I guess I missed this when it was pre-pub or community pricing:
Gnomon of the New Testament (5 vols.) by Bengel, Johann Albrecht
http://www.logos.com/product/6076/gnomon-of-the-new-testament
Now it's $125.
What is the opinion of you who bought it? Is it worth over $100?
Yes, it is worth more than the asking price for the information, but it is high for a public domain book!
For a real good buy on this type of set that is a very high quality check out community pricing and you may want to bid on the Cambridge Greek commentaary set. I am sorry that may not be the right name, but it will help you find it. The current bid price is around 27 dollars and it is every bit as good as Bengel's set. I have both, but only Bengel's in Logos, I can hardly wait for the Cambridge set!
In Christ,
Jim
I guess I missed this when it was pre-pub or community pricing: Gnomon of the New Testament (5 vols.) by Bengel, Johann Albrecht http://www.logos.com/product/6076/gnomon-of-the-new-testament Now it's $125. What is the opinion of you who bought it? Is it worth over $100?
It wouldn't be considered overpriced considering the labor involved in producing it, but would you pay for a resource on archaeology that was about 200 yrs old (assuming that there were such an animal)? I suspect that the only reason you would want it would be for historical reasons. Such is my evaluation of a work such as Bengel.
Since I regularly check the pre-pub and community pricing offers, I probably didn't miss this but chose to pass on it, maybe due to its age. I read some of the pages online the other day and they looked interesting.
I've been in on the Cambridge Greek NT from the time it was first announced, so I'll be getting that for the cheap price. If Bengel doesn't add much too it, then I'll not worry about having declined the pre-pub offering.
If I were you, I would look for works written after the discovery of the Oxyrhynchus papyri and which take cognizance of them. The same goes for such matters as Greek grammar. At one time Winer was king of the hill, but once the papyri became known, it was a sea change for Koine Greek studies. Winer is currently on CP, and for $4 I'll take it, but I wouldn't spend much more.
I've been in on the Cambridge Greek NT from the time it was first announced, so I'll be getting that for the cheap price. If Bengel doesn't add much too it, then I'll not worry about having declined the pre-pub offering. If I were you, I would look for works written after the discovery of the Oxyrhynchus papyri and which take cognizance of them. The same goes for such matters as Greek grammar. At one time Winer was king of the hill, but once the papyri became known, it was a sea change for Koine Greek studies. Winer is currently on CP, and for $4 I'll take it, but I wouldn't spend much more.
After spending ~7+ days straight conversing with a couple dozen people εν τή κοινή διαλέκτω, I don't want to misuse or misunderstand Greek due to outdated knowledge.
Buth?
After spending ~7+ days straight conversing with a couple dozen people εν τή κοινή διαλέκτω, I don't want to misuse or misunderstand Greek due to outdated knowledge. Buth?
More accurately: Buth, et al. [H] http://www.biblicallanguagecenter.com/greek-workshop-fresno2011/
