John Ramos
- Good for beginners. I own the 1st and 2nd edition and was not too impressed with the contents especially for the price. The IVPOT by Walton and Chavalas set the bar high on cultural context and background info (I thought would carry over to the NT edition) but the IVPNT (both editions) seem, to me, to fall far short of this bar. A better resource for 1st Century culture and context, in my opinion, is The New Testament in Antiquity by Burge, Cohick, Green. This resource was released later than IVPNT, but it has much better content for understanding 1st century culture in and around the NT. The commentary section is okay but, again, could have been more robust in my opinion. I like Keener's work but I had higher expectations I guess.
- thank you for your reference/suggestion to get "The New Testament in Antiquity", I bought this book because of your suggestion in the review of the IVP New Testament Bible Background Commentary!
- Do you believe The New Testament in Antiquity by Burge is the best in this kind of commentary? What is your suggestion on OT? Thanks đ
- As for OT I HIGHLY recommend Walton, Matthews, Chavalas IVPOT background commentary. I love their cultural breakdown and their footnotes are in abundance. Also, for summary review from the ANE lens, Walton and Hillâs A Survey of the OT is a good one too. as for Burge, Cohick and Greenâs book, I find this resource super valuable as they address the culture in a more applicable way to relay the Keenerâs book although Keeners book is not meant to come across as Burgeâs. I would have them both and compliment one another with them.
