As it is seen in Matthew, the Gospel of Luke has been designed to follow the ideas of the Markan outline as it also has moments where Q is also a resource that is being used to reconfigure these ideas. While the Gospel of Luke does pull ideas from Mark and Q, there are many… Continue reading →
While writing about the birth narrative, it seemed evident that Luke wove together the lives of John the Baptist and Jesus. White describes Luke’s doing this as “a parallel narrative” Luke’s version of the birth narrative is much more dramatic and involves many more elements. The author of Luke has woven together, and the Jewish… Continue reading →
The practice of apotheosis is when the kings and emperors were taken away to the realm of immortals and became gods. It was considered the divine honors if the kings, queens, emperors or empresses were taken to the realm of the immortals. These honors meant that these people weren’t only people that they were more… Continue reading →
