Is Luke the Author of a Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles?

📅 2026-09-15
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研究通过Burrows' Delta等量化分析方法,验证了《路加福音》和《使徒行传》由同一作者撰写的传统观点。
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According to Christian tradition, Luke is credited with authoring a Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, even if his name does not appear in either book, both originally written in Koine Greek. Several biblical scholars assume that both texts were written by a common author, while others deduce the presence of two authors. Different studies have been found to support either finding, some based on qualitative evaluation, while a few others consider the occurrence frequency differences between the two books. To propose an enhanced quantitative analysis, this study is grounded on two recent authorship attribution models. The Burrows' Delta, applied with eleven different feature sizes, demonstrates common authorship. An author verification model confirms this finding. The following experiments consider several stylistic representations, feature sizes, and distance functions to confirm that Luke is the true author of both books.
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Luke
Gospel
Acts of the Apostles
authorship attribution
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Burrows' Delta
author verification model
stylistic representations
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Jacques Savoy
Computer Science Department, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile Argand 11, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland