The gospel of Luke is one of the four gospels in the New Testament, it portrays the life and death of Jesus. Written around 80-85 C.E by a Greek-speaking christian probably outside of palestine. The sources of luke were Q and L
he dedicates his book to an otherwise unknown person, "theophilus." may have been a roman administrative official, or the name may be symbolic, refering to the other gospels, revels several distinctive themes.
Luke's birth narrative shows the importance of the jerusalem temple, the central institution for the jewish religion.