Two Horizons Commentary Series on Pre-Pub

Friedrich

Does anybody have insight into this series, or individual volumes, maybe at least the authors (I know of Joel Green):

Two Horizons Commentary

Thanks!

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Mark Barnes

I placed an order for it yesterday on the strength of some of the authors (the OT writers are British if you're wondering why you haven't heard of them), and because I do get frustrated sometimes at the lack of theology in some of the commentaries I read.

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Gordon McConville has written (among other things) several books on Deuteronomy including the excellent Apollos Old Testament Commentary (reviews on Amazon).
Geoffrey Grogan has written a few commentaries for Focus on the Bible (currently on PrePub), and also the EBC commentary on Isaiah, which is one of the best in that series. He was one of the people who got the New Dictionary of Biblical Theology off the ground.
James McKeown's commentary has had excellent reviews on Amazon's UK site. You can read it on Google Books. I'd recommend looking at the contents page , which will give you a good insight to how the book is structured and how it is different from other commentaries.
Marianne
Meye Thompson has written the IVPNTC commentary on 1-3 John, which whilst not up to John Stott's standards, is pretty good.

Mark Barnes

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/170364#Comment_170364

Forgot to add that the first few paragraphs in this article in BibSac 159 might help, as might this one. There's also a review of Thompson's commentary, and Reese on 2 Peter/Jude, and Green on 1 Peter, all in JETS.

J.R. Miller

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/170372#Comment_170372

Forgot to add that the first few paragraphs in this article in BibSac 159 might help, as might this one. There's also a review of Thompson's commentary, and Reese on 2 Peter/Jude, and Green on 1 Peter, all in JETS.

IMagine that, using Logos to research new purchases on Logos... what a great age we live in! Thanks for the resource links. They were very informative.

Friedrich

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/170372#Comment_170372

Hey Mark,

Thank you! I need to brush up on British and Other English Speaking authors. [;)] In all honesty, I often find I like them best of all (Christopher J H Wright, Graeme Goldsworthy, NT Wright, etc).

I didn't know zip about this series, either--wondered if it was rebranded for American consumption. Thanks for your input. Will look at some of those reviews, but will probably pre-order this.

Friedrich

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/170374#Comment_170374

IMagine that, using Logos to research new purchases on Logos... what a great age we live in!

that is . . . if you own those. I don't . . . [:'(] Not for lack of wanting!

Mark Barnes

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/170376#Comment_170376

I don't

I won't post the whole article in case it breaches copyright, but here's the concluding paragraphs.

Thompson is to be applauded for her expositional and theological presentation. She covers in a direct and succinct manner background, exegetical, and theological issues that typically arise when studying Colossians and Philemon, while at the same time stirring up a fresh cauldron of spell-binding theological thoughts for today’s readers. The well-written and easy-to-read presentation will be attractive for a broad audience. Unfortunately, Thompson fails to interact with William J. Webb’s work on Slaves, Women & Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis (Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2001). After her discussion of the hermeneutical approaches in the nineteenth century, a brief comment on Webb’s work and a signaling of where she agreed (or disagreed) would have been helpful. Nevertheless, this commentary is an excellent work and well suited for students, pastors, and other Christian leaders.
(Reese) This commentary is indeed a theological reading of the text. Sometimes this reading is informed by exegetical argument, sometimes not. While intertextuality with Second Temple literature is cited, one does not get the sense that these books, and especially 2 Peter, are interacting with that culture—for instance, the possibility that 2 Peter is interacting with Epicureanism (as in Jerome Neyrey’s commentary) is not discussed. If one wants a very readable, American evangelical interpretation of Jude and 2 Peter that has significant interaction with theological literature, this is the book to use, although one must read both the theological and the exegetical sections to get the full interaction with the text. If one wants a sociologically informed, historically sensitive commentary on 2 Peter and Jude, one would do better to look elsewhere.
(Green) The project of theological interpretation and its commentaries that attempt fresh readings are welcome, even as they seek to clarify methodology and perspective. We need further orientation to the history and prospects for the enterprise (see, for example, D. J. Treier, Theological Interpretation of Scripture: Re-Introducing a Christian Practice [Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2008]) as well as models to follow, so that the church may hear afresh the message of God and know God through Scripture. Green’s commentary on 1 Peter keeps the biblical text central, while pointing to the wider discussions raised by Peter’s theology herein. Peter is the “Rock,” and, as such, his theology is foundational for the development of the whole of Christian theology.

If you read through the reviews, there's a significant reserve (perhaps even scepticism) of the validity of a theological commentary, which in my view both partly explains the somewhat neutral reviews, and the need for such a commentary!

Friedrich

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/170391#Comment_170391

Thanks again, Mark. Actually, your excerpts also brought up another book that looks interesting (Webb's "Slaves, Women, & Homosexuals"). I will place a pre-pub order for these.

Brian P.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/170392#Comment_170392

Greetings Gentlemen;

I have struggled for a long time with the common translations of the bible in regard to homosexuality. One of the primary reasons for purchasing Logos was to do my own personal study of the scriptures in regard to the topic. I have just started this endevor, so any help, or sugestions you may have would be appreciated.

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/269795#Comment_269795

In the reading list Web Resources you will find a site with links to a number of denominational statements on the topic: