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Jordaan, Pierre Johan Allen, N. P. L. 13151142 - Jordaan, Pierre Johan (Supervisor) 2019-11-18T12:39:59Z 2019-11-18T12:39:59Z 2019 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6843-1865 http://hdl.handle.net/10394/33671 MA (New Testament), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus This research project primarily concerns itself with a theory perfected by Steve Mason, concerning the more probable sources and inspirations for both the content and literary style of Luke-Acts, specifically: This theory, I have termed the "Mason thesis" and which advocates that apart from its obvious dependence on Q. and Ev.Matt. Luke-Acts, was largely indebted to Josephus for much of his historical information as well as his favoured rhetorical strategy. Masters en North-West University Luke-Acts Mason thesis Josephus A Critical Review of Mason's Methodology The Influence of Collingwood The Importance of the Linguistic Paradigm The Hermeneutic of Suspicion versus the Hermeneutic of Trust The Historical Context of Mason's Thesis Hellenistic History Writing Portraying Christianity in a Jewish Context Evidence of Historiographical Influence and Josephan Rhetoric Circumstantial Evidence of Plagiarism Comparable Evidence of Plagiarism Correspondences Between Literary Themes and Choice of Vocabulary Josephus and Luke-Acts: A critical review of a thesis by Steve Mason Thesis open.access