Zondervan 6 at 60

Allen Browne

There seems to be 60% off 6 Zondervan resources:

New International Dictionary of NT Theology and Exegesis (5 vols.)
New International Dictionary of OT Theology and Exegesis (5 vols.)
NIV Application Commentary: New Testament (NIVAC) (20 vols.)
Zondervan Atlas of the Bible
Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (5 vols.)
Mounce's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words

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Matt Hamrick

The NIDNT and NIDOT comes in a bundle together but it is not on sale. That makes no sense to me.

DAL

The NIDNT and NIDOT comes in a bundle together but it is not on sale. That makes no sense to me.

Not quite right...the old versions are bundled, but the new NIDNT is not.

DAL

Daniel Yoder

Thanks for calling these sales to our attention. Mounce's dictionary is an especially good deal.

Everett Headley

But no dynamic pricing right? Remember th NiVAC sale months ago...

Matt Hamrick

The NIDNT and NIDOT comes in a bundle together but it is not on sale. That makes no sense to me.

Not quite right...the old versions are bundled, but the new NIDNT is not.

DAL

Thank you very much. Now that makes perfect sense to me.

mike

The Zodervan Atlas on Logos is 2010 version and only has 304 pages... The one on Amazon is the latest one, from 2014 with 773 pages.

just fyi

NB.Mick

There seems to be 60% off 6 Zondervan resources:

New International Dictionary of NT Theology and Exegesis (5 vols.)

New International Dictionary of OT Theology and Exegesis (5 vols.)

NIV Application Commentary: New Testament (NIVAC) (20 vols.)

Zondervan Atlas of the Bible

Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (5 vols.)

Mounce's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words

Wow, thanks!

While I'm still sitting on the fence for NIDNTTE and ZEB - both are probably good in themselves, and it's rare to see Zondervan titles 60% off but on the other hand, what additional benefit would they bring to a large library well-stocked with lexicons, dictionaries and encyclopedias ... #firstworldproblems ... - I hit quick-buy on the ZAB Atlas resource. This looks like a steal, especially when looking for content and comments over at a large retailer.

Todd Phillips

While I'm still sitting on the fence for NIDNTTE and ZEB - both are probably good in themselves, and it's rare to see Zondervan titles 60% off but on the other hand, what additional benefit would they bring to a large library well-stocked with lexicons, dictionaries and encyclopedias ... #firstworldproblems ... - I hit quick-buy on the ZAB Atlas resource. This looks like a steal, especially when looking for content and comments over at a large retailer.

I also just bought the ZEB. It is similar to the ISBE, but here is my summary of differences:

Includes tagged Greek and Hebrew GK numbers (this is very nice)
More internal cross-linking than ISBE
Color pictures and maps.

Maps are good and helpful. They are plenty large enough to illustrate the articles, however they aren't as good as the maps in the Zondervan Atlas of the Bible.
Photographs tend to be small (range from 2 to 4 inches on the screen) and are often misaligned with the associated article. This misalignment is probably a result of the print layout, but I saw several instances where the picture for an article was in the middle of the an adjoining entry (See first screenshot below). So you might not see it if you didn't scroll up or down a bit.

Articles are somewhat shorter than the ISBE. (Sometimes much shorter: In the ZEB, Baptism is 7 pages. In the ISBE, Baptism is 16 pages. But that's an outlier.)
I feel that the ISBE articles are written more scholarly than the ZEB. The ZEB authors tend to be more discursive, throw in more personal commentary, and write to a different (younger?) audience, but that varies with the article.

Trying to decide if I want to keep it. I like the images and tagging/linking, but the writing does not stand out.

Here are some example ZEB/ISBE comparison screenshots --

Picture of Caesarea Philippi is in the wrong article. Nice cross-linking though. ZEB Article is much shorter then ISBE:

I really did not care for this ZEB Calendar article. Much too introductory:

Notice how ZEB skips discussion of the original language in this article:

Nice map, Different approach to the outline here. I think I like this ZEB article better than the ISBE one here. ZEB is more straightforward and readable, but ISBE still longer:

Small picture. ZEB article seems to go straight into commentary mode:

Friedrich

I'm still sitting on the fence for NIDNTTE and ZEB

I got ZEB, but found it not too hot, already having ISBE, AYBD etc. Occasionally an article is good, or clearly written, but not really helpful if you have the other ones. I think I got it more for the image files . . . that said, it is better than the old Zondervan Pictorial.

NIDNTTE I don't have. I really like Moises Silva and his linguistics knowledge, and would think it be good based on that.

Friedrich

Dang, Todd, go all out! [:P]

DAL

After almost 2 years, anybody knows which NIDNTTE is better? Silva's new version or Brown's older version. I own neither but after reading the forums it seems that Silva's new version has not had a good reception, hence, the low sale price today.

Oh BTW, how long is the sale?

