Beale Old Testament in NT options
Hey all, I have read some topics on the subject and want to get some of Beale's stuff on understanding the use of the OT in the NT.
I see this commentary recommended more than the rest.
https://www.logos.com/product/5321/commentary-on-the-new-testament-use-of-the-old-testament
It is included in two different Beale sets on this topic that have some overlap but each has something the other doesn't.
https://www.logos.com/product/259818/new-testament-use-of-the-old-testament-collection
So, is the commentary enough or to get a good coverage of the topic, should I spring for one of the collections? If so, which?
Thanks
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This one as all 4 volumes supplement one another: https://www.logos.com/product/186236/g-k-beale-new-testament-use-of-the-old-testament-collection?queryId=17f6c13d2e71b43e5b71e372b8462cec
DAL
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I own all of those resources, and they are all good, but the New Testament Use of the Old Testament collection is what it sounds like you want.. The commentary gives specific connections on each relevant text, the handbook is like a textbook for a class on the NT use of the OT, and the dictionary is just like a regular Bible dictionary that pays special attention to these issues. The key resource in the other collection, his biblical theology, is good but is going to be less useful for studying the use of the OT in the NT in particular.
Using Logos as a pastor, seminary professor, and Tyndale author
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For specific reference, use the reference-based ones.
But to truly understand the depth of Dr. Beale's work there is nothing better than "A New Testament Biblical Theology." This tome is nothing short of a systematic exegesis of numerous Old Testament texts in light of the New. It is truly a breathtaking journey through Biblical Theology. Having worked through it this year I cannot recommend it highly enough. For me it transformed my appreciation of not only how deeply Old Testament theology is embedded in the New, but reciprocally how deeply and how broadly the Old contains the seeds of the New.
Long in the tooth ... short in the memory ... still carried by the grace of God through Jesus Christ, sealed by the Spirit.
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John Barnett said:
For specific reference, use the reference-based ones.
But to truly understand the depth of Dr. Beale's work there is nothing better than "A New Testament Biblical Theology." This tome is nothing short of a systematic exegesis of numerous Old Testament texts in light of the New. It is truly a breathtaking journey through Biblical Theology. Having worked through it this year I cannot recommend it highly enough. For me it transformed my appreciation of not only how deeply Old Testament theology is embedded in the New, but reciprocally how deeply and how broadly the Old contains the seeds of the New.
I’m glad you posted this! I’m working through it myself with the audiobook version of it. When I need to highlight something I just open my Logos copy and do so. So far the introduction has been great! Not an easy read or listen because I actually have to be focused to grasp the content.
DAL
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Thank you for this very helpful note! This book was already second in line for my main bookmark - so in less than one and a half books I will start this, which seemed the one to pick out of his four (and I have the collection in Logos). Now I'm looking forward to reading it even more than I already had been.
I have read Dr. Beale's We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry, and as much as I found it truly valuable at the time I read it, now that I have continued in my Old Testament reading after finishing that work, I am discovering that I see and understand references in the OT to Idolatry much more deeply than I had before. I recommend WBWWW to anybody interested in biblical theology.
I'm looking forward to the same level of edification from A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New.
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That helps. Thanks!
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