What would I be missing if I didn't get the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges?

Ronald Quick

I already have the Scholar's Platinum, NICNT, NICOT, WBC, Lange and Tyndale.  What would I be missing if I passed on this resource?

I placed my order when it was in community pricing, so the price was very good and I know it will never be that low again.  I just don't want to duplicate something I already have.

http://www.logos.com/product/8544/the-cambridge-bible-for-schools-and-colleges

Thanks,

Ron

DMB

I don't want to sound flippant, but if you didn't get CBSC, you'd be missing CBSC!

I can't imagine walking away from the CP price on this. I just went over some of the sample pages again for myself (now that you ask the question).

I have some pretty decent commentaries but each one concentrates in a specific area.  CBSC tends to highlight a lot of the more detailed information that 'floated around' in the early 1900s, mainly from a critical perspective. Many of the authors are classics, with their expanded versions showing up in ICC, etc.

Actually, I went out and got the 1899 Encyclopaedia Biblica from Amazon, certain it'd never show up in Logos. And reading it, I can't wait for CBSC. My big weak area in my commentaries is Exodus. Everyone seems to find a good reason to skip it. SR Driver will be a good fit. Also some of the other OT books need some more critical 'heft' (even it a bit older). And the cost is equal to ONE VOLUME of other commentaries!!

Dave Hooton

Ronald Quick said:

What would I be missing if I passed on this resource?

You'd be missing 57 resources on your way to 10, 000[:D]

I passed on this whilst in CP and was also thinking about the more compact, but related (overlap of authors but later, 1903) Expositor's Bible. I passed on both because I was very satisfied with the modern Expositor's Bible Commentary. If not for that I would have gone with the Expositor's Bible.

 

Mike Childs

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/283980#Comment_283980

 

Denise Barnhart said:

Many of the authors are classics, with their expanded versions showing up in ICC, etc.

Very well said, Denise!

Many of these scholars are some of the best scholarship of the first third of the 20th Century, and most of what they had to say is still relevent.  To get a commentary of this quality, with 50 volumes, for $50 is a  bargain. 

If you don't have the money, you don't have the money.  We all have to budget.  But if you can afford $50, this is a great buy.