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Such experiences mount a poignant resistance to prejudicial and superficial profiling in Luke's day―and ours.(F. Scott Spencer, Professor of New Testament, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond)Parsons trains his eagle eye on details missed by most scholars. The results are fascinating and unexpected, throwing fresh light on attitudes to bodily characteristics in Luke's day before bringing us back to our world with a theological jolt.(Graham Stanton (1940-2009), Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge)Not many books really break new ground. This one does. Parsons cast Luke's descriptions of the bent woman, Zacchaeus, the lame man, and the Ethiopian eunuch in a new light and shows how the gospel radically challenges cultural conventions and speaks a word of grace.(Alan Culpepper, Dean, McAfee School of Theology)From the Inside FlapHow the gospel writer and historian challenges ancient cultural conventionsAbout the AuthorMikeal C. 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