Does anyone have both of deSilva's Hebrews volumes and can tell if the shorter Cascade work adds anything to his longer Eerdman's work?
https://www.logos.com/product/29058/the-letter-to-the-hebrews-in-social-scientific-perspective
https://www.logos.com/product/7376/perseverance-in-gratitude-a-socio-rhetorical-commentary-on-the-epistle-to-the-hebrews
I don't own neither one, but after seeing Moo's NICNT volume on Romans and his Encountering the Book of Romans work (shorter version of Romans if you would), usually works by the same author on the same book overlap a lot. Unless the key lies on the "perspective" he used: one being "social scientific" and the other being "socio rhetorical." Either way, sounds very similar to me. Maybe others can help.
DAL
DAL: I don't own neither one, but after seeing Moo's NICNT volume on Romans and his Encountering the Book of Romans work (shorter version of Romans if you would), usually works by the same author on the same book overlap a lot. Unless the key lies on the "perspective" he used: one being "social scientific" and the other being "socio rhetorical." Either way, sounds very similar to me. Maybe others can help. DAL
My suspicion is that the same is true for deSiliva, but I was hoping that given the fact that the shorter work was published 12 years later means that it might have some updated interaction.
I would think that since one is 300 pages longer than the other, overlap is not going to be an issue, one has a greater depth than the other would seem obvious.
The Cascade volume is a brief introduction to matters pertaining to authorship, setting, etc. All background material one would expect to find in the introduction of a commentary.
The Eerdmans edition is a full-fledged commentary, with a robust introduction and comments on the text of Hebrews. The Cascade work will have some overlap with the introduction in the Eerdmans volume, but it is not a regurgitation.
Both are excellent. But if you want a taste at how deSilva handles Hebrews, the Cascade volume is as good of place as any to start.
Cliff