Anchor Yale Bible is Broken Up!!

That link will only show AYB for the short term until newer things are released after it, so here's a link that will work whenever someone stumbles across this thread:

https://www.logos.com/products/search?q=ayb&pageSize=60

At least in the New Testament they should all be lbxlls -files.

EDIT: just the most interesting volumes in the New Testament in Logos would have been exactly $471. I got the NT set including the old Mt -volume in Accordance on a sale for $449.99. The interesting NT volumes are: First Corinthians by Joseph A. Fitzmyer, The Letters to the Thessalonians by Abraham J. Malherbe, Letter to Philemon by Joseph A. Fitzmyer, II Corinthians by Victor Paul Furnish, Colossians by Markus Barth, Helmut Blanke and Astrid B. Beck, The Letter of James by Luke Timothy Johnson, Mark 1–8 by Joel Marcus, Mark 8–16 by Joel Marcus, Galatians by J. Louis Martyn, 2 Peter, Jude by Jerome H. Neyrey, Epistles of John by Raymond Edward Brown.

I have Isaiah 56–66 by Joseph Blenkinsopp as printed matter.

EDIT2: I have not had a thorough look at the OT volumes. I just bought Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (btw: the price for ZIBBCOT can't be negotiated lower on phone, not even when ordering other things at the same time). Unless I return ZIBBCOT I doubt I will afford to buy anything in Logos this weekend, on Monday or in April. I just put ~ $1,500 (which I had managed to save since end of December 2013) on a savings account with OK interest where the money will be locked for a year, to prevent me from ordering too many books.

I have been waiting for this for a long time.

Some time ago one user said the whole set is lbxlls -files. I doubt that has changed unless there are some very recent OT volumes which would then be logos4, but only if they are very recent and the rest of the volumes would still be lbxlls:

Martin Grainger Dean said:

Martin Grainger Dean said:

I'm wondering if we buy these as logos4 or lbxlls files? Can anyone from Logos tell us? Thanks, Martin.

Anyone?

This is good news.  And thanks to Unix for sharing his thoughts on the most valuable volumes.

Would others please share their thoughts on which volumes of Anchor are most to be desired?

I am excited to see this collection broken up.  I have never used this set - the bundled price makes it inaccessible to this student.  But I am glad that I can now buy a volume or two that I know I will use, and see how I like it.  

Thanks Logos! 

bump! No hurry, but I haven't received answers to my questions in the above post.

Btw, I'm photo-copying for private use from the newer Jeremiah -volumes by Jack Lundbom, so far I've got some interesting pages from the Introduction. Not sure what verses would be worth the cost, as I'm not studying at that particular uni they are not giving me discounted photo-copying prices.

I have been waiting for this for years. It is difficult to express my excitement, so I will just say: Thank you Logos!!!

Michael

I would have to say The book of Daniel & Revelation, then the three from Isaiah, then the three from Jeremiah. But this is because of looking into end times..

But all of these would be a pretty penny.[:(]

Lee Garrison said:

Michael

I would have to say The book of Daniel & Revelation, then the three from Isaiah, then the three from Jeremiah. But this is because of looking into end times..

But all of these would be a pretty penny.

Their introduction states that: "The book of Daniel was written as resistance literature, to strengthen and console loyal Jews of the second century BC who had to endure religious, economic, and social oppression at the hands of Antiochus I."

https://www.logos.com/product/41441/the-anchor-yale-bible-the-book-of-daniel  

And thus would be useless for studying end times as the AYB declares Daniel to be a second century fake. Just saved myself $31.95.

David Ames said:

And thus would be useless for studying end times as the AYB declares Daniel to be a second century fake. Just saved myself $31.95.

I looked at the Exodus books because that is what we are going through now. Two volumes of around 1500 pages expounding on Exodus which the author thinks is fiction. I just saved almost $110.

Robert Harner said:

David Ames said:

And thus would be useless for studying end times as the AYB declares Daniel to be a second century fake. Just saved myself $31.95.

I looked at the Exodus books because that is what we are going through now. Two volumes of around 1500 pages expounding on Exodus which the author thinks is fiction. I just saved almost $110.

It is amazing that many of the BIG names in Biblical research do not believe that the Bible is the Word of God.

