Reflections on Reflections

Abstract

This essay responds to those of Darrell Bock, Craig Blomberg and Mark Strauss looking back on Howard Marshall’s Luke Historian and Theologian after over 50 years. It first highlights the impact of Marshall’s work on the growth in confidence among evangelicals in engaging in NT scholarship, the development of evangelical biblical theology, and (within that) a focus on the message of Luke-Acts. It then sketches four areas for future scholarship which Marshall’s work opens up: further work on the message of Acts; reflection on the place of Judaism and the Jewish people in Acts; fuller engagement with Luke’s theological contribution post-Conzelmann; and a broader and deeper understanding of salvation through a Lukan lens.