Lukan Theology in the Light of the Gospel's Literary Structure (Paternoster Biblical & Theological Monographs) - Softcover

Numerous scholars have noted various elements of literary structure in the Gospel of Luke, many of them patterned, such as chiasm. Several of these scholars have rigorously explored the significance of such structure. A common conclusion is that if Luke is consistent with other ancient writers, then the observation of some elements of patterned structure, e.g., what has already been discovered in the Gospel, suggests that there is probably considerably more. This book offers a comprehensive literary structure for the Gospel of Luke, thoroughly and critically evaluates it, and ultimately focuses on theology that may be derived from this structure. Luke's Gospel was purposefully written with theology embedded in its patterned literary structure. A critical analysis of this cyclical structure provides new windows into Luke's interpretation of the individual pericopes comprising the gospel and illuminates several of his theological interests.

Doug McComiskey grew up in the United States and initially studied and worked in Chemical Engineering before radically changing track, completing a Master of Divinity at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and moving to Western Australia, where he was ordained a Baptist Minister and served a congregation in Pingelly. As a scholar, Doug has published widely, including a book on the Gospel of Luke, as well as several major journal articles based on significant research topics. His research interests include Biblical theology and exegesis, the Gospels, the books of Hebrews and 1 Peter and the theology of Biblical narrative. Doug completed his PhD at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland on the literary structure of Luke chapters 4 - 24, under the supervision of distinguished New Testament scholar, I. Howard Marshall.