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title: 'The Origin of the First Two Chapters of Luke'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'J. Gresham Machen'
date: 1912-04-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Hermeneutics'
- 'Commentaries'
- 'Hymnody and Psalmody'
scriptures:
- 'Luke 1'
- 'Luke 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1912-the-origin-of-the-first-two-chapters-of-luke
---

# The Origin of the First Two Chapters of Luke

Examines liturgical development of English hymns after the Restoration and gives a linguistic, Septuagint-based analysis testing Lucan authorship of Luke 1–2.

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