Resumen de Le style, c’est l’homme”: A Critical Assessment of the Use of Literary Stylistics in the Defense of Lukan Authorship of Hebrews
This paper is a case study regarding the application of stylistic analysis to the study of the Greek New Testament. In particular, this paper examines how stylistic analysis has been used in order to defend the thesis that Luke authored the Epistle to the Hebrews. The first major section of the essay traces the use of literary stylistic analysis in New Testament studies, and focuses on its particular application to the issue of Hebrews' authorship. I contend that arguments for Lukan authorship based on style are ultimately unconvincing because they are methodologically problematic. The essay concludes with a heuristic discussion of ways in which stylistic analysis may yet prove valuable for studying New Testament texts and how New Testament authors used Greek.
