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I saw it at *cough Lifeway *cough. Does anybody have this?
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Originally posted by fredtgreco
Just me, but I think technical commentaries are just about useless for the non-preacher. For the preacher they are one tool of many, and used in conjunction with other, better tools. My advice - don't mess with it, stick with Calvin, Henry or some other solid commentary.
Originally posted by SolaScriptura
Originally posted by fredtgreco
Just me, but I think technical commentaries are just about useless for the non-preacher. For the preacher they are one tool of many, and used in conjunction with other, better tools. My advice - don't mess with it, stick with Calvin, Henry or some other solid commentary.
I do agree that technical commentaries are just about useless for the non-preacher... I'd actually go further and say that a technical commentary is best suited for students writing academic papers. But I'd say that a semi-technical commentary - Like Fee - is good because it has a very pastoral tone and at the same time he deals with the technical issues in such a way as to make them at least understandable by non-specialists. I do agree that commentaries are one type of tool among many.... but Calvin and Henry are in the class of commentaries, not in the class of "other, better tools."Concerning the use of Calvin and Henry, I echo the opinion of Carson: "Both Calvin and Henry are still worth reading. The latter (Henry) makes shrewd, practical comments; the former (Calvin) is a more reliable interpreter of Scripture. Both should be used only in conjunction with modern commentators." (NT Commentary Survey, 5th ed. p.29)
[Edited on 3-26-2005 by SolaScriptura]
Originally posted by fredtgreco
Ben I disagree to a large extent with Carson. Most modern commentaries are a blight. For example, the Word series, which has some of the best technical and "up to date" scholarship, is filled with rubbish about JDEP, Moses did not write this, a later interpreter inserted that, this verse is just wrong, etc.
I am experiencing this first hand as I go through both Exodus (Durham) and 1 Peter (Michaels). I have about every commentary that is physically available for 1 Peter - thanks RTS library. I mean it. I have like 15 on my shelf right now. Time and again, the "modern" "exegetical" commentaries are of little to no use. 95% of their grammatical/exegetical points I can garner myself from the text, without the godless rubbish. Calvin and Henry (and Poole, and John Brown, and Nisbet, and Leighton) on the other hand, both feed my soul and give me material for preaching. I don't think I would ever use anything from a Word commentary in the pulpit, and I don't believe my people would miss anything.
Originally posted by Draught Horse
Word has degenerated that much? I didn't know they bowed to JDEP. I have Bruce on Thessalonians and that is about all that I have. I know Dunn did Romans so I am not going to get it. My school is gushy over the Anchor Bible (define godless right there, although Fitzmyer on Romans is good to get to see how far Rome will let their scholars roam).
Fred,
I know many people urge against buying sets because they hit or miss. I have Calvin's set due to the love and generosity of someone dear. What is a good set, price and theology wise?
Originally posted by puritansailor
I believe Fee also argues in his First Corinthian commentary on chapter 11 that men and women are equal in their roles in the church. We discussed this in class the other day. That was enough for me to reject it.
[Edited on 3-26-2005 by puritansailor]
Originally posted by puritansailor
I didn't say I wouldn't study it. I just wouldn't buy it
Originally posted by SolaScriptura
Originally posted by Draught Horse
Word has degenerated that much? I didn't know they bowed to JDEP. I have Bruce on Thessalonians and that is about all that I have. I know Dunn did Romans so I am not going to get it. My school is gushy over the Anchor Bible (define godless right there, although Fitzmyer on Romans is good to get to see how far Rome will let their scholars roam).
Fred,
I know many people urge against buying sets because they hit or miss. I have Calvin's set due to the love and generosity of someone dear. What is a good set, price and theology wise?
I know that you directed your question at Fred, but I can´t help myself"¦
Though you've anticipated my response in your own posting...
I'm among those who advise against purchasing any set wholesale. Each of the sets "“ even the thoroughly conservative ones "“ have volumes that are "œgood" and some that are "œbad."
I recommend picking and choosing the best commentaries from the various sets"¦
That said, the NAC series has produced some surprisingly strong commentaries and the series is thoroughly conservative. Also, the NICNT, NIGTC (warning: if you aren't proficient in Greek, disregard this series), BECNT (you simply must get Schreiner's Romans commentary!) and Pillar series are all good in terms of being conservative/evangelical. However... again, not all the commentaries are of equal quality.
Fred, I feel your pain about Exodus commentaries"¦ the relative lack of evangelical scholarship in the OT is saddening. Although it is in the NIVAC series, I really like Enns´ commentary"¦ and he doesn´t have Durham´s attitude towards the historicity of Exodus.
Originally posted by fredtgreco
2. Derek Thomas' The Essential Commentaries for A Preacher's Library. Enough said.
Originally posted by Draught Horse
Originally posted by fredtgreco
2. Derek Thomas' The Essential Commentaries for A Preacher's Library. Enough said.
Where can I get this?