"A Brief History of the Gospel of Luke" traces the development of Jesus" life out of the Old Testament, his teaching and healing in Galilee, and his journey to the right hand of God. The introduction to this volume provides a report on the present state of scholarship on such topics as what the early traditions of Christianity have to say about these works and Luke as the author of his Gospel and Acts. By systematically addressing the difficult problems in Luke"s verses, the theological, the spiritual, and the historical, Kilgallen helps the reader understand the movement of Luke"s thought.