Luke and the Restoration of Israel

Ravens argues that Luke''s belief in God''s restoration of Israel provides the key context for understanding Luke-Acts. His attitudes to Jews, his surveys of Israel''s history and his interest in the Samaritans combine to suggest his wider, pre-Davidic, view of Israel-a view that becomes the pattern for the restored Israel under its Davidic king. Luke''s belief leads him to present Christology and...