God as Father in Luke-Acts argues that 'Father' is the central image for God in Luke-Acts by
tracing a line of continuity in the portrayal of God as Israel's merciful faithful and
authoritative Father from the Old Testament to Luke-Acts and its Second Temple Jewish milieu.
The fulfillment of the promises to Abraham David and Israel in Jesus is best understood as
the fatherly actions of Israel's God. Furthermore the striking similarities between God as
Father and Augustus as Pater Patriae undermine the assertion of the Lukan view of the Roman
Empire as highly polemical.
