I thought it would be interesting to see how many of the whole Bible commentaries recommended by Spurgeon are available in Logos. The answer is 'surprisingly few'. Here's a list of all those commentaries, with the ones already available or on CP struck out. It would be good to get as many of these as possible, particularly the ones that Spurgeon liked. They should all be eligible for Community Pricing, of course.
The details (and Spurgeon's comments) are in a spreadsheet: http://sdrv.ms/16LGlJR
Excellent Commentaries
Calvin, John, Commentaries. 45 vols, Various, Gray, James Comper, Biblical Museum. 13 vols, London, 1871-1881Hall, Joseph, Contemplations. vols, Various, 1612-1626Henry, Matthew, Exposition 3 or 9 vols, Various, 1708-1710Kitto, John, Daily Bible Illustrations: being Original Readings for a Year, on subjects relating to Sacred History, Biography, Geography, Antiquities, and Theology. 8 vols, Edinburgh, 1850-1851Lange, J. P., Translations of the Commentaries of Dr. Lange, and his Collaborateurs. 25 vols, Edinburgh: T &T Clark, 1868-1880Poole, Matthew, Annotations upon the Holy Bible. 2 vols, London: Thomas Parkhurst, 1700Trapp, John, Annotations upon the Old and New Testament. 5 vols, London, 1654-1662Annotated Paragraph Bible, The. 1 or 3 vols, London : Religious Tract Society, 1894
Good Commentaries
Barth, C. G., The Bible Manual. 1 vols, London : J. Nisbet & Co, 1865Benson, Joseph, Notes, Critical, Explanatory, and Practical. 6 vols, Wesleyan Conference Office, 1825Burder, Samuel, The Scripture Expositor; a New Commentary, Critical and Practical. 4 vols, London : James Cundee, 1809Chalmers, Thomas, Posthumous Works (vols 1-5). 5 vols, Edinburgh : Sutherland & Knox, 1847-1849Clarke, Adam, Commentary. 6 vols, London : T. Tegg & Son, 1836Cobbin, Ingram, Evangelical Synopsis. The Holy Bible, with Notes Explanatory and Practical, selected from the writings of the most esteemed divines and Biblical critics. 3 vols, London : George Berger, 1833-1846Diodati, John, Pious annotations, upon the Holy Bible expounding the difficult places thereof learnedly, and plainly: vvith other things of great importance. 1 vols, London: Nicholas Fussell, 1643Fraser, Donald, Synoptical Lectures on the Books of Holy Scripture. 2 vols, London: J. Nisbet & Co, 1871-1876Gill, John, An Exposition of the Old and New Testament. 9 vols, London: G. Keith, 1763Hawker, Robert, The Poor Man’s Commentary. 3 or 9 vols, London, 1822-1826Henry and Scott, A commentary upon the Holy Bible, from Henry and Scott. 6 vols, London : Religious Tract Society, 1835Jamieson, Faussett and Brown, The Library Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical. 6 vols, Glasgow : W. Collins, Sons & Co., 1864-1870Kitto, John, The Pictorial Bible. 4 vols, London : C. Knight & Co., 1836-1838Leigh, Edward, Annotations upon all the Old/New Testament. Philological and Theological. 2 vols, London, 1650-1657Leigh, Edward, Critica Sacra. 2 vols, London, 1641-1642Millington, Thomas, The Testimony of the Heathen to the Truths of Holy Writ. 1 vols, London, 1863Ness, Christopher, History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament. 4 vols, London, 1690-1696Simeon, Charles, Horæ Homileticæ. 21 vols, London: H. G. Bohn, 1845Sutcliffe, Joseph, A Commentary on the Old and New Testament. 2 vols, London, 1834-1835Wordsworth, Christopher, The Holy Bible; with Notes and Introductions. 8 vols, London: Rivingtons, 1872The Commentary Wholly Biblical. 3 vols, London : S. Bagster & Sons, 1856-1859The Fourfold Union Commentary. 2 vols, London : William Wesley, 1872
OK Commentaries
Bonar, Horatius, Light and Truth; or, Bible Thoughts and Themes. 5 vols, London: J. Nisbet & Co, 1868-1872Clarke, Samuel, The Old and New Testament, with Annotations and Parallel Scriptures. 1 vols, , Cobbin, Ingram, A condensed Commentary on the Bible. 1 vols, London : T. Ward & Co., 1839Cook, F. C., The New Bible Commentary. 6 vols, London : Longmans & Co., 1871-1874D'Oyly, George, The Holy Bible ... with notes ... taken principally from the most eminent writers of the United Church of England and Ireland. 3 vols, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1817-1818Gray, James Comper, The Class and the Desk. 4 vols, Sangster, 1867Greenfield, W., The Comprehensive Bible. 1 vols, London: Samuel Bagster, 1827Haak, Theodore, The Dutch Annotations upon the whole Bible. 1 vols, London : H. Hills, 1657Hall, Joseph, A plain and familiar Explication, by way of Paraphrase, of all the Hard Texts of the whole Divine Scriptures. 2 vols, London: Nathan Butler, 1633Haweis, Thomas, The Evangelical Expositor. 2 vols, London : E. & C. Dilly, 1765-1766Patrick and Lowth, A Critical Commentary and Paraphrase on the Old and New Testament, and the Apocrypha. 4 vols, London : W. Tegg & Co., 1853Scott, Thomas, The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments according to the authorised version / with explanatory notes, practical observations and copious marginal references. 6 vols, London : Wertheim and Macintosh, 1852Wall, William, Critical Notes on the Old and New Testament. 3 vols, London, 1734Wells, Edward, Help for the more easy and clear understanding of the Holy Scriptures. 6 vols, Oxford: James Knapton, 1724Wesley, John, Notes on Old and New Testament. 4 vols, London: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1764The Westminster Annotations and Commentary on the Whole Bible. 6 vols, London : Evan Tyler, 1657
