Yesterday I bought the following two volumes from the Writings from the Ancient World Series:
Prophets and Prophecy in the Ancient Near East (Christmas sale: $14.98), and
Ancient Aramaic and Hebrew letters (Christmas sale: $12.98).
I was hoping to read some Aramaic this Christmas, but after downloading the resources I discovered that they didn't contain any of the original texts. On page iv it says:
This
resource contains the English translations and introductory material
from Ancient Aramaic and Hebrew Letters. The texts have been
placed in a separate resource.
When I click on the link to the other resource I get a new window saying that I don't have a license to view this resource and the Logos website tells me that these resources (LLS:ANCARHEBLETTRS or LLS:PROANCNETRS) are only available as part of the complete Writings from the Ancient World Collection.
My question is: Should I have known that I was only buying a license to view the translations?
The product page for these resources doesn't mention the fact that these books have been split in two seperate resources:
http://www.logos.com/product/7339/ancient-aramaic-and-hebrew-letters-2nd-ed
http://www.logos.com/product/7338/prophets-and-prophecy-in-the-ancient-near-east
On the old website I would probably have checked the name of the downloadable file, but this isn't possible on the new website.
Especially the description of Prophets and Prophecy raises false expectations:
"These valuable primary source materials are made accessible in
contemporary English, along with transcriptions of the original
languages, indexes, and an extensive bibliography."
If I had known this I would have bought another book instead. Nevertheless, I'm very happy with the other resources I bought in the Christmas sale and I'm looking forward to 2011!
