R. Mansfield Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Since Oak Tree has a number of Eerdmans titles, I'd like to request Old Testament Survey by Lasor, Hubbard & Bush. I'll be using this book in a class I'm teaching in 2012. it would be wonderful to recommend an Accordance version over the print edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Bennett Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Why not use, A Survey of the OT by Hill and Walton (Zondervan 2009)? That's in the pipeline along with its NT counterpart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Mansfield Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Why not use, A Survey of the OT by Hill and Walton (Zondervan 2009)? That's in the pipeline along with its NT counterpart. Although I had some choice in the matter, this is my first time teaching the course for this particular school, and Lasor, Hubbard and Bush was the "recommended" text to use by the dean. I don't want to go through the channels to get something else approved right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Bennett Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Ok, fair enough. It's not that we can't get this title, just not sure if it is the best move given we're already committed to identical titles; and they look like solid resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Jenney Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I actually recommended we acquire a number of OT and NT surveys recently. Lasor wasn't on the list though, as it hadn't hit my radar as being particularly popular. Anyone have a sense of just how popular it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Mansfield Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 I actually recommended we acquire a number of OT and NT surveys recently. Lasor wasn't on the list though, as it hadn't hit my radar as being particularly popular. Anyone have a sense of just how popular it is? It's considered one of the standard surveys out there. It was released in a second edition in the late nineties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Hosch Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 In my early teaching in seminary in which an OT Intro course was offered I used Lasor et al. I found it to be a refreshing change from other OT Intros because of its more insight and depth in treating the Biblical text. I notice that my print edition is 1982, and am assuming there have been revisions since then. Since I have long retired I do not know anything of its popularity today. But for the quality of the treatment of the Tanak I would recommend it as a fine introduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Mansfield Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) I actually recommended we acquire a number of OT and NT surveys recently. Lasor wasn't on the list though, as it hadn't hit my radar as being particularly popular. Anyone have a sense of just how popular it is? By the way, one informal way to evaluate popularity of a book is to look at its sales ranking on Amazon. Tim, you could take the list you presented and compare Lasor, Hubbard & Bush with the other OT surveys in regard to their ranking. I'd probably recommend using the ranking of the physical book as opposed to the Kindle edition for a better feel of what's being used in classrooms. By way of comparison, the Walton & Hill survey that Rick B. mentioned above ranks #28,867; another standard, Longman and Dillard, ranks #30,735; and Lasor, Hubbard & Bush ranks #35,107. Not a huge spread, I would think. Edited December 14, 2011 by R. Mansfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Terry Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Lasor, Hubbard & Bush is usually on a short list of recommended OT surveys. Although, the others listed are quite good, too. A website I like to use in checking out OT commentaries is: http://biblical-studies.ca/ot-commentaries.html The same website also has a good listing of other OT resources: http://biblical-studies.ca/ot/ot_guide.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Jenney Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 By way of comparison, the Walton & Hill survey that Rick B. mentioned above ranks #28,867; another standard, Longman and Dillard, ranks #30,735; and Lasor, Hubbard & Bush ranks #35,107. Not a huge spread, I would think. I had actually recommended both Zondervan texts for acquisition before I discovered they were already in the pipeline ( a happy coincidence). The critical text I recommended was Coogan's, published by Oxford. It's only ranked 434,381, but it represents an alternative perspective. LaSor just fell beneath my radar. However, it does have good reviews and is almost as popular as the other two conservative intros. it's also from Eerdmans, a publishing company with whom we already have a good relationship. Bottom line? Yes, I think we ought to look into acquiring this one as well. Just in case anyone is interested in NT Intros, I recommended Carson & Moo (#20,494), Gundry (#46,050), Ehrman [critical] (#50,538) and Brown [Catholic] #267,042. Note that conservatives and evangelicals are the largest buying audiences for these books, so the intros that represent those perspective have consistently higher numbers. That's why I recommended several in that category for both OT & NT. I also recommended the most popular critical intros I could find, so that our offerings would be balanced. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) Another intro that would be a great addition to the intro collection would be John J. Collins, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Edited December 14, 2011 by James Tucker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr. Matthew Thurman Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Lasor, Hubbard, & Bush was the OT survey text when I was in seminary some 7-8 years ago. I'd welcome replacing my seminary copy with an Accordance module. That and the Brown survey for NT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Reviving this thread to see interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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