{"id":4729,"date":"2009-04-02T16:02:06","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T16:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/04\/pastors-bookshelf-luke.html"},"modified":"2009-04-02T16:02:06","modified_gmt":"2009-04-02T16:02:06","slug":"pastors-bookshelf-luke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/04\/pastors-bookshelf-luke.html","title":{"rendered":"Pastor’s Bookshelf: Luke"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"StLuke.jpg\"<\/span>We continue our series on serious commentaries on the New Testament. Today we look at the Gospel of Luke, but before I do that I must announce that volume two of Jimmy Dunn’s magisterial work on the beginnigs of Christianity is now available: Beginning from Jerusalem (Christianity in the Making, vol. 2)<\/a>\"\". <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

OK, now to Luke.<\/p>\n

When I have a question about a passage in Luke, I begin with:<\/p>\n

Joel Green, The Gospel of Luke (New International Commentary on the New Testament)<\/a>\"\"
\n<\/strong><\/em>. It combines wide-ranging reading, a narrative approach, and readable prose.<\/p>\n

Yes, the second one I consult is Darrell Bock. These two scholars are my contemporaries and friends and have been involved in Lukan studies their entire careers. Darrell’s is two volumes: Luke (2 vols.) (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)<\/a>\"\"
\n<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Then I go to John Nolland, for whom two volumes was not enough. There are three volumes in his commentary. Now a word for the wise: serious exegesis of this Gospel, which is 24 long chapters, can’t be done adequately in short compass. Thus, I don’t complain about length. Nolland: Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 35a, Luke 1:1-9:20<\/a>\"\"
\n<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Then I go to J. Fitzmyer: The Gospel According to Luke I-IX: Introduction, Translation, and Notes (The Anchor Bible, Vol. 28)<\/a>\"\"
\n<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

What commentaries do you use on Luke?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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