Good afternoon, and welcome to the world of Christian Academics at CBD.
I have been trying to think of way to make posts on this blog a little more consistent. It dawned on me that I have used the blog only for “big” posts such as interviews, book reviews, etc. But there is so much more going on here at CBD! With this in mind, I want to start a weekly post that presents in short-form accumulated news items related to Academic titles.
Here is my first installment:
Old Cover Design
1. Crossway introduces new covers
Commentary readers will be familiar with Crossway’s “Preaching the Word” commentary series.
This series, developed as an expository commentary (meaning that it is a commentary developed from/structured along similar lines as sermons), is quite popular with ministers and lay readers alike and is a very useful educational tool. Last fall Crossway decided to change the cover design from its traditional grey with associated colors and artwork to a basic but elegant design emphasizing simplicity. The color scheme appears to be consistent with a white background, black letters, and gold lines and traced artwork at the center.
New Cover Design
The commentaries will remain in hardback, and eBook additions are appearing as they become available. The first volume available with the new design is Revelation: The Spirit Speaks to the Churches authored by
James Hamilton, Jr.
Additionally, if you prefer eBooks please take note of the remarkable savings Crossway offers on books purchased in electronic format instead of print. This, of course, is always welcome on items such as commentaries. See: “Preaching the Word” commentaries in eBook format.
2. Eerdmans Replaces F.F. Bruce’s classic The Epistle to the Hebrews.
The Epistle to the Hebrews (NICNT) by F.F. Bruce
Also in commentaries, Eerdmans has announced that F.F. Bruce’s revised edition of The Epistle to the Hebrews [NICNT] will be going out of print, though it will likely appear as a stand alone volume at some point. A new NICNT volume on Hebrews will arrive this spring (April-May) with the same title The Epistle to the Hebrews [NICNT]. Gareth Lee Cockerill is the author and writes from a Wesleyan-Methodist perspective.
If you have been meaning to pick up Bruce’s volume, there is still time and CBD is currently offering it with a hefty discount. Lovers of this series, and there are many, will also like to know that the new volume will continue recent trends in the series such as theological emphasis and longer volumes (Cockerill’s is 768 pages) focus on the text and its interpretation rather than being “a commentary on commentaries”. Lastly, this will be the first volume produced under the editorial leadership of Joel B. Green.
In related news, Eerdmans released F.F. Bruce: A Life just last week which provides a very illuminating look at Bruce and the life of a dedicated scholar. The author is Tim Grass.
3. N.T. Wright completes the “New Testament for Everyone” series
The "For Everyone" series by N.T. Wright
If you have read N.T. Wright you know just how lucid his prose are, and how compelling his writing is. The “New Testament for Everyone” series has been a project in works for almost a decade. The first volume Matthew 1-15 appeared in January 2004, and in December of 2011 the final two volumes Revelation and Early Christian Letters (general epistles minus Hebrews) appeared. The set is now complete, and selling quite swiftly. CBD also has an excellent deal going with this set also.
4. Alvin Plantinga relocates the Religion-Science debate
The recent passing of popular author and widely known atheist Christopher Hitchens and thrust the “New Atheism” into the limelight once again. That movement, to say
Where the Conflict Really Lies by Alvin Plantinga
the least, has not met with wide acceptance or welcome among elite intellectuals. Alvin Plantinga’s new book Where the Conflict really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism (Oxford: 2011) argues that far less resonance exists between science and Naturalism than it does between science, theism, and Christianity where, Plantinga argues, there is a a great deal of congruity. As such, Plantinga is rejecting the assumed logical deduction that science implies Naturalistic worldviews. Plantings then demonstrates what he sees as the undeniable but often overlooked logical links between scientific enquiry and belief in God.
Tags: Alvin Plantinga, Eerdmans, F.F. Bruce: A Life, For Everyone, N.T. Wright, New International Commentary on the New Testament, Where the Conflict Really Lies
Friday Update 01/20/2012
Jan 20th, 2012 by Matthew Miller
Good afternoon, and welcome to the world of Christian Academics at CBD.
