Mark Allan Powell, "The Religious Leaders in Luke: A Literary-Critical Study," JBL 109 (1990): 93-110. **1/2

According to Powell the religious leaders in Luke function as a narrative type. Their character is devised by the redactor (Luke?). The leaders consistently reject Jesus (the protagonist), who, notwithstanding, consistently reaches out to his opponents.

Weak on historiographical considerations. Jesus' rejection of the religious leaders is absent.