Professor Danker here treats the Gospel of St. Luke as a coherent literary work. He pays close attention to the Greco-Roman cultural environment as it is represented in many ancient historical writings and documents. He focuses on Luke's linguistic versatility, compositional technique, and dramatic skills. Moreover, he discloses how Luke is the master of a medium that would communicate with both Jewish and gentile religious-cultural experience, customs, and ideals: One major way he accomplishes this is with his portrayal of Jesus as the Great Benefactor. Danker demonstrates how this portrayal would have appealed to Jews, Greeks, and Romans at the time of the Gospel's composition.