DAL

Todd Phillips

Dang, Todd, go all out!

I couldn't find much in the way of detailed online reviews for the ZEB, so I figured I'd write down my thoughts while I had it.

Justin Gatlin

After almost 2 years, anybody knows which NIDNTTE is better? Silva's new version or Brown's older version. I own neither but after reading the forums it seems that Silva's new version has not had a good reception, hence, the low sale price today.

Oh BTW, how long is the sale?

DAL

DTS reviews it favorably, although I know their theology is far from yours, the review is quite detailed.

http://www.dts.edu/reviews/new-international-dictionary-of-new-testament-theology-and-exegesis-moiss-silva

This review compares the two editions at length, favoring the new:

http://pastors.com/book-review-new-international-dictionary-new-testament-theology-exegesis-second-edition-moises-silva-revision-editor/

Keith Pang

Anyone think the whole set of NIVAC will be on sale? Really want to get the whole set, and not just the NT. I've heard nothing but good things about this commentary series.

DAL

Anyone think the whole set of NIVAC will be on sale? Really want to get the whole set, and not just the NT. I've heard nothing but good things about this commentary series.

If you get the New Testament set right now and then the Old Testament set when it goes on sale it will be better for you to resell them as separate sets than just one whole set if you decide to keep just one in the future. Right now the current set on sale is the lowest after the $7.99 per volume a few months ago.

I have the NIVAC NT, NIDNTTE, NIDOTTE and the Atlas in my cart and I'm feeling very tempted to hit the "place order" button. I also feel like shooting for, maybe, a couple more upgrades, but I'm not so sure. I don't want to run my bill to high even though is 0 interest for a year.

DAL

Mattillo

Any idea when this ends?

Robert Neely

After the L7 roll out, i am having serious deflated wallet syndrome.

Stephen Terlizzi

I'm still sitting on the fence for NIDNTTE and ZEB

I got ZEB, but found it not too hot, already having ISBE, AYBD etc. Occasionally an article is good, or clearly written, but not really helpful if you have the other ones. I think I got it more for the image files . . . that said, it is better than the old Zondervan Pictorial.

Hi all,

I have ISBE, AYBD and the IVP NT dictionaries as well as my Catholic Bible Encyclopedia. I am wondering if I will gain anything from the ZEB over what I already have. Would it be better to invest the $89 for two of the IVP OT dictionaries? I am planning to pickup up the Zondervan atlas, Mounce dictionary, and New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis.

Any advice?

Agape,

Steve

Mattillo

Besides being curious as to when this ends...

How did you find out about this?

Friedrich

I'm still sitting on the fence for NIDNTTE and ZEB

I got ZEB, but found it not too hot, already having ISBE, AYBD etc. Occasionally an article is good, or clearly written, but not really helpful if you have the other ones. I think I got it more for the image files . . . that said, it is better than the old Zondervan Pictorial.

Hi all,

I have ISBE, AYBD and the IVP NT dictionaries as well as my Catholic Bible Encyclopedia. I am wondering if I will gain anything from the ZEB over what I already have. Would it be better to invest the $89 for two of the IVP OT dictionaries? I am planning to pickup up the Zondervan atlas, Mounce dictionary, and New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis.

Any advice?

Agape,

Steve

Steve, I think you would be much better served getting the IVP dictionaries. Highly regarded and more in depth, certainly, than ZEB...they will certainly offer you something different than ZEB. Just no images. [;)]

Andy

Thanks for highlighting this, Allen.

I've just picked up the Atlas, and may add ZEB before the end of the sale.

Blessings

Ted Harms

I looked at the preview of Mounce's dictionary. It seems to be arranged alphabetically. How would one search a book like this? Will it give results on a Strong's number search? Would it be referenced with Bible Word studies? Thanks

SteveHD

I think we are getting to the end and I still am still trying to make up my mind on New International Dictionary of NT Theology and Exegesis (5 vols.)

Mattillo

Yeah I don't have a great answer for you. All i know is sales this large don't come around all that often. You save $130 with this sale. I took the jump as I think in the long run it will be beneficial and will compliment my TDNT but I haven't had much time to play with it yet. From what I can tell, the people who do have it like it

DAL

I think we are getting to the end and I still am still trying to make up my mind on New International Dictionary of NT Theology and Exegesis (5 vols.)

It's half off the prepub price, so I personally did buy it. Rare sale for that dictionary. I'd still like to own the older version though, since it's linked to a lot of the resources I have.

DAL

Lew Worthington

And there's always the return policy, which should offer a nice level of assurance, right?

mike

I'm thinking about buying ZEB..and can someone who has it answer my questions..

Are the pictures properly indexed & tagged?
When I run an image search of a location, would the pictures from ZEB shows up in the result?
Say if I do.. Passage Guide/Sermon Guide of Matthew 1-15, would any of the pictures from ZEB appear under Media?

Thank you