So there are quite a few deals, I know it is not done yet but what are some of the must have's (in your opinion)
This one. It came out over the winter. Well organized and thorough.
https://www.logos.com/product/165272/discovering-the-new-testament-an-introduction-to-its-background-theology-and-themes
This one. It came out over the winter. Well organized and thorough. https://www.logos.com/product/165272/discovering-the-new-testament-an-introduction-to-its-background-theology-and-themes
It's an inhouse Lexham production....I always assume inhouse's price should be way cheaper when being sold here. Even Kindle's price is $5.99. Logos could do better at pricing them. My 2 cents
I was glad to see Motyer's Isaiah made the sale. It has been on my list for a while. D.A. Carson highly recommends him.
https://www.logos.com/product/601/the-prophecy-of-isaiah
Extremely illuminating discussion of Job, IMO:
https://www.logos.com/product/169457/job
My wishlist is basically BestCommentaries.com or Tim Challies Recommended top 5 for each biblical book. These are the 5 that I lack that are on sale
Any enterprising soul willing to do a list of best-5 or best-10 highlighting the resources on sale?
IMO, if you don't already have them . . .
(That's not to say I endorse all this stuff. I find Walton's scheme to be barely coherent, I think Abasciano is wrong, etc. But I've found these resources to be helpful or, at least, very influential and, therefore, worth being familiar with.)
IMO, if you don't already have them . . . The NICOT or NICNT editions. The John Walton resources Some of the New Studies in Biblical Theology resources are great (I say some because there are several I haven't read, maybe all of them are great). Harpers Bible Dictionary IVP Dictionaries (e.g., Old Testament: Pentateuch, Paul and His Letters) NIGTC Blomberg on the gospels Keener on Romans Schreiner on Paul Abasciano two volumes on Romans 9 (That's not to say I endorse all this stuff. I find Walton's scheme to be barely coherent, I think Abasciano is wrong, etc. But I've found these resources to be helpful or, at least, very influential and, therefore, worth being familiar with.)
Just to supplement this, there are some older NICOT/NT editions floating around in this sale. One is Leon Morris' one on Thessalonians. Good reformed perspective that isn't too wordy. https://www.logos.com/product/7464/the-first-and-second-epistles-to-the-thessalonians
Excellent recommendations
This one. It came out over the winter. Well organized and thorough. https://www.logos.com/product/165272/discovering-the-new-testament-an-introduction-to-its-background-theology-and-themes It's an inhouse Lexham production....I always assume inhouse's price should be way cheaper when being sold here. Even Kindle's price is $5.99. Logos could do better at pricing them. My 2 cents
Just FYI for those with connect essentials on up...remember you can get a one time 25% off Lexham books orders per month. I assume we can apply it to things like MM, but I have not tried it.
I tried this and it didn't work. I don't know if my coupon code didn't work, or not, but the 25% Lexham Book Coupon did not add to the discount.
did you try it on the logos.com website? As was posted someplace here in the forums (and as you are lead this way from the connect webpage), the 25% discount may only work on the Lexham book site - there it worked or me earlier this month.
I tried this and it didn't work. I don't know if my coupon code didn't work, or not, but the 25% Lexham Book Coupon did not add to the discount. did you try it on the logos.com website? As was posted someplace here in the forums (and as you are lead this way from the connect webpage), the 25% discount may only work on the Lexham book site - there it worked or me earlier this month.
and it doesn't hurt to hit up Sales about it, too.
Extremely illuminating discussion of Job, IMO: https://www.logos.com/product/169457/job I wholeheartedly agree. Balentine is awesome!
Extremely illuminating discussion of Job, IMO: https://www.logos.com/product/169457/job
I wholeheartedly agree. Balentine is awesome!
There is artwork - was there anything specific you would like checked?
I see 21 instances of "Image not available".
So i would say most of the images are in the logos edition;
Where’s the coupon? I’ve been looking for it in my Connect account and nothing. The email they sent me at the beginning of the month didn’t have the coupon code for the 25% off either.
DAL
I tried this and it didn't work. I don't know if my coupon code didn't work, or not, but the 25% Lexham Book Coupon did not add to the discount. Where’s the coupon? I’ve been looking for it in my Connect account and nothing. The email they sent me at the beginning of the month didn’t have the coupon code for the 25% off either. DAL
https://connect.faithlife.com/get-started
Click on ebooks
The code is below above the fleb code I believe... It's on there somewhere sir
Thanks, Matillo! I found it. I bought the Osbourne Acts Commentary. I had a temporary license this month, but went ahead and made it permanent with the coupon 👍😁👌
Dal if you just go to faithlifeconnect.com Then open apps button you can get to your coupon area under ebooks.
