Introduction to the Old Testament, second edition, John J Collins

Dudley Rose

Could someone who has both the first and second editions of John Collins' Introduction to the Old Testament in Logos tell me the major differences between the two? I'm especially interested to know about changes in formatting, images, maps, etc.

Wayne Clarke

Dudley,

Do you mean "Introduction to the Hebrew Bible"?

First Edition, https://www.logos.com/product/5098/introduction-to-the-hebrew-bible 

Second Edition, https://www.logos.com/product/48984/introduction-to-the-hebrew-bible-collection#001 

If so, I have both.

In the preface to the second edition it says,

This revised second edition has updated bibliographies and is presented in a different format from the original.

I have made only minor changes to the text. I have moved the discussion of the book of Jonah from chapter 26 (the Hebrew Short Story) to chapter 20 (Postexilic Prophecy). I have separated out introductory comments on the Deuteronomistic History, Prophecy and the Writings. I have revised my analysis of the flood in chapter 2. Numerous smaller changes are scattered throughout the book.

A number of his charts have updated information and are certainly in a more readable format.  And certainly, there are dozens and dozens of graphics and illustrations in the second edition; whereas, the first edition is basically void of such.

But one thing that is significantly better about the first edition is the amount of information that displays when you hover over highlighted blue text fields.  This is practically non-existent (except for dates/timelines flags) in the second edition.