Thomas Constable Commentary

Bob
Bob Member Posts: 15 ✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

Does anyone know if there is a specific Bible version that Thomas Constable uses in his commentary set?

Romans 11:17-18

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  • Mark
    Mark Member Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭

    I dont know the answer but I have the commentary and it is keyed to my choice version in Logos.  I know in some passages he will let the reader refer to various translations of a passage.  Perhaps that helps you.

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,856

    Robert Scull said:

    Does anyone know if there is a specific Bible version that Thomas Constable uses in his commentary set?

    It is often noted on the copyright page of the book.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Bob
    Bob Member Posts: 15 ✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1305592#Comment_1305592

    I didn't see anything listed. I just noticed during some of his teachings online that he used the NASB and NASB20. 

    Romans 11:17-18

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,856
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1305594#Comment_1305594

    Unfortunately, I don't have his resources to scan the other common location for the preference to be stated.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • DAL
    DAL Member Posts: 10,836 ✭✭✭

    Robert Scull said:

    Does anyone know if there is a specific Bible version that Thomas Constable uses in his commentary set?

    I have it and bought it when others commented that it got updated for free to the 2022 Edition, so it's the latest as far as I know.  Unless there's another version after 2022, this should be the most current edition of the notes.

    DAL

  • Danny Parker
    Danny Parker Member Posts: 437 ✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1305594#Comment_1305594

    It is not a typical 'book', but merely notes, so it does not have the typical copywrite info at the front. This is not a 'commentary' as such. It is the notes that he handed out in class.

    It seems he is using the NASB20 in the places he uses words from the scriptures (I looked at a few of them). From classes 20+ years ago, it seemed like he used NASB back then as well (though not NASB20 at the time - dark ages [:)])

    In the notes, he mostly just lists references rather than writing the text itself. In Logos that is not a problem since one can easily mouse over for one's favorite text.

    When he talks to words in the text, he will often use original language meanings rather than quote a particular version. 

    Also, often he refers to words of the text as quoted from others - he extensively uses extensive quotes from others in explaining a text's meaning.

    It is common for him to mention how various versions translate a passage - which support the various views.

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