Doctor Luke's Assistant

Luke, the beloved physician, returns to Israel to write a massive biography of Jesus. He hires a Jewish assistant, Augustus, from a family that had embraced Roman ways, to help him as a researcher, secretary, and scribe. Luke's work is opposed by both the Roman government and the Jewish authorities. He runs afoul of an ambitious Roman, who does his best to restrict Luke from completing the work.

Augustus is conscientious, but somewhat of a bumbler in his work. He becomes enamoured with a gir...