Word Biblical Commentary

[kpang808]

It is on sale for $399.99. If I were you I would jump all over this deal. It is an amazing price and overall great set! 

 

https://www.accordancebible.com/store/details/?pid=WBC-61%20Set

[Daniel Francis]

It is my second favourite commentary... Very scholarly, reverent in spirit, it is pretty in depth but you can still get a lot out of it if you are just a student of the Bible and not clergy. 

 

-dan

[mortenjensen]

Is there a way to make use of this offer, when you already own some of the volumes? I bought the entire NT-set and 10 of the GT-volumes, when it was on sale last. I would love to upgrade to the full set, but not love to by what I have a second time ...

[jmc1982]

From another major bible-software forums, I gather that Zondervan don't support dynamic pricing - you either buy the whole bundle together, or you don't - end of discussion. They have made exceptions in the past, but they're enormously rare.

 

I'm wondering if it would be possible for you to sell your licences on second-hand online - I imagine that would need to be done before the sale finishes, but I'm not sure if Accordance would allow you to do so afterwards?

 

Anyway, total guess-work on my part. No idea what flexibility exists for any party at any stage, really.

[ukfraser]

Morten, On other threads, the advice is contact the sales team for a definitive answer but the upgrade from 58 to 61 is quite a lot!!!

 

;o)

Edited May 9, 2017 by ukfraser

[Johuang71]

I find that Accordance also on sale and doesn't apply Sales TAX when you check out!! It will save you $33!. Why there is the difference between Logos and Accordance on Tax issue? 

[Fabian]

Is there a way to make use of this offer, when you already own some of the volumes? I bought the entire NT-set and 10 of the GT-volumes, when it was on sale last. I would love to upgrade to the full set, but not love to by what I have a second time ...

In your case it will be the cheapest to wait till the OT part is on sale again.

 

Greetings

 

Fabian

[ukfraser]

This offer has made it to the number one spot again as usual

 

;o)

[Michael Miles]

I've never had any exposure to this commentary and historically side-step commentaries in general.  What's the big deal with this one, if you don't mind me asking?

[ukfraser]

Michael

Accordance do several technical commentaries, wbc and nicnt& nicot. https://www.accordancebible.com/store/details/?pid=NICNT18 bubble along the most popular for the complete bible but there are alternatives including anchor or pillar and nignt https://www.accordancebible.com/store/details/?pid=NIGTC-13 for the new testament and jps for the tanakh.

 

Preferance is quite personal and all sets have strong and weak volumes. For me, i like the way wbc is structured with notes on the original language and translation issues and then discussion on the form and structure of the passage and then comments and then the authors explanation. Nignt also appears to have a structure as well. With pillar and nicnt, i find the text more in a block so have more to read to find what im looking for.

 

But $1499 down to $400 for 61 volumes is about $ 6.5 per volume instead of the normal$45 per volume. And for that you get approx 500 pages per volume of good technical commentary.

 

Depends why you side step commentaries and what you use. For me, i need help to get behind modern translations and wbc suits the way i work.

Edited May 14, 2017 by ukfraser

[Michael Miles]

Michael

Accordance do several technical commentaries, wbc and nicnt& nicot. https://www.accordancebible.com/store/details/?pid=NICNT18 bubble along the most popular for the complete bible but there are alternatives including anchor or pillar and nignt https://www.accordancebible.com/store/details/?pid=NIGTC-13 for the new testament and jps for the tanakh.

 

Preferance is quite personal and all sets have strong and weak volumes. For me, i like the way wbc is structured with notes on the original language and translation issues and then discussion on the form and structure of the passage and then comments and then the authors explanation. Nignt also appears to have a structure as well. With pillar and nicnt, i find the text more in a block so have more to read to find what im looking for.

 

But $1499 down to $400 for 61 volumes is about $ 6.5 per volume instead of the normal$45 per volume. And for that you get approx 500 pages per volume of good technical commentary.

 

Depends why you side step commentaries and what you use. For me, i need help to get behind modern translations and wbc suits the way i work.

Hello Fraser,

 

First, I'd like to thank you for your time and effort in answering my inquiry and taking the additional effort to supply me with a screen capture from your Apple iPad device.  I appreciate that.

 

I can completely welcome any notes on the original languages, as that is where my keenest interests lie.  I'm wondering if there would perhaps be other "less precious to the pocketbook" commentaries that would address original languages that you are aware of?  The cats here are reminding me that even $400 buys a lot of cat food.  Skeeter is glaring at me even now. I'm not looking to hijack this thread so I'll go park myself over yonder someplace and if someone wants to PM me, that would be helpful and appreciated.

 

Kind regards-

[ukfraser]

This gives you a flavour of the notes from isaiah 6.

 

Ps if your cat is anything like my neighbour's or my daughter's, they probably have two or three other houses that are feeding them so i wouldnt worry too much, cats are born survivors.

 

;o)

Edited May 14, 2017 by ukfraser

[Ιακοβ]

I've never had any exposure to this commentary and historically side-step commentaries in general.  What's the big deal with this one, if you don't mind me asking?

 

You'll get lots of different answers to this, but there are a few ones that have not been noted. It is basically one of the more technical commentaries, which means if you are into greek and hebrew, this is one of the commentaries that will take greek and hebrew into account (rather than hide it from the general reader). This series will also typically open itself up to scholarly views that are non christian / non orthodox (rather than hide it from the general reader). So its good for those studying at a more advanced level, or wanting to really dig into the full range of historical and archaeological views.

[Ιακοβ]

Preferance is quite personal and all sets have strong and weak volumes. For me, i like the way wbc is structured with notes on the original language and translation issues and then discussion on the form and structure of the passage and then comments and then the authors explanation. Nignt also appears to have a structure as well. With pillar and nicnt, i find the text more in a block so have more to read to find what im looking for.

 

Your right, Pillar is intolerably unstructured, the structure of NICNT makes it easier to jump to a verse. WBC is a mixed bag though, better than pillar, however because WBC has multiple sections covering the passage, you often have to read three sections to get out what you need (translation notes, form notes, verse notes)