I got it coupon to work but didn't pull the trigger. Man percent discounts are just not that great when the price is already low. 23.99 instead of 32.99 is a discount but I still couldn't pull the trigger with my budget. Perhaps next year.
Dal if you just go to faithlifeconnect.com Then open apps button you can get to your coupon area under ebooks. I got it coupon to work but didn't pull the trigger. Man percent discounts are just not that great when the price is already low. 23.99 instead of 32.99 is a discount but I still couldn't pull the trigger with my budget. Perhaps next year.
Mine was $17 and change.
I went for Ibn Ezra's commentary on Isaiah (3 volumes) - having glanced at the first few pages it appears to be packed full of typos, but I'm excited to give it a read nonetheless.
Yes, the Lexham coupon works.
1. Go to the link Mattillo provides above, then click on the ebooks tab, it's under Lexham Press.
2. Click on browse Lexham Press, use the search field to find your product, add to cart, paste the coupon and it will be applied.
I tried this on Keown's intro to Gospels and Acts and it did show with the MM discount and the Connect discount was then applied on top of that.
I didn't have any specific artwork in mind--was just hoping it wasn't like some other resources I've read about on the forum where graphics were in the printed edition of a resource but not in the Logos edition. I read one Amazon review on this resource in which the reviewer felt the graphics were an important component of this resource and in looking at sample pages on Amazon, I could see there was a lot of artwork in the print version, so I wanted to check on the Logos version before purchasing.
Thanks again for your help!
There is artwork - was there anything specific you would like checked? Thank you, Graham! I didn't have any specific artwork in mind--was just hoping it wasn't like some other resources I've read about on the forum where graphics were in the printed edition of a resource but not in the Logos edition. I read one Amazon review on this resource in which the reviewer felt the graphics were an important component of this resource and in looking at sample pages on Amazon, I could see there was a lot of artwork in the print version, so I wanted to check on the Logos version before purchasing. Thanks again for your help!
Rick,
Please be wary of this if/when you do purchase... I don't own the set but stuff like this is silly. Either sell the resource as is or don't but to only get some images is an odd choice. Maybe not FL's fault... who knows.
https://www.logos.com/product/138250/smyth-and-helwys-bible-commentary-collection
I tried this and it didn't work. I don't know if my coupon code didn't work, or not, but the 25% Lexham Book Coupon did not add to the discount. Where’s the coupon? I’ve been looking for it in my Connect account and nothing. The email they sent me at the beginning of the month didn’t have the coupon code for the 25% off either. DAL https://connect.faithlife.com/get-started Click on ebooks The code is below above the fleb code I believe... It's on there somewhere sir
Did not work for the Lexham Discourse Commentaries.
John Murray Epistle to the Romans is worth a look.
There is artwork - was there anything specific you would like checked? Thank you, Graham! I didn't have any specific artwork in mind--was just hoping it wasn't like some other resources I've read about on the forum where graphics were in the printed edition of a resource but not in the Logos edition. I read one Amazon review on this resource in which the reviewer felt the graphics were an important component of this resource and in looking at sample pages on Amazon, I could see there was a lot of artwork in the print version, so I wanted to check on the Logos version before purchasing. Thanks again for your help! Rick, Please be wary of this if/when you do purchase... I don't own the set but stuff like this is silly. Either sell the resource as is or don't but to only get some images is an odd choice. Maybe not FL's fault... who knows. https://www.logos.com/product/138250/smyth-and-helwys-bible-commentary-collection
Second this.
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, 2nd ed.
Can i make a suggestion to faithlife. If a individual book or books in a bundle is affected by the march madness, can faithlife reduce the cost of the bundle as well to reflect the discount for the individual book.
For example, i am lacking the 4 ivp dictionaries for the new testament which if purchased separately now will be less than the cost of the entire bundle. For your info i already have the 4 from the OT.
Can i make a suggestion to faithlife. If a individual book or books in a bundle is affected by the march madness, can faithlife reduce the cost of the bundle as well to reflect the discount for the individual book. For example, i am lacking the 4 ivp dictionaries for the new testament which if purchased separately now will be less than the cost of the entire bundle. For your info i already have the 4 from the OT.
People has been suggesting this but I don't think they're going to do this. You can go to the "big change" thread about this. (This is the "must have" thread, no Faithlife staff has been here so far.)
