Luke/Acts, Josephus, and Lucius Apuleius

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EDWARDS

I've read some material in which the author suggests that the writer of
Luke/Acts had access to and made use of Josephus' works as well as The
Golden Ass, written by Lucius Apuleius.  The Luke/Acts writer is thought to
have drawn from Josephus with regard to the parable of the minas (Luke
19:11-27), the revolt of Judas the Galilean, and perhaps other cases.  The
account dealing with the road to Emmaus is thought to have been patterned
after a similar episode in The Golden Ass.

Has anyone investigated this suggestion?  If so, how would one counter the
suggestion that Josephus and Apuleius drew from the Luke/Acts writer, rather
than the other way around?

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