Patrick E. Spencer holds a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Durham, UK. His areas of research include Luke-Acts, John, and hermeneutics, and he has contributed articles and book reviews to publications including JSNT, Review of Biblical Literature, Stone-Campbell Journal, and Restoration Quarterly.

"Spencer's conclusions are consistent with the existing consensus of Lukan scholarship. The book demonstrates a mature grasp of contemporary reading theory and rhetorical analysis, and will interest specialists both in those areas and in Lukan studies." - Thomas E. Phillips, Religious Studies Review, June 2008

• Part One: Current Status of Research and Methodological Foundation; 1. Understanding Today's Scholarly Landscape: Jesus' Four Lukan Galilean Ministry Speeches; 2. A Methodological Foundation for Investigation: Towards Reading as Conduction; 3. Graeco-Roman Rhetorical Argument: Delimiting Rhetorical Texture; Part Two: Rhetorical Texture of the Four Lukan Galilean Speeches; 4. First Galilean Speech (4.14-30): Hometown Synagogue Rejects New Patronal Boundaries; 5. Second Galilean Speech (Lk 6.17-49): A New Ethical Mode of (Non-Reciprocal) Benefaction; 6. Third Galilean Speech (Lk 7.24-35): Jesus, John the Baptist, and Their Disciples and Opponents; 7. Fourth Galilean Speech (Lk 8.4-18): Sowing Character Taxonomies for the Implied Reader; Part Three: Narrative Trajectories and Hermeneutical Appropriation by Authorial Readers; 8. Disputed Issues: The Unity of Luke-Acts and the Representation of the Jewish People; 9. Rhetorical Texture and Narrative Trajectories: Generation of Plot, Characterization, and Topoi; 10. Hermeneutical Appropriation by Authorial Readers and Ideological Transformation; Part Four: Concluding Summary - From Galilee to Rome; 11. Conclusion: Rhetorical Texture, Narrative Trajectories, and Appropriation by Authorial Readers Bibliography.

Patrick E. Spencer holds a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Durham, UK. His areas of research include Luke-Acts, John, and hermeneutics, and he has contributed articles and book reviews to publications including JSNT, Review of Biblical Literature, Stone-Campbell Journal, and Restoration Quarterly.

"Spencer's conclusions are consistent with the existing consensus of Lukan scholarship. The book demonstrates a mature grasp of contemporary reading theory and rhetorical analysis, and will interest specialists both in those areas and in Lukan studies." - Thomas E. Phillips, Religious Studies Review, June 2008

• Part One: Current Status of Research and Methodological Foundation; 1. Understanding Today's Scholarly Landscape: Jesus' Four Lukan Galilean Ministry Speeches; 2. A Methodological Foundation for Investigation: Towards Reading as Conduction; 3. Graeco-Roman Rhetorical Argument: Delimiting Rhetorical Texture; Part Two: Rhetorical Texture of the Four Lukan Galilean Speeches; 4. First Galilean Speech (4.14-30): Hometown Synagogue Rejects New Patronal Boundaries; 5. Second Galilean Speech (Lk 6.17-49): A New Ethical Mode of (Non-Reciprocal) Benefaction; 6. Third Galilean Speech (Lk 7.24-35): Jesus, John the Baptist, and Their Disciples and Opponents; 7. Fourth Galilean Speech (Lk 8.4-18): Sowing Character Taxonomies for the Implied Reader; Part Three: Narrative Trajectories and Hermeneutical Appropriation by Authorial Readers; 8. Disputed Issues: The Unity of Luke-Acts and the Representation of the Jewish People; 9. Rhetorical Texture and Narrative Trajectories: Generation of Plot, Characterization, and Topoi; 10. Hermeneutical Appropriation by Authorial Readers and Ideological Transformation; Part Four: Concluding Summary - From Galilee to Rome; 11. Conclusion: Rhetorical Texture, Narrative Trajectories, and Appropriation by Authorial Readers Bibliography.

Patrick E. Spencer holds a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Durham, UK. His areas of research include Luke-Acts, John, and hermeneutics, and he has contributed articles and book reviews to publications including JSNT, Review of Biblical Literature, Stone-Campbell Journal, and Restoration Quarterly.

"Spencer's conclusions are consistent with the existing consensus of Lukan scholarship. The book demonstrates a mature grasp of contemporary reading theory and rhetorical analysis, and will interest specialists both in those areas and in Lukan studies." - Thomas E. Phillips, Religious Studies Review, June 2008

• Part One: Current Status of Research and Methodological Foundation; 1. Understanding Today's Scholarly Landscape: Jesus' Four Lukan Galilean Ministry Speeches; 2. A Methodological Foundation for Investigation: Towards Reading as Conduction; 3. Graeco-Roman Rhetorical Argument: Delimiting Rhetorical Texture; Part Two: Rhetorical Texture of the Four Lukan Galilean Speeches; 4. First Galilean Speech (4.14-30): Hometown Synagogue Rejects New Patronal Boundaries; 5. Second Galilean Speech (Lk 6.17-49): A New Ethical Mode of (Non-Reciprocal) Benefaction; 6. Third Galilean Speech (Lk 7.24-35): Jesus, John the Baptist, and Their Disciples and Opponents; 7. Fourth Galilean Speech (Lk 8.4-18): Sowing Character Taxonomies for the Implied Reader; Part Three: Narrative Trajectories and Hermeneutical Appropriation by Authorial Readers; 8. Disputed Issues: The Unity of Luke-Acts and the Representation of the Jewish People; 9. Rhetorical Texture and Narrative Trajectories: Generation of Plot, Characterization, and Topoi; 10. Hermeneutical Appropriation by Authorial Readers and Ideological Transformation; Part Four: Concluding Summary - From Galilee to Rome; 11. Conclusion: Rhetorical Texture, Narrative Trajectories, and Appropriation by Authorial Readers Bibliography.