The Gospel of St Luke was actually written by Jesus' mother, Mary, making it the first female book in the Bible, a writer has claimed. Dr Adam Bradford believes the document people have come to know as the Third Gospel began life as a legal defence document in a trial. Luke, a Greek physician, was tasked with writing a letter of support for St Paul who was imprisoned in Rome for the political crime of supporting Jesus. The Gospel According to Luke (pictured in a folio from one of the oldest extant New Testament manuscripts in Greek) was actually written by Jesus's mother Mary- making it the first female book in the Bible, a London historian has claimed
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Dr Adam Bradford believes third Gospel was originally a legal document
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He says it was written by Luke, a Greek physician, as a letter of support for St Paul who was imprisoned for the political crime of supporting Jesus
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Details about Jesus' childhood could only have come from Mary, he claims
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He argues feminine words in the scripture give away the true author
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While the Gospel of Mark has a feminine word content totalling 116, Luke has more than double that at 247
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