bookslover
Puritan Board Doctor
Well, not him, personally. His book, rather.
And a fine-looking volume it is, too.
Some points:
1. Bavinck's original title and his original subtitle have both been restored: The Wonderful Works of God: Instruction in the Christian Religion According to the Reformed Confession
2. The work has not been freshly translated, but Henry Zylstra's 1956 translation has been completely re-set in new type. Oddly, though, his name does not appear on the title page (as it most definitely should) but is buried on the copyright page. Equally oddly, the name of the person who produced the two very full indexes (subject and Scripture) does appear on the title page. First time I've seen that.
3. Bavinck's original "Foreward," left out of the 1956 publication but now freshly translated, is now included. He describes his book as "a simple explanation of the Christian faith in a book of modest scope" (p. xxxi).
3.Way in the back (pages 657-658), there is an "Acknowledgements" statement that says, in the second paragraph, that the book is "Bavinck's own abridgement of his Reformed Dogmatics." This is an unfortunate word choice, in that the book is not a one-volume abridgement of RD. Rather, it is Bavinck's summary of his understanding of Reformed theology, as written for non-academics. "Summary" would have been a much more appropriate word.
But, all this whining aside, I'm grateful that the book is back in print as a very handsome hardback volume.
If you ain't got it, get it!
And a fine-looking volume it is, too.
Some points:
1. Bavinck's original title and his original subtitle have both been restored: The Wonderful Works of God: Instruction in the Christian Religion According to the Reformed Confession
2. The work has not been freshly translated, but Henry Zylstra's 1956 translation has been completely re-set in new type. Oddly, though, his name does not appear on the title page (as it most definitely should) but is buried on the copyright page. Equally oddly, the name of the person who produced the two very full indexes (subject and Scripture) does appear on the title page. First time I've seen that.
3. Bavinck's original "Foreward," left out of the 1956 publication but now freshly translated, is now included. He describes his book as "a simple explanation of the Christian faith in a book of modest scope" (p. xxxi).
3.Way in the back (pages 657-658), there is an "Acknowledgements" statement that says, in the second paragraph, that the book is "Bavinck's own abridgement of his Reformed Dogmatics." This is an unfortunate word choice, in that the book is not a one-volume abridgement of RD. Rather, it is Bavinck's summary of his understanding of Reformed theology, as written for non-academics. "Summary" would have been a much more appropriate word.
But, all this whining aside, I'm grateful that the book is back in print as a very handsome hardback volume.
If you ain't got it, get it!
I always go with a natural rather than white text paper. 
