Reading Luke as a Cultural Elite
2026-05-17 · 47 min · 8 entities
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We tend to imagine that the gospels were written by Christians for other Christians. But this week, Helen and Lloyd take a trip with Dr Daniel Glover, who has argued that the figure we now call Luke was writing for a cadre of well-educated, cultural elites. This in turn shapes the way that he presents Jesus, conforming to a range philosophical and mythological tropes.
Daniel B. Glover is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Lee University. His research focuses on early Christianity within its broader Greco-Roman and ancient Mediterranean context, especially Luke–Acts, early Christology, deification, and ancient religion. Glover is the author of Patterns of Deification in the Acts of the Apostles (2022) and Jesus and Other Sons of God ( 2025) , where he explores how Luke presents Jesus in dialogue with ancient Mediterranean ideas about divinity.
In this's week bonus episode , Dr Glover discusses the dating of Luke-Acts.
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