The Spiral Gospel: Intratextuality in Luke's Narrative

by James Clarke & Co and Rob James

How did the author of the Gospel of Luke intend it to be read? In The Spiral Gospel, Rob James shows that the assumptions many modern readers bring to the text - that it claims to be historically factual, or merely regurgitates existing stories - are not those of antiquity. Building on the central insight that it was written for a community who would have used it as their pre-eminent text, James argues convincingly for a continuous, cyclical reading...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0227178173
• ISBN13: 9780227178171
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: James Clarke Company
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 4.38 lbs.