I have been trying to think of way to make posts on this blog a little more consistent. It dawned on me that I have used the blog only for “big” posts such as interviews, book reviews, etc. But there is so much more going on here at CBD! With this in mind, I want to start a weekly post that presents in short-form accumulated news items related to Academic titles.
Here is my first installment:
Old Cover Design
1. Crossway introduces new covers
Commentary readers will be familiar with Crossway’s “Preaching the Word” commentary series.
This series, developed as an expository commentary (meaning that it is a commentary developed from/structured along similar lines as sermons), is quite popular with ministers and lay readers alike and is a very useful educational tool. Last fall Crossway decided to change the cover design from its traditional grey with associated colors and artwork to a basic but elegant design emphasizing simplicity. The color scheme appears to be consistent with a white background, black letters, and gold lines and traced artwork at the center.
New Cover Design
The commentaries will remain in hardback, and eBook additions are appearing as they become available. The first volume available with the new design is Revelation: The Spirit Speaks to the Churches authored by
James Hamilton, Jr.
Additionally, if you prefer eBooks please take note of the remarkable savings Crossway offers on books purchased in electronic format instead of print. This, of course, is always welcome on items such as commentaries. See: “Preaching the Word” commentaries in eBook format.
2. Eerdmans Replaces F.F. Bruce’s classic The Epistle to the Hebrews.
The Epistle to the Hebrews (NICNT) by F.F. Bruce
Also in commentaries, Eerdmans has announced that F.F. Bruce’s revised edition of The Epistle to the Hebrews [NICNT] will be going out of print, though it will likely appear as a stand alone volume at some point. A new NICNT volume on Hebrews will arrive this spring (April-May) with the same title The Epistle to the Hebrews [NICNT]. Gareth Lee Cockerill is the author and writes from a Wesleyan-Methodist perspective.
If you have been meaning to pick up Bruce’s volume, there is still time and CBD is currently offering it with a hefty discount. Lovers of this series, and there are many, will also like to know that the new volume will continue recent trends in the series such as theological emphasis and longer volumes (Cockerill’s is 768 pages) focus on the text and its interpretation rather than being “a commentary on commentaries”. Lastly, this will be the first volume produced under the editorial leadership of Joel B. Green.
In related news, Eerdmans released F.F. Bruce: A Life just last week which provides a very illuminating look at Bruce and the life of a dedicated scholar. The author is Tim Grass.
3. N.T. Wright completes the “New Testament for Everyone” series
The "For Everyone" series by N.T. Wright
If you have read N.T. Wright you know just how lucid his prose are, and how compelling his writing is. The “New Testament for Everyone” series has been a project in works for almost a decade. The first volume Matthew 1-15 appeared in January 2004, and in December of 2011 the final two volumes Revelation and Early Christian Letters (general epistles minus Hebrews) appeared. The set is now complete, and selling quite swiftly. CBD also has an excellent deal going with this set also.
4. Alvin Plantinga relocates the Religion-Science debate
The recent passing of popular author and widely known atheist Christopher Hitchens and thrust the “New Atheism” into the limelight once again. That movement, to say
Where the Conflict Really Lies by Alvin Plantinga
the least, has not met with wide acceptance or welcome among elite intellectuals. Alvin Plantinga’s new book Where the Conflict really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism (Oxford: 2011) argues that far less resonance exists between science and Naturalism than it does between science, theism, and Christianity where, Plantinga argues, there is a a great deal of congruity. As such, Plantinga is rejecting the assumed logical deduction that science implies Naturalistic worldviews. Plantings then demonstrates what he sees as the undeniable but often overlooked logical links between scientific enquiry and belief in God.
Tags: Alvin Plantinga, Eerdmans, F.F. Bruce: A Life, For Everyone, N.T. Wright, New International Commentary on the New Testament, Where the Conflict Really Lies
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