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Subject: was luke a christian? |
Bible Note: Hi, Michael! You wrote, "Luke and Acts may have been written by him as the defense of Paul in Rome." I believe this is a theory proposed in the last couple of years in a book by John Mauck (neither Bible scholar nor historian). It is important to recognize that Mauk's speculation is simply that. There is an ancient tradition that Theophilus (Luke 1:3 and Acts 1:1) was a friend of Luke's from Antioch. In the absence of evidence (Scriptural or otherwise), the common understanding of the believers of old is probably much more reliable. Modernity has alway seen new ideas as superior to old ideas. Although the arguments behind that assumption are eristic at best, they do seem to sell more books! :-) In Him, Doc PS Michael, you've been on the forum a long time. Why not tell us about yourself in your profile? |