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  • From: "Stephen C. Carlson" <scarlson AT mindspring.com>
  • To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: LOUKAS=LOUKIOS=Author of Acts?
  • Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 21:34:59 -0400


At 11:15 PM 7/19/01 -0700, Richard Fellows wrote:
>Is the LOUKIOS of Rom 16.21 the author of Acts? This has been suggested at
>least since Origen's day.
...
>So, the 'LOUKIOS' of Rom 16.21 provides independent evidence in support of
>the view that Luke wrote Acts. I used to think that Acts was probably not
>written by Luke, but now I think that it probably was.

Interesting proposal, especially in how you have plausibly built
on your Titus-Timothy hypothesis, which I happened to have read
yesterday in JSNT.

What about the fact that LOUKIOS in Rom. 16:21 is characterized
as one of Paul's kinmen (hOI SUGGENEIS MOU), while in Col. 4:14
LOUKAS appears to be a Gentile, apparently not one of those who
are from the circumcision (v11, hOI ONTES EK PERITOMHS)? This
would not be wholly insurmontable because v11 may be ambiguous
and Colossians may be pseudepigraphical.

On the other hand, a certain LOUKIOS hO KURHNAIOS, Lucius of
Cyrene, is listed among the prophets and teachers of Antioch
at Acts 13:1. If the proposed equation is correct, then the
epithet hO KURHNAIS would be necessary to disambiguate this
person from another Lucius. Furthermore, there is a tradition
that Luke hailed from Antioch, which, if true, makes the need
to disambiguate this Lucius even more urgent.

Stephen Carlson
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