Building on the foundation of the popular volumes The Bible from Scratch: The Old Testament for Beginners and The New Testamentfor Beginners, Griggs offers a series ofvolumes based on the individual books of the Bible. A leader’s guide and a participant sectionare included for each book. This new addition to the series looks at the Gospel of Luke, perhaps the most popular Gospel with its stories of the birth of Jesus, the boy Jesus conversing in the Temple, thegood Samaritan, the prodigal son, the poor widow and her two copper coins, and rich Zacchaeus in a sycamore tree.
Paul W. Walaskay is Professor of Biblical Studies at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia. An ordained minister in the American Baptist Church and the United Church of Christ, he has served churches and university campuses in New York and North Carolina.