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any truth to this? - Chuck Russell - 04-20-2008
i have heard that the doctor Luke from the Bible was not Jewish or Roman etc, but Irish. I don;t know where I heard it, nor can follow up with any sources. Something about his real name that was Irish or something. anyone got anything on this? just something I was thinking about today.
Re: any truth to this? - Theodosius the Great - 04-20-2008
I always thought Luke was a Greek who converted to Christianity (as his name "Loukas" suggests). Loukas means "from Lucania", the region in southern, Greek Italy. Never heard of him being Roman or Irish. :?
At least Mark is a Latin name (i.e. "Marcus").
~Theo
Re: any truth to this? - Jona Lendering - 04-20-2008
Quote:i have heard that the doctor Luke from the Bible was not Jewish or Roman etc, but Irish.It may be a spin-off from the medieval (?) legend that Jesus spent some time in England, built his first church over there, and returned to Judaea. There was also a belief that 'ten lost tribes of Israel' settled in Britain.
Please note, BTW, that the author of the Gospel is in fact not known; that he was called Luke is a tradition that does not antedate 150.
Re: any truth to this? - Paullus - 04-21-2008
Isn't there something about Luke being from the Troad?
Re: any truth to this? - Jona Lendering - 04-22-2008
As far as I know, he is only mentioned in Colossians 4.14 (where he is called a physician), 2 Timothy 4.11, Philemon 24. He is assumed to be behind the "we"-sections in Acts - passing through the Troad, for example. According to later traditions, he was born in Antioch.
Re: any truth to this? - rusty myers - 04-22-2008
My understanding is that Luke was probably a Greek born and educated Jew. It is quite wrong to assume that Jews only lived in Judea, they lived throughout the Empire and many were hellenized. Ironically many hellenized Jews were more receptive in the early days than the devout ones to "The Way" as the early church was called. If you examine Paul's travels you will see that he always approached the Jewish community synogogue first when he arrived in a new city. Sometimes he was successful there, and other times he was run out on a rail and began to teach the gentiles. I do not see any truth or know of any evidence to an Irish origin.
To quote that great accurate Hollywood movie of the medeival days "Knights Tale: Well the Pope may be French, but Jesus was English!"
Just an illustration. :lol:
Re: any truth to this? - Gaius Julius Caesar - 04-26-2008
Actually, one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel has been genetically identified as having decendants in Africa. It was a documentary a week or so ago.
Re: any truth to this? - Ceannt - 04-26-2008
We were re-converting The French and english in the 4-6centery AD but i am sure luke was from greece :wink:
Re: any truth to this? - Ron Andrea - 05-09-2008
Actually, Luke is mentioned by name in one of Paul's letters. There's no help inside the text on who he is, though Paul refers to him in a way that gave birth to the "doctor" tradition.
Re: any truth to this? - Ceannt - 05-09-2008
Quote:i have heard that the doctor Luke from the Bible was not Jewish or Roman etc, but Irish. I don;t know where I heard it, nor can follow up with any sources. Something about his real name that was Irish or something. anyone got anything on this? just something I was thinking about today.
As far as i know there is no irish version of luke if that is any help to you :?: