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I picked up Carson & Moo's An Introduction To The New Testament. I think it was from the list of Moo's materials. Now it looks like it is available at a deeper discount under Carson. Is this the same volume?
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Michael Kinch said:
Is this the same volume?
Yes. Also, Logos made an error and are willing to refund you the difference if you already purchased it earlier in the sale.
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alabama24 said:Michael Kinch said:
Is this the same volume?
Yes. Also, Logos made an error and are willing to refund you the difference if you already purchased it earlier in the sale.
Or we just jumped the gun by not waiting until the end.
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I'm wondering whether to buy Carson and Moo's NT intro.
Is it worth getting in addition to a good commentary on a NT book, or does it have material in that a commentary won't have?
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Welcome, Fergus, to the Logos forums!
Fergus Yuille said:I'm wondering whether to buy Carson and Moo's NT intro.
Is it worth getting in addition to a good commentary on a NT book, or does it have material in that a commentary won't have?
Since it is an introduction to the NT, it covers the introductional material that typically are contained in a commentary's first chapters (author, circumstances of writing, structure) plus an extensive - but uncommented - bibliography for all books of the NT. They discuss recent discussions about the books which you often find buried in commentaries at various locations. You may say, that if you have a complete set of NT commentaries from a conservative point of view (e.g. TNTC), all this material has been covered somewhere at the respective places.
Carson/Moo do this in a more unified manner than the multiple authors of a commentary set can do. They write very readable & accessible. I have the paper version and it was a delight reading this (I really do this for personal fun - many others have been assigned this as a textbook for seminary).
So I'd recommend it to you. I personally am still undecided whether having it in Logos in addition to a very high-quality paper book is worth the additional bucks...
Hope this helps,
Mick
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Fergus Yuille said:
I'm wondering whether to buy Carson and Moo's NT intro.
Is it worth getting in addition to a good commentary on a NT book, or does it have material in that a commentary won't have?
The normal commentary goes through a book of the Bible verse by verse. The best have introductions to each book about issues like authorship, date, purpose, major themes, etc. This book has extensive introductions without the verse by verse interpretations. In many ways this is a better option than a verse by verse commentary, because you get the big picture. Even if you have one good commentary that deals with these issues, this is a good second opinion. You also get this for the whole NT, instead of just one book. Definitely worth the sale price.
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