Oxford Handbooks $14.99
Not my interest, but massive discounts until the 20th.
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Interestingly, the price is $17.99 for me.
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Thanks, Paul. I like these volumes but I'm usually not interested in forking out the money. This makes it more interesting.
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Yes $14.24 for me. I assumed the 5% subscriber discount would be off $14.99 and not 5% discount calculated against the full price.
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Paul Caneparo said:
Yes $14.24 for me. I assumed the 5% subscriber discount would be off $14.99 and not 5% discount calculated against the full price.
Ah, that makes sense. I completely forgot about the 5% discount. Still waiting on the Verbum launch to see if there are any good deals in the libraries before I trigger the mouse button on the subscription...
Now some of these handbooks are looking quite appealing for $14. This is going to be an expensive November with subscription, new libraries, cyber deals, and now these hot buys on top....
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Does anyone have any thoughts on these? I don't own any of them but when I see Oxford I get the feeling it is going to be too critical and not of much interest to me. Has anyone found them useful? Any recommended volumes? I'm no scholar so if that is their schtick, I'll have to pass
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Hey Mattillo,
They're kind of on the technical side. Their virtue is that they cover recent scholarship on a wide range of topics related to the book's title. Having said that, I cannot say how much scholarship is too much for anyone else. However, nothing in the ten volumes that I have seems to be out of reach. But if you're not into that kind of thing, it may not be their sophistication as it is their focus on certain details that might turn away your interest. I would recommend looking at the tables of contents of various volumes on the product pages.
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Mattillo said:
Does anyone have any thoughts on these? I don't own any of them but when I see Oxford I get the feeling it is going to be too critical and not of much interest to me. Has anyone found them useful? Any recommended volumes? I'm no scholar so if that is their schtick, I'll have to pass
They’re a little technical but useful. The volume on Systematic Theology is great and the articles are easy to follow. Overall, I think even a layman can benefit from some if not all of the volumes.
DAL
PS. Check some of the base packages or expository kits. Many volumes are included there at a great price. I’ve been collecting them like that and through sales like this one.
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I just realized I’m just missing 5 Handbooks, but the ones I’m missing are not included on the sale. I guess since not all the volumes were included I’m not even going to ask for the ones I’m missing to be added to the sale. Maybe they’re newer volumes:
The Oxford Handbook of the Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible$71.24The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets$71.24The Oxford Handbook of the Pentateuch$71.24The Oxford Handbook of the Septuagint$71.24The Oxford Handbook of Wisdom and the Bible$71.24
That’s almost $300 for just 5 volumes as opposed to $74.95 if they were on sale. Hopefully some day they’ll drop in price.DAL0 -
DAL said:
Hopefully some day they’ll drop in price
Seems like. They seem to be 'Christmas stuffers' for packages, etc. I picked up 'Oxford Handbook of the Writings of the Hebrew Bible'.
Someone asked on the technical nature of the volumes. I'd suspect the more significant distinguisher is perspective (which can generally be seen in the previews).
I'd have included the link, except in the 'Orders' panel, there's no more links (nor in the order itself). Maybe that's new? Used to, the link disappeared on no-longer-sold. I really wonder about the new Logos era. It's like they're trying harder and harder to find their foot to shoot.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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