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Reading Luke: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Third Gospel is unavailable, but you can change that!

Charles Talbert’s effective and insightful commentary enables the reader to grasp the full force of the literary masterpiece that is Luke’s Gospel. Talbert concentrates on Luke’s version of the prophetic nature of Jesus’ life, His anointment by the Holy Spirit and His Galilean ministry, His journey to Jerusalem and His ministry there, and His Martyrdom and Vindication. The author includes two...

Regarding Mary’s significance for the church, the evangelist portrays her as the prototype of the Christian believer: she hears God’s word, holds it fast in an honest and good heart (2:19; 2:51), and brings forth fruit with patience. Here foreshadowed in the virgin mother is the Lukan understanding of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus; she hears God’s word, believes it, and surrenders herself totally to it: “Let it be to me according to your word” (1:38). If we are to view Mary as Luke did,
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