Luke (Teach the Text Commentary Series)

Teach the Text is a bit of a new genre as far as commentaries go, so it's hard to know what to say. Have used it for only a handful of passages so far, and generally very impressed by France's work. When you're taking up so much space in application, the remaining words spent on commenting scripture are as valuable as they are few: and in all honesty the balance seems excellent so far. Great that each chunk is written as a distinct unit, and so often gives you essential background on where about the passage is located in the 'story' and what impact that should have on how we understand/teach it.Especially impressed by the wide variety of 'starter' quotes and references which are intended to help stimulate further thought and tie in great thoughts by other theologians or contemporary sources. This is something rare to find outside of personal devotionals.

Excellent background information scholarship