Living Footnotes in the Gospel of Luke: Luke's Reliance on Eyewitness Sources

by Luuk van de Weghe

Did Luke interview eyewitnesses to write his Gospel? Living Footnotes in the Gospel of Luke provides a careful, thorough examination of Luke’s claims (Luke 1:1–4), demonstrating that he not only claims to use living sources but also did so. It builds a corroborative evidence case towards this end, not merely by accumulating unrelated strands of evidence, but by showing the interconnectedness of independent lines of subtle clues in Luke’s text. These historically rich, unintentional features weave together to generate a robust impression upon the Luke not only relied on living informants but in fact sifted his sources in preference of eyewitness testimony.

188 pages, Paperback

Published August 29, 2023

Reviews

[Skyrunner · Rating 5 out of 5]

In “Living Footnotes” Luuk walks the reader through a fascinating analysis of certain key clues within the text of Luke-Acts. These clues organically expose its author’s immense historiographical care and close personal proximity to living witnesses of the events and teachings described within it. I highly recommend this short and informative book to anyone who desires to better understand the author and the significance of the contents he includes in Luke-Acts.