L
1:
L. The abbreviation used in NT source criticism for the solely Lukan material in the Synoptic Gospels. See SYNOPTIC PROBLEM.
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (4:111). New York: Doubleday.
2:
L, a symbol designating material found only in the Gospel of Luke; it also designates the hypothetical source of this material. The Lucan narratives dealing with Jesus’ birth and postresurrection appearances are included in this material. See also Synoptic Problem, The.
Achtemeier, P. J., Harper & Row, P., & Society of Biblical Literature. (1985). Harper's Bible dictionary. Includes index. (1st ed.) (536). San Francisco: Harper & Row.
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L
1. A designation for material found only in the Gospel of Luke that cannot be accounted for by Luke’s probable dependence on Mark or on Q, the non-Markan common source of Matthew and Luke.
2. The symbol designating Codex Leningradensis B 19ă, which provides the basic text for modern editions of the Hebrew OT. The L manuscript was completed at Cairo in 1008 c.e. and was supposedly copied from exemplars of Aaron ben Moses ben Asher.
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (780). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
