www.logos.com/nicsale
20 volumes for $20 each
Any suggestions?
Buy 'em all.
One of the seminary professors who attends our church was just saying last week that Block's Ezekiel is considered by some to be the best commentary ever written. It's on my list. I am just sending a message to this guy to see what else I should be picking up.
Any suggestions? Buy 'em all.
You are limited to 20. So "all" will not work for most of us. But I do have quite a few already.
The code doesn't apply for The Book of Judges - the only one I need.
https://www.logos.com/product/38224/the-new-international-commentary-on-the-old-testament-the-book-of-judges
You are limited to 20. So "all" will not work for most of us.
Get the highest MSRP and leverage the dynamic pricing on the rest.
The code doesn't apply for The Book of Judges - the only one I need. https://www.logos.com/product/38224/the-new-international-commentary-on-the-old-testament-the-book-of-judges
That is probably because you have to buy 20 books for the code to work. 20 copies of judges then? j/k
I've got it and personally I agree :-) Block is fantastic :-)
I Recommond
Moo on Romans
Mounce on Revelation.
Not the best for each subject, but very worthy of adding to your library.
Judges (as well as Psalms and the 2nd edition of 1 Corinthians) are not included in this promotion as they released fairly recently off of Pre-Pub and we wanted to honor those who purchased at the Pre-Pub price.
I'm truly sorry folks, but the title of this thread just begs a question! Would that be something that Charlton Heston would have said?
(Think: Soylent Green
www.logos.com/nicsale 20 volumes for $20 each Any suggestions?
I don't see a date/date range for the sale when following the link. Anyone know what it is?
I agree - get em!
www.logos.com/nicsale 20 volumes for $20 each Any suggestions? I don't see a date/date range for the sale when following the link. Anyone know what it is?
I called the sales number. The rep, Zach, told me that it was up to the publisher and they could end it when they achieved their goals. So he couldn't give a fixed end date. He did suggest that it would last at least a week, and probably two weeks.
There were certainly no promises given. So I do not plan to wait too long.
One of the seminary professors who attends our church was just saying last week that Block's Ezekiel is considered by some to be the best commentary ever written.
Thanks, David.
Did the professor mention why he considered Block's commentaries the "best"?
You are limited to 20. So "all" will not work for most of us. Get the highest MSRP and leverage the dynamic pricing on the rest.
I like your strategy. I have attempted to attach an Excel spreadsheet to this post. It has the original prices of all the offered books. For those who wish to get a complete set, they can mark off the books they already have, then select the 20 most expensive books which are left. This spreadsheet might help (if it uploads).
On the other hand, for those of us who are just trying to get the best references, I have provided two columns of rankings in the spreadsheet. The first is how the books of this series are ranked by BestCommentaries.com. The second column is from a blog posted at The Gospel Coalition. It was suggested by the Logos sales rep. This blog content should not be interpreted as an endorsement by The Gospel Coalition.
URL's to both web sites are included at the end of the spreadsheet. The TGC site was interesting in that the reviewer provided quite a bit of commentary on his choices. One might find this to be helpful information.
Great sale, but bad timing as I have other priorities and don't really want to add to my payment plan as I don't know if it will be affected dramatically with the new policy. Not in a rush, but sad you can only buy 20 volumes.
DAL
I have a better strategy -- you buy 20 volumes and get someone else (e.g. Brother, wife) to buy you the other 20 volumes as a "gift", you just give them the money to do the transaction 😉 Going for the highest MSRP doesn't work as good.
He was not specific at the time. However, I believe that he was enamored with the completeness of the coverage at various levels; i.e., technicality, application, language; etc.
Thank you! I didn't even notice that small hyperlink
A great sale! If I did not have them all, I would buy them all.
My very favorite commentary is John Oswalt's Isaiah. Don't miss those two volumes at this price.
I've opted for the greatest savings now :-) I already have several of these but i am very happy to pick up over a $1000 of top rated commentary for $400 - thanks to all concerned for making this offer possible :-)
www.logos.com/nicsale 20 volumes for $20 each Any suggestions? I don't see a date/date range for the sale when following the link. Anyone know what it is? I called the sales number. The rep, Zach, told me that it was up to the publisher and they could end it when they achieved their goals. So he couldn't give a fixed end date. He did suggest that it would last at least a week, and probably two weeks. There were certainly no promises given. So I do not plan to wait too long.
Maybe some of you can help me decide on which OT volumes to purchase. I have $40 to spend.