Poor Commentaries
Allen, John, A Spiritual Exposition of the Old and New Testaments; or, The Christian’s Gospel Treasure. 3 vols, London : J. Johnson & B. Davenport, 1611Boothroyd, Benjamin, Family Bible. 3 vols, Huddersfield, 1824Brown, John, Self-Interpreting Bible. 1 vols, Blackie, 1861Dodd, William, A Commentary on the Books of the Old and New Testament. 3 vols, London : R. Davis, 1770Holden, George, Christian Expositor. 2 vols, London : C. J. G. & F. Rivington, 1830-1834Lees, Fred, The Temperance Bible Commentary. 1 vols, London : S.W. Partridge, 1868Mayer, John, Commentary. 7 vols, London, 1647-1653Purver, Anthony, A New and Literal Translation of all the Books of the Old and New Testament. 2 vols, London : W. Richardson & W. Johnston, 1764Wilson, Thomas, The Holy Bible, with Notes and various renderings. 3 vols, Bath : R. Cruttwell, 1785
Very Poor Commentaries
Coke, Thomas, A Commentary on the Old and New Testament. 6 vols, London, 1801-1803Young, Robert, Commentary on the Bible, as Literally and Idiomatically Translated. 1 vols, London: Fullarton & Co., 1865
*second*
...and I audited the list; good work!
Looks good. There's a lot of these we can add to the Community Pricing queue in the near future.
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-- Henry, Matthew, Exposition 3 or 9 vols, Various, 1708-1710
I can't seem to find this in the Logos product pages. Anybody got a link?
Edit: Sorry, just read the excel spreadsheet. The Exposition is now Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Bible. Got it already.
These would be awesome to get!!!
After these make it into CP it would be great to put on the checklist his "excellent commentaries" for every book of the Bible!! Maybe even as a set in of itself?!!... or a set for each type of Biblical literature or each Bible book...?
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I love the idea!
I only have one suggestion:
When Logos does add these commentaries that the recommendation by Spurgeon be highlighted in the product description so it is not missed.
Ronald Quick: I love the idea! I only have one suggestion: When Logos does add these commentaries that the recommendation by Spurgeon be highlighted in the product description so it is not missed.
Certainly, I agree that's a great idea.
Was Spurgeon aware of Barnes notes?
Thanks
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Just to clarify Albert Barnes notes,
not Mark Barnes notes
This is an old thread, but here's your answer:
“ALBERT BARNES,” say you, “what do you think of Albert Barnes?” Albert Barnes is a learned and able divine, but his productions are unequal in value, the gospels are of comparatively little worth, but his other comments are extremely useful for Sunday-school teachers and persons with a narrow range of reading, endowed with enough good sense to discriminate between good and evil. If a controversial eye had been turned upon Barnes’s Notes years ago, and his inaccuracies shown up by some unsparing hand, he would never have had the popularity which at one time set rival publishers advertising him in every direction. His Old Testament volumes are to be greatly commended as learned and laborious, and the epistles are useful as a valuable collection of the various opinions of learned men. Placed by the side of the great masters, Barnes is a lesser light, but taking his work for what it is and professes to be, no minister can afford to be without it, and this is no small praise for works which were only intended for Sunday-school teachers.*
C. H. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students: Commenting and Commentaries; Lectures Addressed to the Students of the Pastors’ College, Metropolitan Tabernacle., vol. 4 (New York: Sheldon & Company, 1876), 30–31.
Mark - I'm don't think Spurgeon thought of Mayer as 'poor'. He says:
'The six volumes, folio, are a most judicious and able digest of feather commentators, enriched with the author's own notes, forming altogether one of the fullest and best of learned English commentaries; not meant for popular use, but invaluable to the student... I fear he will be forgotten'
Would also love it if Logos enboldened the text in Spurgeon’s 4th Lectures to my Students volume where he emboldened it. He emboldened the better Commentaries. The way it currently is, you can’t tell the good ones from the bad. Almost useless, except for a big list of the commentaries he knew of.