Koorong<\/a>.<\/p>\nThis is easily one of best written and \u201cedgy\u201d Luke commentaries I\u2019ve read for a while \u2013 and I read a lot. I have several favourites in Luke commentaries: Green (NICNT), Bock (BECNT), Tannehill (Fortress) and this is definitely up there with them.<\/p>\n
F. Scott Spencer has spent a career in Luke-Acts and it shows in this Luke commentary, one of the last in the now discontinued THNTC series. Spencer is genuinely insightful in his exegesis, he includes some nice biographical asides, he is often comically direct, and the theology section is the best theologizing of\/from Luke that I think I\u2019ve ever read.<\/p>\n
Spencer thinks the purpose of Luke is largely catechetical, namely, to reinforce the truth\/solidity of the gospel. Spencer shows a certain kind of affection for and affinity with theological interpretation as laid out in the Bartholomew and Thomas \u201cManifesto for Theological Interpretation.\u201d However, as a Baptist, he does have a few reservations: \u201cAs a theological interpreter, I freely admit to being\u00a0formed<\/em> by my ecclesial communities for good and ill (we still ive in a fallen, broken world) and by the wider span of ecclesiastical Christian traditions for good and ill (the church fathers are useful, but not infallible, and would have been more useful if they\u2019d talked more with faithful church\u00a0mothers<\/em>) \u2013 all of which deeply\u00a0inform\u00a0<\/em>my commentary writing about how I think Luke\u2019s narrative aims to\u00a0form<\/em> \u201csolid,\u201d being-saved Christian pilgrims and to\u00a0inform\u00a0<\/em>the Christian faith journey in Luke\u2019s day and ours\u201d (pp. 16-17).<\/p>\nHe sees a close connection between OT ideas\/events of creation, exodus, exile, and restoration in Luke-Acts. I love his definition of \u201csalvation\u201d in Luke: \u201c\u2018Saving\u2019 In God\u2019s terms defies narrow definition, bursting forth into a cosmic, holistic vision of God\u2019s re-creating purpose for all creatures and environs. In short, Luke wants his readers to know how the Savior God has acted dynamically in Christ to make their broken lives and world\u00a0whole<\/em>\u201d (p. 14).<\/p>\nSpencer offers excellent summaries of the Lucan nativity hymns and the Lucan travel narrative which would be great for the classroom or church Bible study.<\/p>\n
A very good summary of the Nazareth Manifesto is offered: \u201cThe strong liberation-redemptive thrust of this mission is signaled by the double use of\u00a0aphesis<\/em> \u2026 and broad application to those in various states of physical, psychological, social, economic, and political distress: the poor, the blind, the imprisoned \u2013 including those bound by overwhelming forces of demonization, debt and domination. This is the hardcore material and social gospel of Jubilee, rooted in liberated of depleted land and enslaved people for the flourishing of God\u2019s entire creation. We should not rush to a \u2018spiritual\u2019 interpretation of Jesus\u2019s saving mission divorced from material realities\u201d (pp. 111-12). And \u201cFull salvation, healing, and knowledge of God will come for God\u2019s people only if they share in God\u2019s redemptive mission to others\u201d (p. 114).<\/p>\nOn the travelers going to Emmaus who meet Jesus, Spencer comments: \u201cThe hermeneutical key to the Emmaus disciples\u2019 understanding of the living, saving Christ is\u00a0Jesus himself<\/em> mediated through the word of Scripture and the bread of Communion. \u2026 This christological principle keeps the sacrament of word and bread in proper perspective, clarifying their function as means\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>Christ\u2019s self-disclosing grace more than\u00a0to\u00a0<\/em>Christ\u2019s discovery by seekers. Christ\u2019s roles as authoritative prophet-teacher\u00a0of\u00a0<\/em>God\u2019s word (which testifies to Christ) are indispensable, not optional, to God\u2019s redemptive plan\u201d (pp. 623-24).<\/p>\nThe theological reflections on Luke take place under the headings of theological knowing, Trinitarian Theology, Spiritual Theology, Creational Theology, Social Theology, and Passion Theology, lots of interaction with peeps like K. Vanhoozer, J. Moltmann, E. Johnson, and even my EvTh gets a good look in at a few points.<\/p>\n
So big recommendation from me on this one, if you\u2019re into Luke, teaching or preaching, put this one on the syllabus.<\/p>\n
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