
Ken Avery
- 1917 Edition is a plus, it has the original notes compiled by Schofield no help or corrections by “modern” scholars, what’s missing the Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names, Subject Index and Concordance, the hyperlinks in the notes are helpful.
- Peach brother! The dictionary of scripture proper names, etc. are companion to the Bibles published by Oxford at that time. Probably it will need an extra license to publish it. I have an 1918 Oxford Bible wich contains those helps. If you paid enough and are lucky, you'll get an cyclopedic concordance, which is way better. The only Bible I know that still print those helps are the Allan's KJV Bible. Being the dictionary of proper names, etc. the most common one.
- I felt sorry for my pastor whom was preaching this Sunday; not knowing this dictionary exists, pulled the definition for love in 1 John 4:7 from a contemporary dictionary. He then attempted to explain in the context of this verse the definition of the word love. He was sure it was not what is defined in contemporary dictionaries; though, he struggled with a concise definition. If he had this dictionary he would have the correct definition of the word love in the context of this verse explained; including, pointing to the definition of the word "benevolence". Our English language was forged out of translations of the Bible; thus, the very definitions of words were once knit together with the biblical text. The only reference I know of that provides more information concerning the definition of words used in the vernacular bibles is the LEME project: http://leme.library.utoronto.ca/index.cfm. If you want good definitions of words used in the vernacular bibles, this is an excellent resource. God bless you and keep you, Ken
- It won't! And if it ever clears Community Pricing it will sit for another year in Pre-Publication! Community Pricing is a joke, it always has been and Logos refuses to admit it. One of my goals in Bible study has been to trace the English Bible from its beginning to what we have today. Though I've read several books on the subject, this collection would be the treasure trove of what I need to assist my study and all I can do is sit and mourn the fact that I will never get to see it published in my lifetime.
- @Gerald S. CP is pretty cool, really. The one thing I give Logos kudos for. It appears the progress depends on us, rather than anything else. There are some really cool items that will sit for years before we hit the estimated production cost; then there are items that for no apparent reason reach production costs within days-- items that have a savings of "pennies" and stuff I would not rush out to get. So it makes sense to put production priorities where the interest is at, and put items on the back burner that apparently will take longer to sell. Again, that is sad, because there are a few items that I want to see published before I die 100 years from now, eg, Bible in 7 acts, and the Lexham study guides. But for some reason, everyone is bidding $350 on Bible in 7 Acts, and it's sitting for a couple years now; so, it will take a while to get published. And it looks totally awesome! Sure, $350 is a lot, BUT, people can bid $50 and get this thing published. But, they bid $350, and it sits. I would not say CP is the joke; but rather us, who a) don't understand how it works, and b) don't know what is cool and bid on it. Here's some stuff to help people "get it": 1. CP is a way for Logos to publish items with "investors" so it won't cost anything to Logos to publish an item. This allows us to 2. Get items for as much as 95% off what it would cost if Logos fronted the bill. 3. Social media promotion will help get things pushed through faster. Tweet and Facebook links to get people to see CP items to get people to bid. 4. Just because, say, Bible in 7 Acts is currently at $350 does not mean that will be the final cost. The final cost is based on a pricing category where people's bid reaches or passes expected production costs. Let's pretend cost to produce an item is $10,000 If one person bids $10,000 the cost is covered in one bid. It would take 10,000 people to bid $1 to get it published. In both cases, it will take forever to get to $10k because only a few could afford $10, and probably no one would be willing to pay that much for one item. It takes a long time to get 10,000 people to get bid. So, in the meantime we hope maybe 2000 people will be willing to bid $5 or 1000 to bid $10. As you see, each category takes fewer people to reach production. But, if people dont see it, or have other interests, it takes longer to reach cost. And again the longer it takes to reach cost, the longer it will sit in pre-pub. While I'm not a fan of the "We're in business to make money" defense, it is true. We can't expect folly with business practices, because then the company will fold. But, at the same time, I do feel Logos does take things too far. I think Bob is a brilliant business minded man, and that's great; but (perhaps unfair judgement on my part) I think in his explanations, he pushes too much the "we're a business first" defense. Christians are not always the brightest group around. We think because the Bible is God's word, we should publish it free, and distribute it free, forgetting it actually costs real money to produce and to distribute. Again, I'm no fan of "we're in business to make money" either, but, because it takes money to run things, it makes total sense on how CP works. Let us dictate what we want published, let us decide what we are willing to pay to get things published, and let us save. But, that then can slow things way down. Again I will say CP is one area I think Logos does close to right as possible.
- Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum is an absolute genius, God has blessed him with insights into the Bible, related texts and ancient languages that goes beyond most Biblical commentators. I have been studying his work in printed form for years and as soon as his collection was available in Logos I immediately purchased it! The breadth of information is a must have in Logos, it is one of the first collections I go to whenever doing research in eschatology!