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I would like to point out Fredrick Bruner's Matthew and John volumes are on sale. https://www.logos.com/products/search?q=frederick+bruner&Author=5264%7cFrederick+Dale+Bruner&redirecttoauthor=true
An older pastor gave me his Matthew volumes when I began preaching through Matthew a year ago. I bought them for Logos because I have benefited from them soooo much.
He is warm, devotional, historical and practical. I don't always agree with him but he always makes me think. I am going through his section on John 21 (a favorite of mine) and it is excellent as well.
There is artwork - was there anything specific you would like checked? Thank you, Graham! I didn't have any specific artwork in mind--was just hoping it wasn't like some other resources I've read about on the forum where graphics were in the printed edition of a resource but not in the Logos edition. I read one Amazon review on this resource in which the reviewer felt the graphics were an important component of this resource and in looking at sample pages on Amazon, I could see there was a lot of artwork in the print version, so I wanted to check on the Logos version before purchasing. Thanks again for your help! Rick, Please be wary of this if/when you do purchase... I don't own the set but stuff like this is silly. Either sell the resource as is or don't but to only get some images is an odd choice. Maybe not FL's fault... who knows. https://www.logos.com/product/138250/smyth-and-helwys-bible-commentary-collection Thanks, Mattillo. Before posting, I looked for something (anything) along the lines of the digital rights restrictions notice like the one shown below the commentary set in your reply, and I didn't find anything like that on the Job commentary web page. But ...neither did I see any artwork in any of the Logos sample pages for the commentary and it was that lack of art in the sample pages that made me wonder. Hopefully, the page for the Job commentary would include such a notice if there were image restrictions as there are in your commentary set example.
Many of the images are color in the Logos version rather than strictly black and white (as in the hardcover volume). So, that’s a plus.
I use my wishlist to track all the books I'll consider buying when on sale. So my 'must haves' are those in my wishlist. Apart from one commentary (which has only just been published) I was able to pick up all the other commentaries in my wishlist. Thank you Faithlife for changing the parameters of MM.
There are 2 other books in my wishlist that I'll probably pick up the end of the month. My main interest in my Faithlife library is resources for preaching. Anyone have thoughts on these 2 volumes by Sidney Greidanus
https://www.logos.com/product/50179/preaching-christ-from-genesis-foundations-for-expository-sermons
https://www.logos.com/product/50181/preaching-christ-from-daniel-foundations-for-expository-sermons
I will look at that thread but I feel that this is a little misleading on faithlife part.
They haven't. They only said they'll break the book bundles. Faithlife Connect can be more afortable if you don't need a permanent copy of those Mobile Ed (redeem once every quarter, and each gives you 180-days of access.)
These three John Walton books are a must have:
https://www.logos.com/product/52907/the-lost-world-of-genesis-one-ancient-cosmology-and-the-origins-debate
https://www.logos.com/product/163459/the-lost-world-of-adam-and-eve-genesis-2-3-and-the-human-origins-debate
https://www.logos.com/product/153983/the-lost-world-of-the-flood-mythology-theology-and-the-deluge-debate
I picked up the Evangelical Press Study Commentary series. It's been in my wish list for a while. With so many of the commentaries included in the various March Madness bundles, it made the whole set 39% off:
https://www.logos.com/product/52892/evangelical-press-study-commentary
I picked up The New International Commentary on the New Testament: The Epistle to the Hebrews, 59% off.
So there are quite a few deals, I know it is not done yet but what are some of the must have's (in your opinion) These three John Walton books are a must have: https://www.logos.com/product/52907/the-lost-world-of-genesis-one-ancient-cosmology-and-the-origins-debate https://www.logos.com/product/163459/the-lost-world-of-adam-and-eve-genesis-2-3-and-the-human-origins-debate https://www.logos.com/product/153983/the-lost-world-of-the-flood-mythology-theology-and-the-deluge-debate
I saw these and was curious, but I already have Josh McDowell‘s mammoth work on “Evidence that Demands a Verdict,” Lee Stobel’s works, Ken Ham, etc.
Just curious what these bring to the table? I’m highly intrigued, but don’t want to spring for something that I already have in principle.
Your thoughts?
I saw these and was curious, but I already have Josh McDowell‘s mammoth work on “Evidence that Demands a Verdict,” Lee Stobel’s works, Ken Ham, etc. Just curious what these bring to the table? I’m highly intrigued, but don’t want to spring for something that I already have in principle. Your thoughts?
