Wipf and Stock books at $4.99 each is back!

Such a good deal, picked up many last year. [Y]

This sale looks amazing... but a little overwhelmed by the choice on offer. Does anyone have any recommendations or purchases (from 2019/20) they’d care to share? :-)

Liam & Abi Maguire said:

This sale looks amazing... but a little overwhelmed by the choice on offer. Does anyone have any recommendations or purchases (from 2019/20) they’d care to share? :-)

Really it depends on your interest--the selection is very wide-ranging.

The last sale I picked up Biblical Eschatology by Jonathan Menn, and I just finished reading it recently. It was surprisingly good. Like, really really good. I'm going to use it whenever I next write or teach on the subject.

Gustaf Aulén's Christus Victor and Faith of the Christian Church are essentials for those interested in systematic theology.

There are also many resources on different aspects of the Pentecostal movement, some of which again are quite essential.

EDIT: I see on posting that this sale also include The Fire that Consumes. That's a volume I've had for a long time. It is a must-have on the subject of conditional immortality vs. eternal conscious torment.

Other than the nine books tagged as Catholic or Orthodox, does anyone have any suggestions of volumes in this sale that may be of particular interest to a Catholic reader? These may include books that ought to be so tagged but that at present are not. They could also include Bible commentaries of ecumenical value, works on or relating to Church Fathers, etc.

Denise said:

SineNomine said:

does anyone have any suggestions of volumes i

Well, the one I almost got was the detecting spirits one .... which is in your group.

I'm not 100% convinced that it should be tagged as Catholic. (The author isn't.) But that's for another thread.

Denise said:

There was another but it was pretty iffy:

https://www.logos.com/product/162439/interreligious-hermeneutics

Thanks. Not quite my cup of hot chocolate.

Chrisser said:

Also is mbuvi's commentary on Jude and 2 peter, would someone comment on it? Worth it?

I don't have this, but read the samples. The commentary idea is interesting, and 2Pe/Jude would have been an interesting application. But the author treats speculation as validity, and that was the pass, for me. Speculation is fine (often necessary), but not presented as factual.

Chrisser said:

Hey is charlesworths odes of Solomon the same as the chapter in his OT pseudepigrapa or does it have more detailed analysis? Does it have a revised translation?

The translation is the same (I sampled several odes, and unusual wording). The intros are similar; from what I can see, he kind of dumbed-down his PG volume wording, keeping the same points, structure.  If you have PG, you don't need the OS volume.

Paul Caneparo said:

https://www.logos.com/product/20263/the-fire-that-consumes-a-biblical-and-historical-study-of-the-doctrine-of-final-punishment-3rd-ed

Sean said:

The last sale I picked up Biblical Eschatology by Jonathan Menn, and I just finished reading it recently. It was surprisingly good. Like, really really good. I'm going to use it whenever I next write or teach on the subject.

Thanks for the suggestions. I just picked up these two.

Last time, I picked up these two:

https://www.logos.com/product/162431/did-jesus-rise-from-the-dead-the-resurrection-debate (not yet read)

https://www.logos.com/product/162400/beyond-death-exploring-the-evidence-for-immortality (truly excellent book)

Some of the books I bought independently of the last sale:

Read cover to cover:

https://www.logos.com/product/62014/the-son-rises-historical-evidence-for-the-resurrection-of-jesus (very solid, but I expect "resurrection debate" to be better)

https://www.logos.com/product/62012/the-kalam-cosmological-argument (probably the best book on the topic)

https://www.logos.com/product/62013/the-only-wise-god-the-compatibility-of-divine-foreknowledge-and-human-freedom (still good, but in retrospect it doesn't sufficiently deal with objections to Molinism)

Read individual chapters, found to be excellent, and want to read cover to cover in the future:

https://www.logos.com/product/43881/by-the-river-chebar-historical-literary-and-theological-studies-in-the-book-of-ezekiel

https://www.logos.com/product/43880/beyond-the-river-chebar-studies-in-kingship-and-eschatology-in-the-book-of-ezekiel

https://www.logos.com/product/121630/is-the-bible-sexist

https://www.logos.com/product/121632/the-battle-for-the-trinity

Those who own OT312 might want to take a look at this one:

https://www.logos.com/product/162436/how-i-love-your-torah-o-lord-studies-in-the-book-of-deuteronomy

I am looking at a number of books by Daniel Block and Cyril Barber. Can anyone tell me about their works other than what is in the description?

