Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature (12 vols.) If many of you have not checked this resource you might be suprised at its historical value. For example the article on the "Council of Trent" contains a day by day account of the events discussed and decided upon. Yes, it is old; but, as a historian, the wealth of data is priceless. Let's try and push it over the top.
Brooks, looks like you got hit by the forum link stripping bug.
Here's the right link http://www.logos.com/product/8519/cyclopaedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature
I'm in!
Thanks for the heads up - placed bid!!!
My bid is placed too!
Kevin.....Thanks!!
I'm in as well!
I bid $70 when I first noticed this in CP. I hope it goes for less, but I'm willing to pay that much or perhaps even more. This looks like a fantastic resource. It was edited by James Strong, who became famous for his Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
I've got it in PDF format and it's quite exhaustive in it's breadth. The article on LOGOS for instance is just over five pages long I believe.
The article on LOGOS for instance is just over five pages long I believe.
That's nothing! We've got many times that many pages on LOGOS in the wiki. But still, it's impressive that they were able to anticipate this great software over 100 years before it came out and write that much about it. [:)]
The article on LOGOS for instance is just over five pages long I believe. That's nothing! We've got many times that many pages on LOGOS in the wiki. But still, it's impressive that they were able to anticipate this great software over 100 years before it came out and write that much about it.
That's nothing! We've got many times that many pages on LOGOS in the wiki. But still, it's impressive that they were able to anticipate this great software over 100 years before it came out and write that much about it.
Groan....
I'm in too.
I'm glad you bit on that Rosie.
Thanks for bringing this resource up it is a great resource. I also brought it up on another thread with a couple other resources that are different but of the same nature, here is some of my comments on this resource and the others that go along great with it.
Currently community pricing has some of the greatest resources of information from past generations at prices that are way below what they are worth, we can work together and greatly increase the value of our search results in many different areas by having these Encyclopedias in our resources. A very small amount of the material will be out dated but the vast majority will never go out of date. For the best articles that are the most up to date on subjects of course buy the theological journals at fraction of the cost for the information they contain. But let's jump on these deals while we can and save on great resources for doing all kinds of research at the greatest possible prices.
Do you want to see how the Jews or Catholics or another group of people see a subject, now for a small amount of money this information can be easy to be find. I have several of these resource and having them in Lofos would greatly increase their value and usability! They would be of greater value now then ever. Talk about savings now resources with list prices of 1000 dollars can be had for 30-50 dollars or less. Here are some of the sets, These are full of information on persons, places and things!
http://www.logos.com/product/8537/the-jewish-encyclopedia
http://www.logos.com/product/8567/new-schaff-herzog-encyclopedia-of-religious-knowledge
http://www.logos.com/product/8519/cyclopaedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature
http://www.logos.com/product/8511/the-catholic-encyclopedia
http://www.logos.com/product/8496/the-century-dictionary
http://www.logos.com/product/8495/encyclopaedia-of-religion-and-ethics
Many of these can be found on the web, if you want to sample the articles, google them and check out the articles. Many contain articles on subjects that you will not find any where else.
Another post I made about these resource is a summary of what a great deal they really are:
Rosie, I do not think the average person has any idea how much valuable background information is in these older books. We are trained to think, newer is better, when sometimes it is just different. I know these books are good resources, even if they were only in pdf files, I can hardly wait to see them in Logos, and at prices I might still be able to afford, it would be a dream come true.
I also think many folks don't know that at different times of history, different areas are being studied and so they fail to see that in some areas these older resources can be as good as or even better than the up to date new resources like ISBE, Zondervan, or AYBD. And the scholarship in many cases was very high.
If a person throws these in a collection with the modern Encyclopedias they will have a broader range when it comes to searches and more depth, and the cost is unbelievable.
Talk about a good value for background information!
Here is one more way to look at these sets. I currently own two of these sets in pdf format and they are very good resources, two of the others I have used on line and the are very good resources, and the two that I have not seen are two sets with very good reputations.
So what do we have going on right now???
The Jewish Encyclopedia 12 vol 50.00 8200+ pages
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge 13 vol 30.00 6200+ pages
Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature 12 vol 50.00 12,000+ pages
The Catholic Encyclopedia 17 vol 30.00 13,200+ pages
The Century Dictionary 12 vol 30.00 10,000+ pages
Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics 13 vols 30.00 10,900 + pages
To sum it up you have:
6 sets 79 volumes 60,600 + pages for only 220 dollars at the current bid prices and we can drive that price down if we can all work together.
Any of these sources by themselves would be very helpful for doing background research, but put them all together you can not only do background research, but also see the different perspective that each group has on each subject you search. This turns this package of resources into a super value at a price I can hardly believe.
To me, a person mostly disabled and on a very limited budget, a deal like this is a dream come true!!! Well it hasn't come true yet, but knowing it can is exciting.
I am stuck at home most of the time and can not work, but I am working on my DTH degree to help me at least keep my mind busy and resources like this would be very helpful in my studies. For those looking for other good deals on great resources don't over look the Theological journals, they are a great buy and in Logos they are more useful than when I first used them over 35 years ago, and they are as up to date on topics as you can get. They are very useful in my studies, and the more you have the better it is.
So far I don't see much movement on these resources, but I want to thank you that are helping to spread the word about them!!!
In Christ,
Jim
