From what I’ve seen, it’s more common for people to ignore the older (dead) scholars but they are so valuable.

I wouldn’t make a comparison as to which are better as far as the people themselves. Most are gifted, Spirit filled people who care deeply about handling Scripture.

There have been many advances in areas like linguistics, textual criticism (comparing the different Biblical manuscripts, of which there are many more than when a lot of the dead people were alive), archeology etc. Some of it is just scholars commentating on other scholars and some of it is truly learning from each other and making advances in understanding.

Maybe somebody else will chime in.
Jeff

I encounter an almost granite resistance to modern (anything) in favor of the older, wiser, “more biblical” preachers, and scholarly writers.

While I understand that “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” certainly applies to biblical studies and foundations of faith (of course the great preachers of past centuries continue to contribute to every believer’s foundation) — I can’t imagine that any worthwhile deductions that could be made by the study of the word have already been done.

It seems awfully restrictive to declare that this generation has nothing to offer from careful study of the bible, simply because of the culture we in which we are immersed in this century.

The question for me, as a sort of “freshman” in the study of my bible, is:  Are these older contributors “more biblical” or is their product simply more familiar than the modern contributors?