According to Luke: A New Exposition of the Third Gospel

by David W. Gooding

Book by Gooding, D. W.

Genres: Theology, Religion, Christian

362 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1987

About the author

David W. Gooding is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Greek at Queen's University, Belfast and a member of the Royal Irish Academy. His international teaching ministry is marked by fresh and careful expositions of both testaments. He has published scholarly studies on the Septuagint and Old Testament narratives, as well as expositions of Luke, John 13-17, Acts and Hebrews.

Reviews

[Frank Peters]

This was another outstanding book by David Gooding. This is in essence a commentary on Luke. However, it is not a verse by verse commentary, but rather something much more interesting. Gooding brings out more out of the book, than I ever imagined that was present in the book. In particular, he outlines parallelism throughout the book, which he teaches is a first century form of historic commentary. I am convinced and thus recommend the book.

[Louise]

This book contains a helpful level of insight and detail without being lengthy and over-technical. It provides useful summary charts of events and their significance which enables parallels to be easily drawn and appreciated.

[Chris]

I always consult this work when teaching or preaching on Luke’s gospel. Does not cover the entire gospel but has helpful insights on structure and themes.

[Charity U]

Gives a good overview in a readable format for the Gospel of Luke. Has some unique ideas, and overall structure information - helpful in my teaching of Luke!

[Ian Rees]

Intriguing exposition of Luke's gospel, breaking the text down into a series of parallel passages. Sometimes this comes across as a little too clever for its own good, but on many occasions is really insightful. For example, I had not noticed the way that the birth narratives fall into pairs of events, which are themselves bracketed by the contrasting accounts of the old man Zechariah at the temple and the boy Jesus at the temple. Gooding's own style of presenting each section is extremely readable and summarises each section very clearly.

[Stephen Lawson]

David Gooding demonstrates in this book just how meticulous Dr Luke chose the material for his gospel, and also how well he arranged it in order that his readers would know who Jesus is and what he came to do. You will know Luke better by reading this and what a great writer and historian he was, but more importantly the meaning of the good news of Jesus Christ will be clearer.

[Kathy Manchester]

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