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Books for Sale: Hermeneia 38 vol. CD-ROM (Logos), $149, OBO
I’m looking to sell the Hermeneia CD-ROM set (38 vols., 2006). It’s compatible with Logos/Libronix. $149 (and willing to consider offers). See here and here for details on the set. If you want to contact me about a possible purchase, feel free to use this form, and we’ll talk. I generally do things through PayPal.
Logos 5: Gold package, reviewed (part 2)
Logos 5 has been on the market for a few months now. How is it holding up? I reviewed Logos 5 in several parts when it first came out last fall, looking especially at the Silver package. Those reviews are all compiled here. Since then I’ve been using the Gold base package, which I began … Continue reading
Review of IVP’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (final part 3)
I’ve been spending some time the last few weeks with InterVarsity Press’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch in Logos Bible Software. You can read part 1 of my review here and part 2 here; those help provide context for this third and final part to the review. In this post I summarize and briefly interact with … Continue reading
(Part 2) Review of IVP’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch
Sarah, Melchizedek, and the language of the Pentateuch. Last week I reviewed the articles on each of those topics in InterVarsity Press’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch in Logos Bible Software. Here’s what the IVP page says about the dictionary in its book description: The Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch is the first in a four-volume series covering the … Continue reading
Review of IVP’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (Logos edition)
Over the next few weeks I’ll be reviewing IVP’s Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch in Logos Bible Software. I’ll look at a few dictionary articles in each post, commenting on the content of each, as well as on the dictionary’s presentation in Logos. I’ve reviewed Logos 4 and 5, looking at several packages and additional resources. Find … Continue reading
Göttingen in Logos is On Sale Friday
$369.95 for the Göttingen Septuagint in Logos Bible Software. It’s on sale for International Septuagint Day, all day Friday (midnight to midnight). If you click here, it adds to your cart, and you can purchase from there–whether you already have the academic discount or not. Marked down from $700. I reviewed the Göttingen Septuagint in Logos here. … Continue reading
The Göttingen Septuagint in Logos Bible software
Göttingen. Not just a city in Germany, but a word that instills awe and fear in the hearts of every student of the Septuagint who must eventually consult the set of Old Greek editions by that name. Okay, that’s maybe a bit dramatic. I do suspect, however, that if one finds it challenging to learn … Continue reading
How to Read and Understand the Göttingen Septuagint: A Short Primer, part 2 (Apparatus)
The one who is serious about getting at the earliest attainable text of the Hebrew Bible will eventually find herself or himself face-to-face with a page like this: The Göttingen Septuagint is the largest scholarly edition of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. Its full title is Septuaginta: Vetus Testamentum Graecum Auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis … Continue reading
Going for the Gold (base package) in Logos 5
It’s been interesting to watch Bible software companies make a final sales push before Christmas–Logos and Accordance seem to have been the most active that I’ve noticed. I’ve compared the “Big Three” Bible softwares here, which is hopefully of help to someone trying to decide which Bible software program is best for her or him. … Continue reading
Works of Richard R. Ottley (3 vols.) in Logos Bible Software
I’ve been using R.R. Ottley’s Book of Isaiah According to the Septuagint as I participate in Greek Isaiah in Year. The two-volume work is available in print through Wipf & Stock here on Amazon. Or you can download the whole thing here for free as a .pdf, since it’s in the public domain. This will be sufficient for many … Continue reading
