Luke (Augsburg Commentary on the New Testament | ACNT)
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Overview
Luke’s story of Jesus is a straightforward narrative—it has a beginning, middle, and end. Both critics and non-critics may appreciate the profound simplicity of this story, perhaps even as they read it together. David L. Tiede’s commentary on Luke assists readers by enhancing and illuminating the significant themes and avoiding obscure and tangential topics which detract from meaningful interpretation. This commentary commends a reading of Luke’s story of Jesus by highlighting the narrative function of Luke’s Gospel and its literary characteristics, and helps reveal the truth to which Luke bears witness—the truth about God.
- Discussion of historical issues, such as authorship, dating, and location
- Textual and literary notes
- Bibliographies and suggestions for further reading and study
- Scripture references linked to your Greek New Testament or English translation
Top Highlights
“His obedience to the will and reign of God is proved by the devil’s tests in the wilderness.” (Page 97)
“The division of estates is too often the source of divided families because of jealousy and greed, and the meaning of life begins to be measured in the quantity of possessions.” (Page 233)
“Greed is one of the perils of wealth, but the delusion of security is another” (Page 233)
“For Luke, the baptism of Jesus (by John) is another demonstration of the Messiah’s full observance of every aspect of Jewish ritual and worship (see notes on 2:21–24). Thus even the Messiah is in solidarity with all of repentant and prepared Israel.” (Page 94)
“He is not commended for tearing down his storehouses to build larger ones, but neither is he condemned for that, at least not directly. The foolishness of the man is that he thinks this hoard is enough to bring security and happiness to his soul.” (Page 234)
- Title: Luke
- Author: David L. Tiede
- Editors: Roy A. Harrisville, Jack Dean Kingsbury, and Gerhard A. Krodel
- Publisher: Augsburg
- Series: Augsburg Commentary on the New Testament
- Publication Date: 1988
- Pages: 457
David L. Tiede has been a professor of New Testament at Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary since 1971 and became president of that institution in 1987. He is a graduate of St. Olaf College, Luther Theological Seminary, and Harvard University. He has also studied at Princeton Theological Seminary and taught at Scripps College and Claremont Graduate School. He has been a Rockefeller Fellow, a Danforth Fellow, Society of Biblical Literature Research Fellow at the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, and a visiting professor of New Testament at Yale Divinity School. He served as pastor from 1972 to 1975, and participated in the Lutheran-Methodist dialogues in the United States and between the World Methodist Council and the Lutheran World Federation. He has served on various editorial councils and published several articles and books on Luke-Acts.
Reviews
2 ratings
Logosed
7/11/2020
Commentaries on Luke tend to be big, bulky and not that useful for preachers in that they spend most of their time and energy on source criticism. The standard commentary by a Roman Catholic is the two volume work by Joseph A. Fitzmyer, while the standard work by an evangelical remains that of I. Howard Marshall. Tiede's commentary is smaller but actually better for preachers than these larger works and goes some way in filling the gap in the market for commentaries on Luke. It reflects a Lutheran outlook and is unusually creative and useful, offering penetrating analysis of the text and mature theological reasoning. The reader will find insights which cannot be found in other commentaries. I recommend this work to those who prefer substance to bulk.
MDD
4/5/2017