Isaiah - Oswalt (both volumes)
Proverbs - Waltke (both volumes)
Joel/Obadiah/Jonah/Micah (Allen) & Nahum/Habakkuk/Zephaniah (Robertson)
It's very good (one of the few NIC OT/NT). I like Oswalt's commentary on Isaiah even better. When I read it for technical content, it ended up being a devotional / worship experience as well.
If you browse through BestCommentaries.com you'll see many of these volumes ranked very highly.
For those unfamiliar:
NICOT http://bestcommentaries.com/series/new-international-commentary-on-the-old-testament-nicot/
NICNT http://bestcommentaries.com/series/new-international-commentary-on-the-new-testament-nicnt/
I have been waiting for something like this for a long time. Picked up a handful with a very limited similar deal a while back. Now I am going hog-wild. A very disciplined, pray-about-it, communicate-well-with-my-wife, get-her-approval-and-enthusiasm sort of hog wild.
I am just thinking WHY do we/I need one more commentary... is NICOT/NT so much better than WBC and others?
Looked at my own library and I have between 14 to 51 commentaries per book of the Bible now, Do I really need to get some of the NICOT/NT series so I can say that I have some of the best called commentaries?
I do have five volumes of NICNT because of past march madness.. But I also have all of the WBC series that I am very happy with as my most used commentary.
My main question is why, what more can someone give us that is not already in the other commentaries? Maybe a different view point.
Also I don't have close to needed money to get many of the volumes anyway. I thinking of maybe 3 to 4 at most but then like others I found myself asking which if I get any.
I looked close at Isaiah & Ezekiel, or maybe Matthew, Mark, Luke, Because i have ( John, Acts, and Romans ).
Punctuation matters!
OK I need some help here (after I read all Infos and Statement I'm confused)
I like to have Commentaries
1. Explain the Textual Isues (also Papyri)
2. Explain Culturell and other Background and give new Archäological Helps
3. Explain what the Author said
Are there any must haves for me in this Sale?
Oh, and I'm mainly Interested in New Testament
At one time I wanted to purchase the whole NICOT/NT set (and still would if finances weren't a consideration), but I set up a spreadsheet and listed all the commentaries I had for each of the books of the Bible. I then added rankings from BestCommentaries.com and information from other sources like Tremper Longman and D.A Carson. In the end, I realized that I didn't need the whole set, but it would be nice to be able to add a few
When I saw the sale I knew that this would probably be the best time to pick up the additional commentaries I had been waiting on. So after careful review, here is what I am going with (keep in mind that I have other resources like WBC, NIGTC, NAC, and NIVAC which obviously affect my choices.)
I already had Matthew, Geneis 1, and Deuteronomy
I am adding
Genesis 2, Waltke's Commentary on Proverbs (2 vol), Romans, Pastoral Epistles, Hebrews, James (I am a fan of Scot McKnight), Revelation,
I may yet live to regret not picking up Ecclesiastes, Ezekiel, and Isaiah (though I have Oswalt in the NIVAC series) and I haven't pushed the button yet, but this is probably where I am going to end up.
I say all this for those who are buying less than 20 and are looking for opinions concerning what are the best choices with limited resources. My opinion is only one, but I add it to the voices already presented in the hopes that it might help some. Do keep in mind the resources I already have though, because they do play a key part.
The official blog states that the sale runs till July 5th (well, the deals "disappear" July 5th). See last line (in blue font) of the blog here:https://blog.logos.com/2016/06/definitive-top-10-volumes-nicotnicnt/
I am still seeing $55.00 a book, even though I sign in....What am I doing wrong?
Paul
Enter the sales coupon code "NICSALE" at the checkout.
https://www.logos.com/nicsale
This is a great sale, and Faithlife has been able to run several commentary sets at a special price per volume. Though I already have purchased all the NIC volumes, I think this (and the commentary set sales) are a great service. I hope this continues with even more commentary sets going on sale.
Of course, is it the publishers that must agree for this to happen. I hope other publishers are paying attention.
I just have a feeling we'll be seeing the NIC series included in a Platinum Base Package (or Diamond) sooner rather than later and even though some are on sale right now, the dynamic pricing gap won't be so great when they finally come out; so I think I'll save my hope and pennies for L7...:)
Couldn't agree more. Would love to see Welwyn, Mentor, EP Study, Focus on the Bible and IVPNT commentary series on sale.
Now I am going to worry until I know if I need to or not.
