New Testament commentary survey / D.A. Carson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carson, D. A. (Donald Arthur), 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Commentaries--History and criticism.

Bible.

Bible. New Testament--Commentaries--Bibliography.

Bible. New Testament.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

144 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic ; Leicester, England : Inter-Varsity Press, [2001]

Summary:

All serious students of the Bible seek to know which resources are most valuable to add to their growing libraries. With an abundance of available tools, this is difficult to ascertain, and students often turn to trusted professors for advice. This book provides such advice from one of the most highly respected evangelical New Testament scholars. Eight years have passed since the fourth edition was released of D. A. Carson\u2019s New Testament Commentary. Since that time, countless commentaries, introductions, and theologies have been published. This much-anticipated fifth edition offers students and pastors an updated look into the resources of the New Testament.Theology students and seminarians will eagerly welcome this invaluable tool into their biblical studies libraries. In this succinct yet thorough survey, Carson examines sets, one-volume commentaries, treatments of individual books, and New Testament introductions and theologies, noting intended audience, levels of difficulty, and theological perspective. He records the publisher, price, and current publication status, identifies those texts he considers overpriced, and advises readers when to delay purchase for forthcoming works. The book concludes with a useful "Best Buys" section where Carson indicates the most valuable works for each individual New Testament book.EXCERPTTheologically I am an evangelical, but many of the positive assessments offered in these notes are in connection with books written from the vantage of some other theological tradition: the usefulness of a commentary sometimes turns on something other than the theological stance of its author-assuming, of course, commentaries are read critically, as theyshould be, whatever one\u2019s theological heritage. Conversely, just because a commentary stands within the evangelical tradition does not necessarily mean it is a good book.It may be thoroughly orthodox, but be poorly written, or uninformed, or quick to import from other biblical passages meanings that cannot rightly be found in the texts on which comment is being offered. In other words, this Survey is a guide to commentaries, not orthodoxy.

Contents:

1.1 The need for several types of commentary 15

1.2 Individual commentaries or series? 17

1.2.2 Series worth noting but not pursuing 18

1.2.3 More-substantial series 20

1.2.4 One-volume multiauthor commentaries 26

1.3 Older commentaries 28

1.4 One-author sets 29

2. Supplements to the Commentaries 33

2.1 New Testament introductions 33

2.2 New Testament theologies 37

3. Individual Commentaries 41

3.1 Synoptics 41

3.2 Matthew 42

3.3 Mark 49

3.4 Luke 53

3.5 John 59

3.6 Acts 68

3.7 Romans 72

3.8 1 Corinthians 79

3.9 2 Corinthians 84

3.10 Galatians 87

3.11 Ephesians 93

3.12 Philippians 97

3.13 Colossians/Philemon 100

3.14 Thessalonians 104

3.15 Pastorals 107

3.16 Hebrews 110

3.17 James 115

3.18 1 Peter 118

3.19 2 Peter and Jude 121

3.20 Johannine Epistles 123

3.21 Revelation 127

4. Some "Best Buys" 133.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0801022878

OCLC:

47270290