Opinions on Eedrdmans Companion and Right Doctrine from the Wrong Text?

Ben
Ben Member Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

Both of these are on March Madness. 

Eerdmans seems to be basically a one-volume commentary, although one that might have very useful maps, charts, etc. I have several other one-volumes (as well as WBC), so I'm mostly interested in the visuals. 

Opinions?

Also, is the Beale edited volume The Right Doctrine from the Wrong Text? useful for non-Protestants? Or it it largely an internal Evangelical discussion? 

Opinions?


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  • Rayner
    Rayner Member Posts: 591 ✭✭

    Ben said:

    Both of these are on March Madness. 

    Eerdmans seems to be basically a one-volume commentary, although one that might have very useful maps, charts, etc. I have several other one-volumes (as well as WBC), so I'm mostly interested in the visuals. 

    Opinions?


    Ben, it turns out that I have this companion (one of those "who knew?") volumes... I've had a look and I once consulted it to find out who the Herodians in Mark's gospel were.  It actually looks like a useful one volume "intro" to the Bible, but doesn't go into huge depth.  In case it's useful, I have copied out the maps index:

    Maps


    The World of the Patriarchs

    Physical Features of Palestine

    Archaeological Sites

    The Route of the Exodus

    Settlement and Tribal Territories

    The Empire of David and Solomon

    Jerusalem at the Time of David and Solomon

    The Divided Monarchy—Israel and Judah

    Judah after the Fall of Israel

    Empires of the 6th Century B.C.

    Israel under Persia (Postexilic)

    Israel under the Maccabees

    The Roman World in the 1st Century A.D.

    Palestine in New Testament Times

    Galilee at the Time of Jesus

    Paul’s Journeys according to Acts

    Prominent Roads and Ship Routes of the Eastern Roman Empire

    The Two Galatias

    The Churches of 1 Peter and Revelation

    It has some other nice photos of architectural features and manuscripts, but I'd say it's aimed at beginners.

    Ben said:


    Also, is the Beale edited volume The Right Doctrine from the Wrong Text? useful for non-Protestants? Or it it largely an internal Evangelical discussion? 

    Opinions?

    The first Amazon review seems honest and interesting, and suggests that the volume contains more essays from the minority point of view, which are arguments that the New Testament writers used Old Testament texts contextually.  

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Right-Doctrine-From-Wrong-Texts/dp/0801010888

    I don't have this one, but even at its current price, I'm not entirely convinced I'd opt in.  Am open to be persuaded by others who have the volume.

  • Dan Francis
    Dan Francis Member Posts: 5,336 ✭✭✭

    I scanned through Genesis and there seems to be 7 photos all b/w I can say I think this is a good resource. Obviously if pictures are your main concern others may be better.

    -Dan

  • David Paul
    David Paul Member Posts: 6,121 ✭✭✭

    I just picked up the Beale volume. Since he is partially concerned with the "Old" Testament, the discount %age he's at this year is probably the best we'll ever see. Tanakh scholars consistently get short shrift in this maddening hoopla.

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  • Ben
    Ben Member Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭

    "Tanakh scholars consistently get short shrift in this maddening hoopla."

    Agreed, although I see it as playing to the base. (Heck, I'm sure there's enough support that a Logos-like company could survive just selling stuff on Romans.)

    "The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected."- G.K. Chesterton