Zondervan 6 at 60

The NIDNT and NIDOT comes in a bundle together but it is not on sale. That makes no sense to me.

Not quite right...the old versions are bundled, but the new NIDNT is not.

DAL

While I'm still sitting on the fence for NIDNTTE and ZEB - both are probably good in themselves, and it's rare to see Zondervan titles 60% off but on the other hand, what additional benefit would they bring to a large library well-stocked with lexicons, dictionaries and encyclopedias ...  #firstworldproblems  ... - I hit quick-buy on the ZAB Atlas resource. This looks like a steal, especially when looking for content and comments over at a large retailer.

I also just bought the ZEB. It is similar to the ISBE, but here is my summary of differences:

• Includes tagged Greek and Hebrew GK numbers (this is very nice)
• More internal cross-linking than ISBE
• Color pictures and maps. 
• Maps are good and helpful.  They are plenty large enough to illustrate the articles, however they aren't as good as the maps in the Zondervan Atlas of the Bible.
• Photographs tend to be small (range from 2 to 4 inches on the screen) and are often misaligned with the associated article.  This misalignment is probably a result of the print layout, but I saw several instances where the picture for an article was in the middle of the an adjoining entry (See first screenshot below).  So you might not see it if you didn't scroll up or down a bit.
• Articles are somewhat shorter than the ISBE.  (Sometimes much shorter: In the ZEB, Baptism is 7 pages.  In the ISBE, Baptism is 16 pages.  But that's an outlier.)
• I feel that the ISBE articles are written more scholarly than the ZEB.  The ZEB authors tend to be more discursive, throw in more personal commentary, and write to a different (younger?) audience, but that varies with the article.

Trying to decide if I want to keep it.  I like the images and tagging/linking, but the writing does not stand out.

Here are some example ZEB/ISBE comparison screenshots --

Picture of Caesarea Philippi is in the wrong article. Nice cross-linking though.  ZEB Article is much shorter then ISBE:

I really did not care for this ZEB Calendar article.  Much too introductory:

Notice how ZEB skips discussion of the original language in this article:

Nice map, Different approach to the outline here.  I think I like this ZEB article better than the ISBE one here.  ZEB is more straightforward and readable, but ISBE still longer:

Small picture. ZEB article seems to go straight into commentary mode:

I'm still sitting on the fence for NIDNTTE and ZEB

I got ZEB, but found it not too hot, already having ISBE, AYBD etc.  Occasionally an article is good, or clearly written, but not really helpful if you have the other ones.  I think I got it more for the image files . . . that said, it is better than the old Zondervan Pictorial.

NIDNTTE I don't have.  I really like Moises Silva and his linguistics knowledge, and would think it be good based on that. 

After almost 2 years, anybody knows which NIDNTTE is better? Silva's new version or Brown's older version. I own neither but after reading the forums it seems that Silva's new version has not had a good reception, hence, the low sale price today.

Oh BTW, how long is the sale?

DAL

DTS reviews it favorably, although I know their theology is far from yours, the review is quite detailed.

http://www.dts.edu/reviews/new-international-dictionary-of-new-testament-theology-and-exegesis-moiss-silva 

This review compares the two editions at length, favoring the new:

http://pastors.com/book-review-new-international-dictionary-new-testament-theology-exegesis-second-edition-moises-silva-revision-editor/ 

After the L7 roll out, i am having serious deflated wallet syndrome.

Yeah I don't have a great answer for you.  All i know is sales this large don't come around all that often.  You save $130 with this sale.  I took the jump as I think in the long run it will be beneficial and will compliment my TDNT but I haven't had much time to play with it yet. From what I can tell, the people who do have it like it

I think we are getting to the end and I still am still trying to make up my mind on New International Dictionary of NT Theology and Exegesis (5 vols.)

It's half off the prepub price, so I personally did buy it. Rare sale for that dictionary. I'd still like to own the older version though, since it's linked to a lot of the resources I have.

DAL