Lexham Bible Guides & Exegetical Summaries

i have a fairly significant Logos library. I've been buying resources since the late 90's and i've prchased Logos 4 Gold, Logos 5 Platinum and Logos 6 & 7 Gold along with a significant number of other resources over the years. I'm not saying this to brag, but to lay the groundwork for what i'm preparing to say.

i'm not a pastor, but i've been teaching Adult CE classes (aka Adult Sunday School) for more than 30 years. I've been looking for a practical and useful way to make better use of my extensive library in preparation for teaching my weekly class.

what i've discovered is that adding the Lexham Bible Guides and the Exegetical Summaries to my library (by opening a new payment plan) has notched up the usefulness and access to my resources in a tremendous way. This month, The Lexham Bible Guides to Paul's Epistles are on sale for 30% off. Here are links to them. I also recommend the guides which are available on pre-pub right now.

https://blog.logos.com/2017/05/save-time-money-lexham-bible-guides/

https://www.logos.com/product/27493/lexham-bible-guides-pauls-letters-collection/

https://www.logos.com/product/26323/lexham-bible-guide-jonah

https://www.logos.com/product/26371/lexham-bible-guide-1-peter

https://www.logos.com/product/26362/lexham-bible-guide-ruth

As useful as these guides are, and they really are, there are two downsides: they are very pricey, and to be the most help, they require a significantly sized library.

in addition, besides these guides, the Exegetical Summaries Series is also an extremely helpful set of resources. They are most useful if you have a basic familiarity with greek and also a significant library. On the good side, they are far more economical than the Lexham Guides, though they focus not on exposition, but rather on exegesis. There is a full set avalable and also an additional 4 volume upgrade on pre-pub.

https://www.logos.com/product/38965/exegetical-summaries-series

https://www.logos.com/product/138251/exegetical-summaries-series-upgrade

i recommend other users consider these two series as ways to make wading through and making use of your existing library easier and more powerful.

John

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Mattillo

Thank you John!

Do you (or anyone from FL) know if they plan to update these Lexham guides as more commentaries come out? I'm most curious about the EEC series. Seeing that it is a lexham commentary it would make sense if they added links to that commentary into these guides as they come out

John Kaess

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/902944#Comment_902944

Do you (or anyone from FL) know if they plan to update these Lexham guides as more commentaries come out? I'm most curious about the EEC series. Seeing that it is a lexham commentary it would make sense if they added links to that commentary into these guides as they come out

That's a really excellent question. I hope someone from Faithlife might jump in and answer. I am encouraged that they are continuing to add to the series and making each new guide available as a pre-pub which helps with the cost.

DAL

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/902944#Comment_902944

Thank you John!

Do you (or anyone from FL) know if they plan to update these Lexham guides as more commentaries come out? I'm most curious about the EEC series. Seeing that it is a lexham commentary it would make sense if they added links to that commentary into these guides as they come out

This is just me, but I don't think they'll do that with the current guides. They will probably do it with future guides, for example, if they made a guide for first, second and third John they'd do it because we do have an EEC volume for first, second and third John. But they would not do it for a current guide like Romans because there is no EEC volume for Romans available yet and to add it later, it'd be like an updated and revised edition and they would charge you full price because it would be consider as a new product. They always charge full price for a new, revised and updated version even if you own the old. So I would say keep them just the way they are right now. Besides they always quote from the best top commentaries and that makes the guides somewhat useless for some people who don't own the commentaries mentioned for further study. The guides are designed to give you just enough information for you to learn about a book of the Bible. They are not exhaustive by design.

DAL

Mattillo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/902960#Comment_902960

Thank you DAL. I wasn't sure what to make of them. I watched the video on them and they seemed neat at first. But the pessimistic side of me thought they were just a large marketing ploy to buy other commentaries and the one slide they showed seemed lack luster. I guess they have their place in showing you quickly what all the commentaries say at a glance.

DAL

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/902965#Comment_902965

Thank you DAL. I wasn't sure what to make of them. I watched the video on them and they seemed neat at first. But the pessimistic side of me thought they were just a large marketing ploy to buy other commentaries and the one slide they showed seemed lack luster. I guess they have their place in showing you quickly what all the commentaries say at a glance.

I cannot find the link to the post but a FL employee said that the guides have enough information to serve as a standalone product, without really needing to own the resources cited. Personally, I've used the guide on Philemon and it was very teachable on Wednesday night class. The adults loved the format.

DAL

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/902973#Comment_902973

Look the EEC on Philemon IS included in the guide. I missed it somehow:

"...denoting the koinōnia produced by faithfulness (see also niv, nlt).
“Philemon 6” The Evangelical Exegetical Commentary: Philemon"

So the volumes available are included in the guides.

DAL

DAL

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/903031#Comment_903031

Doug Mangum (Lexham)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/902973#Comment_902973

If an EEC volume existed for the book at the time the Lexham Bible Guide was written, then it was included. We have discussed options for updating the already released Guides when new commentaries come out, especially EEC, but we don't have a final decision yet on when or how to do that.

I'm sure I was probably the one who said the guides could stand alone. I still stand by that opinion. They're really closer to topical, research-oriented commentaries themselves. They explain the views found in other commentaries in such a way that you don't need to click through to read the commentator yourself, but you can if you have it.

Mattillo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/903164#Comment_903164

If an EEC volume existed for the book at the time the Lexham Bible Guide was written, then it was included. We have discussed options for updating the already released Guides when new commentaries come out, especially EEC, but we don't have a final decision yet on when or how to do that.

I'm sure I was probably the one who said the guides could stand alone. I still stand by that opinion. They're really closer to topical, research-oriented commentaries themselves. They explain the views found in other commentaries in such a way that you don't need to click through to read the commentator yourself, but you can if you have it.

Thank you Doug!