What is the difference between these two sets:
https://www.logos.com/product/39478/thru-the-bible-commentary-series
https://www.logos.com/product/1222/thru-the-bible-commentary
Aside from one being a 5 volume and the other being a 60 volume, I would assume that the 60 volume has more meat.
It seems both have the same amount of pages. I wouldn't be suprised if the content is very similar. The 60 volume set is from 1991, the 5-volume from 1981, so maybe a new edition?
excuse me, I misread the pages, the 60-volume has indeed 7000 pages more
The five volume and the sixty volume Thru the Bible Commentary sets contain the same lightly edited transcriptions - content is the same. I'm not near a desktop so I can't check for differences in the metadata in the two sets.
The following quote is from the product description for the five volume set.
"The radio broadcasts of the Thru the Bible Radio five-year program were transcribed, edited, and published first in single-volume paperbacks to accommodate the radio audience."
Page counts correspond to the printed volumes and reflect formatting, i.e. page sizes and typefaces.
I have seen the print version, and the 60 volume is much smaller book. I am thinking it is the same content.
Respectfully to everyone on this thread, however, I can guess. I was hoping someone actually knew if they are the same or not.
I was hoping someone actually knew if they are the same or not.
Josh - as per my first reply - the base content is the same, some metadata may be different.
The five volume set is a single Logos resource while the other set is 60 Logos resources.
Somehow, down the years I ended up with both. As far as I have seen they are exactly the same (see screenshot of 1 Cor in both editions). So if you want McGee buy the cheapest one!
EDIT - In fact this is one of those instances when a set should be withdrawn for the sake of confusion.
StephenMcC -
Can you please open the resource information for each set and post a screenshot as you did above. This will allow anyone following the thread to see if the metadata differs significantly.
Kind regards
Thanks! I have one set; now I know I don't need to buy the other.
Can you please open the resource information for each set
Thank you StephenMcC
Here is the description of the shorter version:
The radio broadcasts of the Thru the Bible Radio five-year program were transcribed, edited, and published first in single-volume paperbacks to accommodate the radio audience. From the beginning there was a demand that they be published in a more permanent form and in fewer volumes. This unabridged, five-volume edition ...
The radio broadcasts of the Thru the Bible Radio five-year program were transcribed, edited, and published first in single-volume paperbacks to accommodate the radio audience. From the beginning there was a demand that they be published in a more permanent form and in fewer volumes. This unabridged, five-volume edition
There only significant difference I see is that footnote text can be searched in the sixty volume set but not in the other. Not all of the sixty volumes have this search field. I skimmed through the text of two volumes without the search field and did not see any footnotes so this makes sense. See below.
Recordings of the radio program in MP3 format are available, without charge for personal use, from the parent ministry Thru the Bible Radio Network. The material as recorded has only been lightly edited in the transcriptions that compose the commentary sets.
http://www.ttb.org/contentpages/21793/e63bfac6-600d-436f-8231-5fcadefa77d6/5-YearSeriesinMP3.aspx
The entire five year radio program is still being re-broadcast in cycles from Genesis through Revelation alternating OT and NT one book at a time.
There is a free Logos resource Notes and Outlines for the Five-Year Study Plan by J. Vernon McGee
The entire five year radio program is still being re-broadcast
In one of his sermons via podcast, Pastor Stephen Davey noted that it was McGee's wish to have his program re-broadcast continuously until the the Lord came back. Davey then said he could imagine that after the AntiChrist has taken over he'll turn the radio on one day and will be listening to J. Vernon McGee!
