Abraham, Ancestry, and Ethnicity in Luke's Gospel: From These Stones - Hardcover

by Andrew Benko (Author)

Abraham, Ancestry, and Ethnicity in Luke's Gospel: From These Stones explores how Luke employs ancestry-especially descent from Abraham--to recategorize believers and nonbelievers. Capitalizing on the surprising slipperiness of race antiquity, Luke offers a new layer of ethnic identity to gentile believers, as Abraham's extended family.

Author Biography

Andrew Benko is Academic Dean of the Iona School for Ministry and serves as a priest in the Diocese of Texas (Episcopal).