09-06-2013, 11:24 AM
It is not surprising that a professional scholar has not attributed to the gospel of Luke a date earlier than 70AD, since it plainly speaks of events that occurred during and leading up to that year. See Luke 21:5ff. Cf. Josephus.
The trend in modern scholarship is to automatically doubt the supernatural inspiration of Scripture. If Luke was written before AD70, it would mean that the author had knowledge of future events, which is compatible with the belief that the Holy Spirit inspired the author, or even with the belief that Yeshua of Nazareth was truly a prophet.
I discussed the matter with an acquaintance of mine before, and it comes down to this: I am a presuppositionalist; I presuppose that the Holy Scriptures are the inspired word of God supernaturally preserved for our edification. Since the gospel of Luke claims to be speaking of events that occurred in the first half of the first century CE, it could have been written in 1984 for all I know. If I believe it to be a trustworthy account of the life and teachings of Yeshua, then it is true that Yeshua himself knew of Jerusalem's destruction before it occurred, whether or not Luke did.
The trend in modern scholarship is to automatically doubt the supernatural inspiration of Scripture. If Luke was written before AD70, it would mean that the author had knowledge of future events, which is compatible with the belief that the Holy Spirit inspired the author, or even with the belief that Yeshua of Nazareth was truly a prophet.
I discussed the matter with an acquaintance of mine before, and it comes down to this: I am a presuppositionalist; I presuppose that the Holy Scriptures are the inspired word of God supernaturally preserved for our edification. Since the gospel of Luke claims to be speaking of events that occurred in the first half of the first century CE, it could have been written in 1984 for all I know. If I believe it to be a trustworthy account of the life and teachings of Yeshua, then it is true that Yeshua himself knew of Jerusalem's destruction before it occurred, whether or not Luke did.