This post is a blatant attempt to raise my post count as I have double posted it.

A Question that has been asked is:

Lee Garrison said:

I think one question is that If the person that Biblical researcher does not believe the Book of the Bible is the true Word of God, then what is the real value of any research he/she does with the Bible. Is it pointless to read what the person has to say?

I'm just thinking out loud. What is your view on this?

What is the point of a commentary from someone that doesn't believe the truth of scripture?

Also there is a thread that allows us to create collections by denomination

Theology/Denomination Tags

Found at: https://community.logos.com/forums/p/82802/626277.aspx#626277  

Maybe what we need is a collection of authors that don't believe the truth of scripture?

I think we may be drifting towards ChristianDiscourse.com on this so I'll tread lightly.

Lee Garrison said:

I think one question is that If the person that Biblical researcher does not believe the Book of the Bible is the true Word of God, then what is the real value of any research he/she does with the Bible. Is it pointless to read what the person has to say? 

A good question perhaps. But only maybe a bit misleading (unintentionally).

While it is true that some authors of any given book may not share your view of the inspiration of scripture, that does not negate their prowess in linguistics or history, etc.  God causes the sun to shine on the righteous as well as the unrighteous.  So there may be some in depth scholarship which renders a book by such an author as valuable on that playing field.  

But knowing the author's stance (usually stated somewhere in the opening material) does inform you of what kind of filter of your own to employ when reading and referencing the book. This is my most important point.

One example I would point to in the AYB is the Leviticus commentaries by Jacob Milgrom.  I have been studying Leviticus for a few years now, there simply are no commentaries that compare to the breadth of knowledge, insight, and yes spiritual application that Milgrom brings to the table. Granted, Milgrom does believe that Lev. is the word of God - but he also subscribes to some documentary theories I reject. More than that, he was Jewish, not Christian.  That is, he did not, as I understand, embrace Jesus as messiah.

So I open up Milgrom, filter out the documentary stuff that I've already studied and rejected, calculate for his missing Christology, and gain an enormous blessing from the book of Leviticus with Jacob Milgrom's help.

Your mileage of course may vary from author to author. But I have never yet found an author I agree completely with on everything.

So I open up Milgrom, filter out the documentary stuff that I've already studied and rejected, calculate for his missing Christology, and gain an enormous blessing from the book of Leviticus with Jacob Milgrom's help.

That is so funny! I have a degree in engineering, so I can imagine the calculation and re-calculation on a piece of paper, adjusting the trajectory, and ... BUM ... good theology. LOL

Not misunderstood Lee. I try to give answers that benefit not only the questioner but future readers.

Lee Garrison said:

What I was trying to ask is why would the AYB want to have any scholarship from someone that did not believe the Bible.  If in fact  Hartman, Louis, Di Lella, Alexander do not believe that the book of Daniel is inspired by God.  I can not say what they believe, I don’t have any volume of AYB. I only had an interest in it because of the set being broken up which I am happy about.

David Ames said I quote  “Their introduction states that: "The book of Daniel was written as resistance literature, to strengthen and console loyal Jews of the second century BC who had to endure religious, economic, and social oppression at the hands of Antiochus I."

https://www.logos.com/product/41441/the-anchor-yale-bible-the-book-of-daniel  

And thus would be useless for studying end times as the AYB declares Daniel to be a second century fake. Just saved myself $31.95.

I fail to see why an introduction to a book which obviously has quite a bit of "code language" that evidently made sense to the first audience, and which compares it with many other writings from that approximate era and sees that it was common for a community under persecution two write things about how in spite of first appearances, that God is in charge after all and will set things right in the end, and to use symbolic place names and people and then concludes that the book makes a lot of sense in the 2nd century BCE is automatically "not believing the bible."  It may not be what you think it means.  They may even be wrong.  But that does not mean that they don't believe it is inspired by God...

Lee Garrison said:

Michael asked which volumes we would be interested in, so I listed Daniel & Revelation as two of the volumes that I would desire if I had the money.

Just about every list I have seen would list the value of Anchor volumes would put Ford's commentary on Revelation at or near the bottom as a near waste of time and money for, uh, idiosyncratic views, lack of space given to back them up, and lack of interaction with others.  The volume on Daniel has no where near that reputation, but was never talked about really.