Andy Naselli

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D. A. Carson

Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament

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This 964-page (and 900,000-word) book has been in the works for six years:

Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament

G. K. Beale, D. A. Carson, Benjamin L. Gladd, and Andrew David Naselli, eds. Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2023. [Available from Logos, Amazon, and Westminster Bookstore.]

For a list of all the articles and contributors along with some sample essays, check out the 99-page PDF sample at Westminster Bookstore (click “Read Sample” under the book cover).

The book supplements Beale and Carson’s Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament.

The book includes …

  • 35 surveys of the use of the OT in the OT (e.g., the use of the OT in Jeremiah)
  • 19 surveys of the use of the OT in the NT (e.g. the use of the OT in Matthew)
  • 53 biblical-theological essays (e.g., covenant, image of God)
  • 22 essays related to inner-biblical exegesis (e.g., typology, letter couriers)
  • 7 essays on Jewish exegesis (e.g., the use of the OT in the Pseudepigrapha)
  • 5 theology essays (e.g., theological interpretation)

In addition to serving as one of the editors, I contributed two essays:

  • “History of Interpretation: 1800 to Present” (pp. 319–27)
  • “Serpent and Antichrist” (pp. 775–79)

Students can use this resource to learn the field. Pastors can use it for sermon prep. And scholars can use it for its bibliographies and breadth of topics.

Update on 11/7/2023: In this 50-minute podcast episode, Matt Harmon interviews Ben Gladd: “Introducing the Dictionary of the New Testament Use of the Old Testament.”

Update on 11/15/2023: Ben Gladd and me at our book display at ETS:

D. A. Carson’s Theological Method (Updated Article)

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In 2011, the Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology published my article “D. A. Carson’s Theological Method.”

In 2023, Crossway has published a book of essays by D. A. Carson in which I update my 2011 article, and Crossway has graciously granted me permission to upload a PDF of my updated essay on my website:

Andrew David Naselli. “D. A. Carson’s Theological Method.” Pages 11–50 in The Gospel and the Modern World: A Theological Vision for the Church. Edited by Brian J. Tabb. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2023.

Related: In 2017, P&R published a book in which I unpack the theological method I learned from Don Carson. It’s about how to interpret and apply the Bible.

 

 

NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible

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The NIV Zondervan Study Bible, edited by D. A. Carson, released three years ago. (See my roundup here, which includes eight videos.)

I worked on that study Bible as the assistant editor for four years full-time and for a fifth year part-time. I managed the project and helped copyedit all of the notes and essays for content and style.

Zondervan is now repackaging that resource as the NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible.

It’s available from Amazon, and starting today it’s on sale for one week from Westminster Bookstore (sale ends September 4).

John Piper’s Tribute to Don Carson

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I love this. One of my favorite people affirms one of my favorite people:

Though I am Don Carson’s elder (by eleven months), and count him a personal friend, I revere him both spiritually and academically. The level at which Don works in the academic guild is beyond my ability and bent. I stand outside and below, looking up with profound admiration and respect. Make no mistake, my admiration is not awakened by fame and notoriety. It rises for real excellence and faithfulness and usefulness. Don has taken the bricks and mortar of his academic trade and built structures where God’s people have found safety and nourishment and joy and power. [Read more…] about John Piper’s Tribute to Don Carson

Carson: 10 Subtle Ways to Abandon the Authority of Scripture in Our Lives

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The next issue of Themelios doesn’t release for a few months, but we are releasing the lead article in that issue early because it is so timely:

Carson, D. A. “Subtle Ways to Abandon the Authority of Scripture in Our Lives.” Themelios 42 (2017): 1–12. [web version | PDF]

Carson addresses a number of controversial issues, including what Jen and Brandon Hatmaker have recently argued to support monogamous same-sex marriage.

Don Carson on How Knowing the Bible Does Not Automatically Make You More Holy

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worshipD. A. Carson, “I Am the Truth,” in The God We Worship: Adoring the One Who Pursues, Redeems, and Changes His People, ed. Jonathan L. Master (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2016), 157–58:

Knowledge of the Word does not sanctify us by mere education. I have now lived long enough and have belonged to enough professional biblical societies that there are not many front-rank New Testament scholars in the world whom I have not met. Some of them are very brilliant minds indeed. [Read more…] about Don Carson on How Knowing the Bible Does Not Automatically Make You More Holy

A New Massive Book on the Bible’s Authority

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enduringThis book officially releases today:

D. A. Carson, ed. The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016.

It’s massive. And it was an honor to contribute 44 of its 1240 pages. (More on that below.)

Here is a nearly 18-minute interview with Carson about the book:

Carson explains in the preface (p. xvi), [Read more…] about A New Massive Book on the Bible’s Authority