Tough Call: Pliny .... or ... Lewis and Short

It's clear the Logosian world is conflicted, being almost split evenly, as to WHICH one to bid on.

Pliny? Learn about papyri making and why parchment originated from a city known in Revelations. Also geography when the world used to be flat (with the sun runnning underneath each night to be ready for the morning).

Lewis and Short? Well, that'd be the origin of the word 'parchment' (along with the language that early Christian 'fathers' often wrote in .... what DID they 'mean' or does it matter).

Pliny, L&S. Pliny, L&S. They're so similar, how can one decide.

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Deacon Steve

I have an order for both.

[:)]

Vincent Setterholm

It's clear the Logosian world is conflicted, being almost split evenly

The split is far from even. L&S will cost significantly more to produce than Pliny. Knowing that, the visual similarity in the graphs indicates a far greater buy-in on L&S.

Some statistics on L&S orders - if just half the people who actually have bids in, but below the current $24 changed their bids to $24, this would go over. If 2/3rds of the people who had bids at one point but cancelled were in at $24, this would go over.

Milford Charles Murray

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/561533#Comment_561533

Thank you, Vincent! One word! Tantalising! Peace to all! *smile*

FYI - The "history" of Tantalising= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus

Sort of a Noet Topic, eh?

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/561536#Comment_561536

Interesting article, Milford.

Of course, if some of the Pliny bidders moved their bid over to L&S (thereby saving $6), they could then afford both an apple and a drink of water too and not suffer the fate of Tantalus.

(I'm just bumping this, relative to Vincent's excellent point).

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/561544#Comment_561544

Well, it appears the Logosian world has spoken and quite loudly I might add.

Apparently a Logos staff member(s) stayed late last night to watch the bidding war. And at 1:41am (Bellingham time?), Logos announced Pliny won.

But the Lewis and Short team was laughing, since now the Pliny resource closes this Friday.

Pliny-ists are going to have to work hard to get a $25 price point.

Brian Losabia

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/562524#Comment_562524

I was reading through Proverbs 24 this morning as part of a Faithlife reading plan, and decided to run a "Cited By" search for Prov 24:13 . One of the references was from the Jewish Encyclopedia (JE), and the particular encyclopedia entry on Honey cited Scripture, the Talmud, Josephus, and... Pliny. Cool beans! Resources like the JE and Pliny seem to be the sort of thing that folks might enjoy leafing through during an afternoon in the library, and yet it's tough to imagine anyone going through the trouble of obtaining a printed set for their personal libraries. In Logos, both of the aforementioned resources become highly accessible and very useful for focused sorts of inquiry.

SineNomine

Another not-irrelevant point is that L&S can be publicly consulted (legally and for free) on the Internet in various places.

David Carter

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/562524#Comment_562524

Pliny-ists are going to have to work hard to get a $25 price point.

It would appear to have been easier than you thought it would be, given the closing price of $24 [:)]

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/563405#Comment_563405

Yes, you're right. Clearly the Pliny-ists take Pliny seriously. I, myself, always viewed Pliny as a technical footnote. Sort of a guy that sits in the background, and periodically delivers a footnote as needed.

I'm looking forward to him (20 vols!).

However I'm really hoping that Lewis and Short will nudge its way over the top (and thense require quite a bit of time to tag, etc).