A friend is reviewing the most recently published of these volumes, so this series just came to my attention. It seems quite unique, and would be a good thing to have in Logos.
"The Blackwell Bible Commentaries offer a genuinely new approach in their emphasis on the way the Bible has been used and interpreted through the ages, from the church fathers through to current popular culture, and in spheres as diverse as art and politics, hymns, and official church statements. These are the first commentaries to place an emphasis on the Bible in literature, music, and art; the Bible in history and politics; and the Bible in theology and religion.
The volumes explore the fascinating reception history of the Bible, since what people believe a sacred text like the Bible means is often as interesting and historically important - theologically, politically, morally, and aesthetically - as what it originally meant.
This outstanding series will be appreciated by students, their teachers, and by anyone who wishes to understand how the Bible has been interpreted down the ages, and is still used in contemporary culture. Further information about the series is available from the Blackwell Bible Commentaries website at www.bbibcomm.net."
The series is ongoing...
Most of those that have been published already are available in Kindle.
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This looks very interesting ... perhaps too interesting to wait for Logos
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MJ. Smith:This looks very interesting
It does.
MJ. Smith:perhaps too interesting to wait for Logos
Please come back with a review if you decide to buy a volume.
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I've just had a quick look "inside" the volume on John at Amazon and it does look very interesting indeed.
I purchased John and find it very interesting - but I need my Logos links to track from the brief summary of a patristic comment to its actual statement and context
Okay, Coleridge, Swedenborg, Hutcheson, Lindars are not patristic. The book really shows the need for the Classic Commentaries that Logos sells - but may also show that they are not quite broadly "classic" enough. But if you think of a exegetical summary that reads well and goes far beyond any theological boundary you'll get a sense of the series, it's value and why it should be in Logos.
Okay - concrete facts on the Logos classics and those used in Blackwell
Thanks, MJ. How's the distribution between patristic, medieval, reformation and more modern?
for fgh I am not updating posts: typical list of commentators referred to in Blackwell ... from John 8:56-59 Pope Gregory, Chrysostom, Luther, Hoskyns, Ignatius, Lancelot Andrewes, Grelot, Calvin, Irenaeus, Kokkinos, Schnackenburg, Brown, Erasmus, Hutcheson, Theophylact, Bammel, Bultmann, Ball, Aquinas, Bengel, Natalis Alexander, Grotius, Daube, Noyes
This is a series that would sell related works quite effectively.
fgh the sample above is typical although it varies by passage. The Medieval is a bit weaker than I would like but in terms of research for the book I can see why. When there are more reception history resources to build off, I would expect this to be corrected in the field not in this resource.
Thanks again!
These commentaries would still be valuable.
I am still really interested in this series. More volumes have come out since I posted the above 7 years ago.
I've added a suggestion on Feedbear for it. Please go vote if you're interested.
https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-book-requests/posts/blackwell-bible-commentaries-whole-set
It's the only commentary set I don't have that interests me at this point. I've got my vote in.