We shall read together the gospel of St Luke, which is characterised by an air of compassion and forgiveness. Luke, though surely a Gentile, had a keen interest in Jewish scriptures, but his approach is quite different from that of Matthew (who was learnedly Jewish, and more fiery). Although Luke's companion (or continuation) volume, 'The Acts of the Apostles', is not itself part of the course, we will occasionally touch upon this post-Resurrection narrative in order to further understand Luke's method of portraying history. I shall provide a running commentary and facilitate group discussion. Please have available the King James translation. (Note that the class is to be a three-term course, which will continue to the October term of 2025. That is to say, we will explore only the pre-Jerusalem period in Jesus' ministry this academic year.)