Yes! We are just a sneeze away from crossing the $40 threshold, and $30 is now a very doable possibility. That makes these resources less than $2 per book!
Let's move that $30 dot over the top!
Here's the link:
http://www.logos.com/product/16118/classic-commentaries-and-studies-on-philippians
With all the excitement about this going from $90 to almost $40, maybe Logos could help us out by sending out another email. (I know it's not going to happen, but it would be nice if they did).
I am curious. What exactly in that set is something you want??
The old commentaries are much different in orientation to the newer ones, and in my opinion, superior - nineteenth-century scholarship will always represent the pinnacle to my mind.
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Opps sorry for the double post, didnt think I gave a thumbs up on the first one.[:P]
As much as I respect today's scholarship, I think it is easy to only read what is contemporary and popular (what's the newest bestseller or program that the church can go through). I'm not criticizing these programs, others along with myself have benefited from them. But several years ago I began reading older works and these have had a profound impact on my spiritual walk that the newer works did not. Since then I have been reading older commentaries and classics. I still refer to the newer ones and benefit from them but I also look to the "classics".
"The Bible was not given as a textbook of human science, but as a divine revelation of God's will. It was not designed to make skillful debaters or dry theologians, but converted sinners and holy Christians."-Octavius Winslow
This is the type of reading you get from the classics.
OK. With all respect, you haven't answered my question. Just because something is old (or 19th century) doesn't make it good. Which of these commentaries are the ones you know to be of real value and would be good to add to my library? I hardly recognize a single author.
Myself I dont recognize any in the Philippians set and would prefer other sets to be published first. But as Logo's has put together other set Im trusting this set is just as good.[8-|]
Just because something is old (or 19th century) doesn't make it good.
Being a young clergyman myself, I say well said! Oh wait, you were talking about books, weren't you? [:P]
Just because something is old (or 19th century) doesn't make it good. Being a young clergyman myself, I say well said! Oh wait, you were talking about books, weren't you?
Being a young clergyman myself, I say well said! Oh wait, you were talking about books, weren't you?
I Resemble That Remark ! [:O]
I've noticed that some of the older commentaries make use of creative phraseology - this is pleasant to read and great for memorizing key ideas. Most modern commentaries seem to be lacking this type of style.
Yes! We are just a sneeze away from crossing the $40 threshold
[:O] AhhhhhhChooo [:O]
We just need a few more folks to bid at $40 and push that value over the line; just a few more bids should do it.
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It's 40 right now.
As a "newer" Christian than most here, I like these "Classic" commentary sets because I am able to read a lot of different perspectives, from different authors. I'm not educated enough to determine who is "good" and who isn't, and that pertains to new commentaries as well as old. I also like that they all use the KJV. I use the NIV and ESV and in the past found the KJV difficult to read and understand. The classic commentaries that I've recieved so far have given me a new appreciation for the language of the KJV and force me to think harder about what I'm reading and therefore relate to a better understanding of the Biblical text.
On Friday, or whenever, when it was at $90, I would have said $40 was impossible! How about having a blitz on Revelation??
I only recognize a few names here - Plummer and Daille, and of course William Kelly, though what the latter's skills were as a commentator I do not know. I tend to find the introductory material placing the epistle in its historical setting, with surveys of the reception of the book in the early church etc as often just as valuable as the text itself. I don't know what I'll find in this set, and the possibility of disappointment is always there, but I was pleasantly surprised by the authors in the Galatians set whom I had not heard of, and I expect I will be again. Lastly, I have a specific interest in the New Testament and Paul's letters in particular, and Philippians is a very important work within that corpus. Those are my reasons - they might not be enough to convince you to bid depending on your own views and interests (and $40 is still too much really - I would have preferred $20 or at most $30), but for me, I think I would regret it more if I let this opportunity pass.
At first I was skeptical of this set in particular, then I started searching in Logos to see how often the work or author is quoted or listed in bibliographies.
I'm big on the ability to follow footnotes to the referred sources and this collection is full of just that.
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awesome. on point.
I'm in the $30 !
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