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A Reading of the Gospel according to Luke as a Response to the Tragic Tradition
(1981)
  • James M Donovan
Abstract

The author of Luke's Gospel rejected Jewish traditions and substituted in their place a dramatic model of Greek and Roman tragedy.

Part I addresses the question of Luke's rejection of the Jews and their laws and traditions, including their expectation of a militant messiah. Part II suggests the possibility that Luke based his Gospel on a Greek tragic model, and is divided into two sections: Section A lays out the structural requirements of the tragic form, and applies these to the text of Luke's Gospel; Section B discusses the thematic requirements of tragedy, and, using Aristotle's "perfect Plot" as a paradigm, analyzes the Gospel by this standard. [BA thesis]

Keywords
  • Bible,
  • Gospel,
  • Luke,
  • Tragedy,
  • Aristotle,
  • Seneca
Publication Date
April, 1981
Citation Information
James M Donovan. "A Reading of the Gospel according to Luke as a Response to the Tragic Tradition" (1981)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/james_donovan/5/