Will someone with experience with both of these say a few words about the usefulness of these two series. Is one better than the other better in terms of scholarship? Any comments will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your comments.
Hi Brian,
I don't have any experience with the IVP books but I absolutely love the Zondervan Counterpoints. I have the entire Logos set and I've found them to be invaluable in helping me understand different perspectives.
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When you actually think about it Zondervan has the better scholarship and has more volumes at a better price; which is actually great for Z products 👍 Besides, more topics and more extensive treatments are given to some volumes in the counterpoint series.
DAL
I know of at least two in the Spectrum series, one being the classic on end-time views and one on the Lord's supper. Both were well done. The Lord's supper one even included the Catholic view, which I thought was good. My guess is, with both series, each volume will need to be judged on its own. I would like to eventually own both, because often one work will fill in blanks that the other does not offer or explain well. IVP is a good publisher/series.
Thanks for the comments. I suspect Friedrich is correct in that like commentary sets, I will find that some topics are covered better in one series as opposed to the other.
I too have a couple of the Counterpoint books and have found them to be very helpful. I appreciate the comment about the scholarship of Zondervan, DAL. That is helpful for me.
Thanks again!
I appreciate the comment about the scholarship of Zondervan, DAL.
that actually surprised me. i'd like more input on what DAL thinks on that.
I wouldn't bother with either. The Catechism of the Catholic Church is sufficient enough. It's not our job to decide which doctrines are true.
Say what? your kidding right?
I wouldn't bother with either. The Catechism of the Catholic Church is sufficient enough. It's not our job to decide which doctrines are true. Say what? your kidding right?
Wait a minute! Is today April's Fools Day? I thought it was on the first not on the twelfth LOL
Yeah, he's gotta be kidding! 😂😁
Alright, I'll be good now. Let me try to get my laptop to reply to the other comment on Zondervan scholarship that is featured on the counterpoint series.
DAL, Did you come up with anything on this?
Wow, I can't believe I forgot about this thread. 😱
Well, my perspective has changed since my last post. I own a few volumes of the IVP Spectrum series in Accordance. They had a sale not long ago. I also own the entire counterpoints series (except the ones on prepub).
My opinion is: If you can own both sets you'll have great scholarship from both sides. Zondervan is cheaper and has more topics than IVP, but they both are useful on their own or to supplement each other.
I would also recommend the Perspective Series by Broadman and Holman.
If I had to choose one I'd go with Zondervan, since it covers more for my money.
Sorry for my super delayed response ☺️😬 👍😁👌
