ABSTRACT
Jesus answered, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance.” (Luke 5:3 1-32; cf. 4:23)
INTRODUCTION
For centuries readers have debated whether the traditional ascription of the Gospel of Luke to “Luke, the beloved physician” is a historically accurate reminiscence or merely a pious fiction. H.J.Cadbury dealt a serious blow to the claim of historical accuracy early in this century by demonstrating that the supposedly technical medical language in Luke’s gospel could be found also in the LXX and in cultivated Hellenistic nonmedical writers.1 Here, I am raising a different question: Does the author of this gospel-whether or not a medical physician-show particular attentiveness to questions regarding therapy or healing of the soul or self?2
