Disappointed in Witherington Madness

I was very excited to see Ben Witherington in March Madness, and I was prepared for a big mark down on some of his works, so when he ended in the 35% round of deals, I was ready to purchase them all for $157.95. Then I realized that the 6 works in March Madness are available in the Socio-Rhetorical Commentary Series collection, which includes those 6, plus Romans and deSilva's Hebrews commentary, which is only $149.99.

Now I understand that I would still be getting a good deal if I was only buying individual volumes, but it would have been nice for some warning like, "if you want all of these, then check out bigger savings with the Socio-Rhetorical commentary set." I guess I am just a little bummed that the deal is no better than what I could have already gotten.

I did however pull the trigger on John Walton's Old Testament Survey!

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Mike Childs

I agree and that surprised me about this year's March Madness sale.

Evan Boardman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/352415#Comment_352415

Oh great the first year I take part in it and its more madness than sale.

David Carter

It is quite often the case that the individual volumes in a series, when combined, come to a total far in excess of the cost of a collection, and it is always worth checking and comparing prices.

If you think the Witherington case is bad, you should look at John MacArthur's titles - the MacArthur NT Commentaries Collection (29 vols) costs $341.95 - the 29 titles can be bought individually for a total of $594.12. Even with a 40% discount (assuming MacArthur exits this round) the individual volumes come in at $356.47.

I was more disappointed in the non-participation by some publishers in March Madness than the cost of individual volumes, it would appear that neither Eerdmans nor Baker titles are included, given that Moo's Pillar volume on Colossians and Philemon and Bock's Luke commentary in the BECNT are not discounted.

Johann

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/352434#Comment_352434

I was also hoping for better discounts for Witherington. The "Acts" and "Mark" commentary are on my maybe list, but I'm waiting to see all the discounts at the final prices.

I was more disappointed in the non-participation by some publishers in March Madness than the cost of individual volumes, it would appear that neither Eerdmans nor Baker titles are included, given that Moo's Pillar volume on Colossians and Philemon and Bock's Luke commentary in the BECNT are not discounted.

Too bad Bock was placed in the bracket to face Carson in the second round, and too bad the Luke BECNT wasn't included. I would like to see the two volumes for a big discount.

If Moo's Pillar commentary isn't included, I guess I shouldn't expect Carson's commentary on John to get a discount

David Carter

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/352671#Comment_352671

If Moo's Pillar commentary isn't included, I guess I shouldn't expect Carson's commentary on John to get a discount

I wouldn't give up hope yet - my theory (assumption) that titles published by Eeerdmans aren't included has been completely blown out of the water now by Gordon Fee's To What End Exegesis being included. Edited to add As is Berkouwer's Studies in Dogmatics.

Maybe there is another reason why Moo's volume isn't included, who knows? Who would have thought that there wouldn't be a single MacArthur commentary included?