Michael Kinch said:

I am looking at a number of books by Daniel Block and Cyril Barber. Can anyone tell me about their works other than what is in the description?

They're both household names! I recommend Daniel Block.  Cyril I've heard he's good and practical, but I returned his books last time to purchase others that I wanted.  So maybe someone else can pitch in.  I know Mark Barnes recommended Cyril Barber, so his recommendations are usually on point. [Y] I decided to skip Cyril again because if I get his commentaries, the bill quickly adds up.  Gotta buy responsibility too 👍😁👌 I’ll probably get them next time if they run another sale like this one in the future.

DAL

Ps. After reading some samples and looking at the table of contents and the good outline material on Cyril Barber commentaries, I decided to get 5 of his books.  Samuel volume 1 & 2, Kings volume 1 & 2 and the volume on Job.  I like what I see and the potential of doing a series on those books of the Old Testament.  And since he's very practical, I went ahead and got only what I needed and could potentially use in the near future.

Yes I am! I might consider getting all the volumes. I’ll have to do some OT to pay for them.  Great sale! 👍😁👌

DAL

Paul Caneparo said:

Does anyone know how John F Evans rates the Cyril Barber commentaries?

I'm thinking of the 9 on the Historical books - Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, Ezra/Esther, Nehemiah - and Jonah.

Paul,

Evans uses the following symbols for evaluating different Bible Commentaries (see the screenshot). The only one of Barber Commentaries he mentions is the Judges Commentary by Barber, A Narrative of God's Power. It doesn't get any of the following symbols - it only gets mentioned:

"Does he by way of comparison rate Voice commentaries or does overlook that style of "commentary"?"

Sorry, I'm not sure I understand. Can you be more specific?

Ah, make’s sense…[I]

Sure, Boice gets a lot of mentions - e.g. Genesis, Joshua, Nehemiah, Psalms, Daniel, the Twelve, Gospel of Matthew, Sermon on the Mount, Gospel of John, Acts, Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians. All of these Evans mentions.

Most of Boice’s commentaries get a white star from Evans (meaning a Worthwhile Purchase, but not a first priority).

I just got the rest of the set.  The price is too great of a bargain to pass up.  Even Christian Book dot com shows most of them at over $20 bucks per volume! So yeah, a little over time won’t kill me 👍😁👌

DAL

Paul do you have any comments on Mbuvi's Jude/ 2nd Peter commentary?

Paul Caneparo said:

Denver Seminary

If NCC is CAUTIOUS, and hermeneutically sound, I may buy one as a last minute purchase. Anyone else have comments? Im interested in non-Euro/American perspectives, particularly ones which aren't politically motivated (I realize this goes on everywhere, but it's much easier for me as an American to sort out what is and isn't, as I may misunderstand what pastors outside of the west say.

Paul Caneparo said:

Hope it becomes an annual event. Maybe if we ask again....

This was a good sale and unfortunately I was not able to pick up everything that I wanted.  However I did get the following:

Thanks Dal.  As you can see I grabbed it.  I am hoping that Logos will finish the set and if not I will pick up the remaining 2 volumes on Kindle.

What would you get if you had about $50 to spend? If it helps: About 1/3 of the way through my Mdiv classes at a SBC school, I like Jonathan Edwards books, John Piper preaching, Crossway's podcast, can't wait for the new Sproul biography, and strangley enough I work at a fundamental  baptist church (where ive grown up and stayed at)

And the link to all Wipf and Stock collections that are part of the sale:

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