Luke: Historian and Theologian written by I. Howard Marshall is a book that will benefit anybody who desires to understand the Gospel of Luke and the Acts more fully. In his book Marshall considers very important questions like for instance; is it possible to be a theologian and at the same time a reliable historian? He goes further and investigates whether Luke was faithful to his sources while writing the Gospel and the Acts. Then he tries to identify Luke's main themes in his writings.Marshall does not just give his opinion but first explores other scholars' works and then gives his careful judgementOne more thing: IVP publishing house should be ashamed of publishing this excellent book on such a low quality paper! Moreover, it is hard to read the book due to the VERY LOW QUALITY PRINT!!!

Marshall is one of the best Evangelical writers today. This book covers an important topic. Some scholars focus on the historical accuracy of Biblical books at the expense of noting the theological message within them. Others focus on theological concerns to the point they give no weight to historical accuracy at all. However, as this book shows, the Gospel of Luke is written with both interests in the forefront. Luke intentionally writes as an historian, while also pursuing important theological themes. In other words, he sees theological truths as being embedded within historical truths. This is a helpful work.