Tom Cribb

Social-Historical Readings of Literary, Theological, and Narrative Themes and Motifs in Luke-Acts

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Michael Blythe has written a second book focusing on the social-scientific background of the New Testament. This time he has applied this research perspective to the social-scientific background of Luke and Acts. In this work, he examines passages and topics in these two writings to help shed light on how this social-scientific interpretive grid allows the reader to find fresh perspectives and greater understandings of what Luke meant to convey in Luke and Acts.”

The Priest and Levite as Temple Representatives

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Michael Blythe shows us that there is much more to Jesus’s parable of the good Samaritan than we have previously thought. Blythe provides social and historical background information from the ancient world and Lukan studies which shed more light on the characters in this all-to-familiar passage such as the priest, Levite, Samaritan, and innkeeper to lead us to a fuller understanding the text’s meaning.”