The Gospel according to Luke as an example of ancient historiography

Dariusz Kucharek


Akademia Katolicka w Warszawie (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1083-5821

Abstract

The article presents the work of the Evangelist Luke and his person in the context of ancient historiography, shows typical elements of ancient historical works, and shows the author as an outstanding historian of antiquity. The key to these statements is the comparison of selected elements of Luke's Gospel and outstanding historical works of ancient authors such as: Thucydides, Flavius Arrian, Velleius Paterculus, Herodotus, Xenophon, Flavius Josephus, Herodian


Keywords:

Jesus, Luke, Gospel, ancient historiography, historian, prologue, speech, travels, world history

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2024-07-31

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Kucharek, D. (2024). The Gospel according to Luke as an example of ancient historiography. Warsaw Theological Studies, 37(1), 130–141. https://doi.org/10.30439/WST.2024.1.7

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Dariusz Kucharek 

Akademia Katolicka w Warszawie Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1083-5821

Dariusz Kucharek- doktor, kapłan diecezji drohiczyńskiej, ojciec duchowny WSD w Drohiczynie i wykładowca egzegezy biblijnej oraz języków biblijnych w tymże seminarium, pracownik naukowy Akademii Katolickiej w Warszawie (ul. Dewajtis 3, 01–815 Warszawa). Odbył studia specjalistyczne w Papieskim Instytucie Biblijnym w Rzymie, zakończone licencjatem z nauk biblijnych, oraz na Papieskim Uniwersytecie Urbanianum, ukończone tytułem naukowym doktora teologii w zakresie biblistyki.



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