Corpus-Paul

["J.E.Harding" <BSP97JEH AT sheffield.ac.uk>]

In the case of Luke, the infancy narrative at the very least is 
replete with allusions to both canonical and non-canonical Daniel 
traditions. See, for example, R. Laurentin, Structure et Theologie de 
Luc I-II (Paris: Gabalda, 1957). The language of 'understanding' in
 this Gospel bears strong similarities to the Theodotion of Daniel. 
Matthew is very keen on proof-texting, but this is not so clear in 
Luke. However, Luke's picture of Gabriel, for example, draws more on 
the presentation of heavenly revelation in Isaiah 6, Daniel 7-12 and 
Ezekiel by means of allusion. Luke's allusions extend beyond our 
canon. The way his picture of Jesus depends on ideas about Moses in 
the Second Temple period relates to ideas found in Josephus, Philo 
and Ps-Philo's LAB as much as the LXX.

James Harding
University of Sheffield