Gospel of Luke (Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture)

Product Description

In this addition to the successful Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture series, Fr. Pablo Gadenz examines the Gospel of Luke from within the living tradition of the Church for pastoral ministers, lay readers, and students alike. Gadenz explains the biblical text clearly and concisely in light of recent scholarship and pays particular attention to the themes, theology, and Old Testament background of Luke's Gospel. Sidebars explain the biblical background and offer theological insights from Church fathers, saints, and popes, and reflection and application sections offer suggestions for daily Christian living.

Top Reviews

Includes many features which make this an excellent commentary
by Anthony Bosnick (5 out of 5 stars)
February 22, 2019

I've been using biblical commentaries since shortly after The Jerome Biblical Commentary (1968) came out. We were so grateful for that (and later for The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, the Collegeville Biblical Commentary, and for Barkley's NT commentary). But how commentaries have evolved and improved over the years! I would guess that this commentary on Luke is written for the educated layman as well as for layman and clerics deeply interested in Scripture for teaching, personal edification and/or homily preparation.

This commentary is engagingly-written and well-illustrated, with very helpful sidebars, which give more information while not overloading the main text. It would be helpful to have more than the one map of what looks life ancient Israel, but the map unfortunately isn't titled. Also, the Glossary is quite short, as are the indexes to the Sidebars and "Pastoral Topics." Sometimes I wonder what the editors of such texts are thinking, or not thinking, in trying to make books more useful to readers.

A significant contribution of this commentary is the balance between exegetical and spiritual/theological reflections on the biblical texts. When our parish small group was studying the Gospel of Luke (using the Little Rock Scripture Study) earlier this year, I used this text (when I finally discovered it) to supplement some of the more challenging passages, and found it very helpful, as it includes both textual criticism and spiritual reflection.

This commentary will be very useful to homilists, teachers, catechists, and others learning and teaching Scripture. It is part of the multi-volume "Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture."
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Excellent insights to the Gospel of Luke!
by My Amazon (5 out of 5 stars)
October 4, 2018

I love that Catholic Commentaries on Sacred Scripture now include all 4 of the Evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John). I have only read commentary on a couple of chapters so far, but think Gadenz has done a great job adding clarity to Christ's words by explaining the norms and customers of when Jesus walked the face of the earth. A MUST HAVE along with the others!
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Wonderful Book for People Who Want to Know More
by David (5 out of 5 stars)
May 8, 2019

Well written and very informative to anyone wanting to know the background of the book of Luke. I use this to give me a better understanding of each weeks readings, and to prepare a lesson plan when we go over the readings with RCIA candidates.

This text is very much geared toward the average person. You won't need to be a scripture scholar to enjoy this book.
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Finally!
by 8011 (5 out of 5 stars)
October 8, 2018

I have been waiting for this commentary on Luke for a while now! It was worth the wait! I look forward each day to reading Pablo's work. On a side, I feel like these commentaries that Baker has helped give us will produce incredible fruit in the life of the Church, and bring unity to the One Flock of Christ.
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Best commentary on Luke
by WI-Brunner (5 out of 5 stars)
February 22, 2019

This commentary is the best for both the homilist and the the devotional and spiritual use of the lay faithful. The commentary uses a historical approach that does not sacrifice the supernatural origin of God's word, but rather helps to upon up the depth the Luke's Gospel.
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Luke, explained beautifully.
by Amazon Customer (5 out of 5 stars)
May 29, 2019

Interesting read, very informative and well presented by the author. Well worth the price and a perfect addition to any scripture library.
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Very instructive and easy to understand
by 48DAY (5 out of 5 stars)
July 31, 2019

I would recommend this to anyone who wants to know more about scriptures from a Catholic point of view. It was easy to read and understand.
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I love this kind of stuff!
by guadalupe (5 out of 5 stars)
December 13, 2018

I've been waiting for the Gospel of Luke! Perfect in time for Advent!!! It's like taking a bible class at your pace!
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Outstanding
by Amazon Customer (5 out of 5 stars)
October 20, 2018

Outstanding commentary for homilist or anyone using it for in-depth research. This is a great addition to the series.
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Great commentary
by Benjamin Obour (5 out of 5 stars)
February 12, 2019

Very good commentary book on the Gospel of Luke

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