A reminder: Wipf and Stock Publishers is offering Words on the Word readers 40% off anything in their online store through the month of May. Just use the coupon code LETTERS at checkout. Last week I reviewed their Reading Bonhoeffer (pictured above). Here are a couple of ideas of books you could get from them.
Wipf and Stock Publishers is offering Words on the Word readers 40% off anything in their online store through the month of May. Just use the coupon code LETTERS at checkout. Yesterday I reviewed their Reading Bonhoeffer (pictured above). Here are a couple of ideas of books you could get from them.
Accordance Bible Software is 20 years old this month. Click here to see their celebration page.
They’re offering a host of 20 modules at $20 each in a 24-hour-sale that has been going on today. There were a couple of things that had been on my wish list for a while that I picked up this morning. Tomorrow (Friday, March 21) will introduce 20 more modules at the same price.
As you can see, Words on the Word is sporting a new layout. Feedback is welcomed! This featured image…
…is “St. Paul Writing His Epistles,” by Valentin de Boulogne (17th Century).
This month Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians is free in Logos Bible Software. You can find it here.
Here is part of the product description from Logos:
This volume in the ever-popular W. J. K. Armchair series turns its sights on contemporary theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945). Born in Breslau, Germany, Bonhoeffer led quite an intriguing life. This book, with dozens of illustrations by artist Ron Hill, highlights Bonhoeffer’s background and theological education; his time at Union Seminary in New York City; his involvement in the resistance movement against Adolf Hitler; and his participation in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
… you were right. But check this out:
Brill’s MyBook program, available on the BrillOnline Books and Journals platform, enables users to purchase a print-on-demand paperback copy of books of their choosing, provided they have access to the e-book version via their institution.*
MyBook has a fixed price of €25.00 / $25.00* per copy. Brill will ship your copy free of charge, though VAT will be added where applicable.
Read more details here.
Zondervan has just published the first two volumes of a new Old Testament commentary series, Hearing the Message of Scripture. Here’s part of a brief description of its approach:
[W]hen dealing with specific texts, the authors of the commentaries in this series are concerned with three principal questions:
- What are the principal theological points the biblical writers are making?
- How do biblical writers make those points?
- What significance does the message of the present text have for understanding the message of the biblical book within which it is embedded and the message of the Scriptures as a whole?
The achievement of these goals requires careful attention to the way ideas are expressed in the OT, including the selection and arrangement of materials and the syntactical shaping of the text.
Zondervan introduces the series more fully here, with a listing of contributors here. Or, if you prefer a video introduction, here is Series Editor Daniel I. Block on the series:
You can see PDF samples from Obadiah (by Daniel I. Block) here and from Jonah (by Kevin J. Youngblood) here. Zondervan’s book pages for each title are here and here. I’ve read half of the Obadiah volume so far and will post a review shortly.
Olive Tree is offering a three-day sale on 200+ items. Among them is a $4.99 New English Translation of the Septuagint (NETS). Lots of commentary series and sets are deeply discounted, some half off. The Archaeological Study Bible notes (with full color images) are $9.99.
You can find more details here.
If you’re curious about Olive Tree or have never used it, find my reviews here.
The folks at WordPress prepared a 2013 “annual report” for this blog.
It notes the top five posts of the year, according to number of visits, some of which were written in 2012:
The summary has other interesting notes about the blog, its readers, etc. You can click here to read the entire report.
Logos Bible Software has just announced the release of a “500 Book Mega Pack.” The bundle is up through the end of the year. More details are here. Some highlights include:
…and quite a few more. Nearly 200,000 pages (print equivalent). You probably won’t use all of it, but it’s a quick and cost-efficient way to expand a Logos library. Logos offers it at 96% off, through their Christmas sale.
As to my own personal experience using Logos, I’ve written a good deal about that here (with more reviews forthcoming). You can also see a short demo here (with a great soundtrack from Future of Forestry) on how to use Logos to research the Christmas story.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received the 500 Book Mega Pack gratis, with the expectation that I post about it here (though with no expectation as to my evaluation of the product itself).
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