Check this out from Phil Long's excellent Reading Acts blog: "Logos Bible Software is giving away a copy of Larry Hurtado’s commentary on Mark in Understanding the Bible series from Baker."
http://readingacts.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/free-larry-hurtado-commentary-for-logos-bible-software/#comment-10511
You can get the details from reading Phil's post. Hurtado is a first rate scripture scholar who knows how to communicate to larger audiences.
Looking at this commentary on Mark I would say that with this book from the 80′s LH was the same then as he is now, quick, direct and to the point. You may not agree with everything he says, but the writing is always interesting and helpful. You get more from one page of this book than from what you may find in whole chapters of other dry and tedious commentaries on the Gospels.
I met Larry in 1975 (when I was new to the Bible!) after a presentation he gave on campus in Madison, Wisconsin. After his talk Larry took time to talk to me, answer my questions about Jesus, and told me to read a thick George Ladd book, which got me started reading books beyond the devotional.
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