What are the contents of "Recursive Macroeconomic Theory"
I guess you mean some edition of Ljungqvist, L., &amp; Sargent, T. J. Recursive macroeconomic theory. MIT press.

This is a very valuable book, but not for acquiring a concrete theoretical knowledge. Copying from its marketing-speak, 


  Only experience in solving practical problems fully conveys the power
  of the recursive approach, and the book provides many applications.    


Now really, it provides only applications. I do not mean empirical-econometric applications, but presentation of dozens of theoretical models from very different sub-fields and their workings under the Recursive Approach. Mind you, the models themselves are summarily presented, with the implicit understanding that the reader already is familiar with, or will go and study the original papers first. Moreover, a lot of theoretical/mathematical underlying knowledge is taken for granted.