Question about Revelation (BECNT) by Schreiner - Greek text tagging

John Crupper · 2025-02-26T20:16:13+00:00

There was an error rendering this rich post.

I just started reading Schreiner's commentary on Revelation today. I've noticed that the Greek text and transliterations are not tagged with pop-up definitions (compare to Osborne in the BECNT and multiple other commentaries in different series).

Has Logos cut back on the tagging or is this an aberration?

Find more posts tagged with

Bug

Accepted answers

All comments

John

I don’t know the answer to your question, but wondered if you knew the same author wrote the commentary for Revelation in ESVEC?

I have been wondering which of these is preferable, and what the differences might be.

The author does have some interviews online (YouTube) where he discusses some items of interest.

https://www.logos.com/product/175272/hebrews-revelation

John Crupper

Hi, John,

Here are some thoughts on your question.

The BECNT was published in 2023; the ESVEC in 2018. I have both and in the ESVEC Schreiner opts for giving the nod to the amillennial view. In the BECNT he opts for the new-creation millennial view. This is a change in his viewpoint and the reason I picked up the BECNT. I'm also reading "After the Thousand Years" by J. Webb Mealy to get a better understanding of this view (which is new to me).
Here's a comment from John Evans in his "A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works" about this: Over the decades Schreiner has “advocated both premillennialism and amillennialism” but found problems with each. He now defends “new-creation millennialism” as a persuasive via media “that retains the best features of amillennialism and the best features of premillennialism” (677; cf. Mealy below). [John Evans, A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works, 11th Edition (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2025).]
The BECNT is going to allocate many more pages to the discussion of Revelation than ESVEC (896 vs 227. Also the BECNT is going to go into much greater depth in the original language.

Hope this is helpful.

John Crupper

@Jason Stone (Logos)

See above for my question.

Jason Stone (Logos)

We're taking a look, @John Crupper.

Joe McCune (Faithlife)

@John Crupper We are looking at ways to address this, but we are still in process. I'm sorry I can't share something more specific.

John Crupper

@Jason Stone (Logos)

I just noticed the same situation in two Word Biblical Commentaries on Colossians, the original (Peter O'Brien) and the update (Clinton Arnold). Still wondering if this is a change in Logos tagging policy. Thx.