Walton's work is nothing at all like the books you mentioned. You might think of John Walton's work as a sort of Old Testament version of N. T. Wright. He reads the Old Testament (e.g., creation narrative) through the lens of his patchwork of ancient near eastern literature.
His basic idea for the creation narrative in Genesis, for instance, is that it teaches a "functional" creation: God assigned functions to already existing things. This reading allows him to say that Genesis and everything that modern science teaches are compatible, since Genesis isn't saying anything about how the universe or earth or biological life came about. (And this is one reason his books have become so popular.)
I saw these and was curious, but I already have Josh McDowell‘s mammoth work on “Evidence that Demands a Verdict,” Lee Stobel’s works, Ken Ham, etc. Just curious what these bring to the table? I’m highly intrigued, but don’t want to spring for something that I already have in principle. Your thoughts? Walton's work is nothing at all like the books you mentioned. You might think of John Walton's work as a sort of Old Testament version of N. T. Wright. He reads the Old Testament (e.g., creation narrative) through the lens of his patchwork of ancient near eastern literature. His basic idea for the creation narrative in Genesis, for instance, is that it teaches a "functional" creation: God assigned functions to already existing things. This reading allows him to say that Genesis and everything that modern science teaches are compatible, since Genesis isn't saying anything about how the universe or earth or biological life came about. (And this is one reason his books have become so popular.)
Thank you. Quick question: Does Walton take the view that meshes evolution w. Genesis?
I have seen this trend in recent years and, IMO, this tact seems to attempt to pacify scientists while still retaining a biblical worldview concerning the origin of the universe.
Of course, I could be seriosly misinformed, just curious about his view before I spring the pocketbook.
Thank you. Quick question: Does Walton take the view that meshes evolution w. Genesis? I have seen this trend in recent years and, IMO, this tact seems to attempt to pacify scientists while still retaining a biblical worldview concerning the origin of the universe. Of course, I could be seriosly misinformed, just curious about his view before I spring the pocketbook.
It would be misleading to say that Walton meshes evolution with Genesis, since he doesn't think the Bible says anything about how human beings came to be.
In "The Lost World of Adam and Eve" N. T. Wright has an excursus entitled "Excursus on Paul's Use of Adam". Wright loosely takes up Walton's line of thought: the text isn't about the existence of Adam. The text is about Adam's vocation, the kingdom of God, and Christ's fulfillment. (Of course that's actually irrelevant to whether or not the text contains or presupposes information about the existence of Adam. . . but, whatever, I'm just explaining what he says.)
Wright goes back to the Old Testament where Israel is supposed to be part of the restoration-from-Adam's-failings project and uses this fact to propose that since Israel was chosen from among various other peoples then maybe Adam and Eve were chosen from among various other pre-existing hominids. (Nevermind that none of the texts he cites are about that!)
So, in a sense you could say Walton (and extending Walton's approach, as Wright does) meshes evolution with Genesis. . . but not in a concordist way. Only in a "you're free to believe that" way.
Edit: Even though it may be clear from my asides that I don't think this scheme holds up to rational scrutiny (and I think I called it barely coherent in my initial post in this thread) I do think Walton is worth reading if for no other reason than that he, like Wright, has been extremely influential.
Does Walton take the view that meshes evolution w. Genesis?
My answer to your question might be a little easier to grasp than JRB's-
Yes.
Does Walton take the view that meshes evolution w. Genesis? My answer to your question might be a little easier to grasp than JRB's- Yes.
Which makes my answer to purchasing it a firm “No”.
One of my favorite excerpts from Walton's Lost World of Genesis One (which I highly recommend, especially at this price.)
<<Q: Isn’t this just really a dodge to accommodate evolution?
A: The interpretation set forth in this book arose out of my desire to fully understand the biblical text. Understanding evolution and its role is a much lower value. Evolution represents the current scientific consensus to explain the many observations that have been made in paleontology, genetics, zoology, biochemistry, ecology and so on. The question is how much of what is involved in biological evolution runs counter to what I understand to be biblical claims and theological realities. In the interpretation of the text that I have offered, very little found in evolutionary theory would be objectionable, though certainly some of the metaphysical claims of evolution remain unacceptable.
Q: Why don’t you want to just read the text literally?
A: I believe that this is a literal reading. A literal reading requires an understanding of the Hebrew language and the Israelite culture. I believe that the reading that I have offered is the most literal reading possible at this point. Someone who claims a “literal” reading based on their thinking about the English word “create” may not be reading the text literally at all, because the English word is of little significance in the discussion.>>
Hugh Ross says the exact same thing.
