Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Lucan preface: questions and assumptions
- 2 On the beginnings of books
- 3 Historical prefaces
- 4 Scientific prefaces: origins and development
- 5 Scientific prefaces: structure, content and style
- 6 Luke's preface
- 7 Prefaces in hellenistic Jewish literature
- 8 The social matrix of Luke's preface
- 9 The appropriate form of words for the occasion
- Appendix A Structural analysis of Luke 1.1–4 and selected scientific prefaces
- Appendix B Bibliographical notes on scientific prefaces
- Select bibliography
- Index of scientific authors
- Index of ancient authors and names
- Index of modern authors
- Index of subjects
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Lucan preface: questions and assumptions
- 2 On the beginnings of books
- 3 Historical prefaces
- 4 Scientific prefaces: origins and development
- 5 Scientific prefaces: structure, content and style
- 6 Luke's preface
- 7 Prefaces in hellenistic Jewish literature
- 8 The social matrix of Luke's preface
- 9 The appropriate form of words for the occasion
- Appendix A Structural analysis of Luke 1.1–4 and selected scientific prefaces
- Appendix B Bibliographical notes on scientific prefaces
- Select bibliography
- Index of scientific authors
- Index of ancient authors and names
- Index of modern authors
- Index of subjects
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- The Preface to Luke's Gospel , pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1993