanted to Make People Well (1972 Battle / Teichman), children's novel
- Lukas als hellenistischer Schriftsteller: Studien zur Apostelgeschichte (1972 Plümacher), book
- Lucas, o médico escravo (1974 Branco Ribeiro), novel
- Fui um dos Setenta (1977 Branco Ribeiro), novel
- "And So We Came to Rome": The Political Perspective of St. Luke (1983 Walaskay), book
- My Friend Paul (1986 Yale), novel
- What Are They Saying about Luke? (1989 Powell), book
- The Visual Bible: Acts (1994 Bergh), feature film
2
- Letters to Luke (2001 Holoubek), novel
- All Roads Lead to Murder (2002 Bell), novel
- So You Think You're a New Testament Writer (2004 Coles), novel
- El hijo del hombre (2007 Vidal Manzanares), novel
- (+) Luke's Story (2009 LaHaye/Jenkins), novel
- Luke: The Elite Evangelist (2010 Kuhn), book
- Theophilos (2010 O'Brien), novel
- Lukas, die geliefde geneesheer (Luke, the Beloved Physician / 2010 Prinsloo), novel
Media in category "Luke (subject)"
This category contains only the following file.
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