Misprint!! Why does E. Schürer get special treatment?

Reading through 'New Testament and the People of God' and being frustrated by the lack of Timeline and Bibliographical tagging I still find myself bemused by this conundrum.

What has E Shürer done that (in this example) that the likes of Perrin, Charlesdworth and Urbach have not.

The link does indeed give the reference to his book but this is not available in Logos' catalogue so why is this author singled out for special treatment?

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Joseph Turner

It is available with a slightly different title:

A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ (5 vols.)

I would guess that the title difference is an English/British issue.

Mike Binks

It is available with a slightly different title:

A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ (5 vols.)

I would guess that the title difference is an English/British issue.

Thank you for taking the time to reply Joseph - subtle but significant.

Perhaps the powers that be will make an alteration to remove this anomaly?

Joseph Turner

It's technically not an anomaly, since it is spelled differently depending on where you are. It is similar two the FF Bruce book Paul: Apostle of the Free Spirit and Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free. If I remember correctly, they are the same book, but one is the American spelling and one is the British spelling.

References to either book should still go to the one Logos carries.

Randy Lane

Be aware that there are two English editions of Schürer, both originally published by T. & T. Clark.

The edition available in Logos is the MacPherson translation, which dates from 1905 and is therefore a public domain publication. The imprint is "Time", not "Age". This is the edition you've probably seen for sale from Hendricksen for a cheapo cheapo $35 on Amazon today:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1565630491

The edition cited by Wright is the second translation finished in 1987 and uses "Age" in the title instead of "Time". T. & T. republished the set last year. The price, of course, is much higher than the public domain edition:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1472520165

That Wright cites the new edition and Logos only has public domain old translation may account for your observation.

I've plugged for Logos to get us the newer version a few times, but to no avail.

https://community.logos.com/forums/p/86842/609733.aspx#609733

https://community.logos.com/forums/p/28196/208787.aspx#208787

Mike Binks

The edition cited by Wright is the second translation finished in 1987 and uses "Age" in the title instead of "Time". T. & T. republished the set last year. The price, of course, is much higher than the public domain edition:

That Wright cites the new edition and Logos only has public domain old translation may account for your observation.

Thanks for that insight Randy - it explains a lot.

I'll wait for the New Edition to appear and then check if the links are going to work before I part with any money.

With the 'Christian Origins' series being such important (and in some circles contentious) works it is surprising that Logos have left them seriously under curated.

Joseph Turner

Be aware that there are two English editions of Schürer, both originally published by T. & T. Clark.

The edition available in Logos is the MacPherson translation, which dates from 1905 and is therefore a public domain publication. The imprint is "Time", not "Age". This is the edition you've probably seen for sale from Hendricksen for a cheapo cheapo $35 on Amazon today:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1565630491

The edition cited by Wright is the second translation finished in 1987 and uses "Age" in the title instead of "Time". T. & T. republished the set last year. The price, of course, is much higher than the public domain edition:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1472520165

That Wright cites the new edition and Logos only has public domain old translation may account for your observation.

I've plugged for Logos to get us the newer version a few times, but to no avail.

https://community.logos.com/forums/p/86842/609733.aspx#609733

https://community.logos.com/forums/p/28196/208787.aspx#208787

This is indeed useful information. I would also like to see the newer version available in Logos.