The Gospel of Luke: A Commentary on the Greek Text [Hardcover]

I.Howard Marshall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 1978 | Series: The new international Greek Testament commentary

Renowned New Testament scholar I. Howard Marshall offers this commentary, based on the UBS Greek New Testament, giving special attention to the theological message of Luke. Marshall provides information on the meaning of the Greek words used by Luke and shows which words and constructions occur frequently and are therefore characteristic of his style. This is a scholarly work.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 928 pages
• Publisher: Paternoster Press (June 30, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0853641951
• ISBN-13: 978-0853641957
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,230,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very technical, yet reliable commentary on Luke, November 3, 1999

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Marc Axelrod (Potter, Wi USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gospel of Luke (New International Greek Testament Com (Eerdmans)) (Hardcover)

This is a great commentary, if you can make what for with all of the Greek in it. I love it. It was my favorite commentary on Luke for a long time. But it is long on exegesis and theology and short on practical stuff. And it doesn't have much of an introduction at all! Marshall's "Luke: Historian and Theologian should be purchased with this to compensate for a lack of an introduction. But the great thing about this commentary is how accurate Marshall is on his interpretations of the passages.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent work on Luke., March 2, 2008

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R. Jones - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gospel of Luke (New International Greek Testament Com (Eerdmans)) (Hardcover)

I am puzzled by the poor reviews this commentary is getting. The reviews follow the logic of giving a wrench a 2 star rating because it doesn't work with my philip screw. Not all commentaries are written for the same purpose. The title to this series makes it's purpose very clear. If you're looking for comments on the Greek Text this is for you.
If you're looking for a commentary that is easy to read and will give you sermon application material this is not for you.

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, difficult to read, majors on source material, July 7, 2007

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S. M. Baldwin (Fox Point, WISCONSIN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gospel of Luke (New International Greek Testament Com (Eerdmans)) (Hardcover)

I was looking for a technical commentary on Luke -- like the earlier reviewer from Sweden, I prefer the in-depth works. I am also interested in the Greek language aspects of the New Testament. I have first-year+ greek but am not a professional theologian...just a keen amateur.

But like the Swedish reviewer, I too found this commentary to be a disappointment. It is difficult to read, and abounds in discussion on textual variants and Luke's sources ("Q" etc). I find myself picking through the commentary looking for the theological and linguistic nuggets -- which are there to be sure, but as said, hidden behind discussion on aspects that frankly do not interest me. I read this commentary with rising frustration, struggling to concentrate -- in fact, I got so fed up, I put the book down to write this review! I will search out alternatives.

CONCLUSION
This is undoubtedly a solid technical commentary that will please those who like lots of detail on Luke's source material, textual variants therein, where he might have got it from, and how he or Matthew may have changed elements of their material etc. etc. It also has emphasis (and useful information) on the Greek text but is somewhat short on theology. It is a difficult read and, in my view, of limited value to those wanting the "big picture" on Luke for preaching or teaching or theological study. It answers questions those interested in those subjects would probably not be asking.