Dr. Nathan Parker Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Word Biblical Commentary is on sale for $399.99 for one week only. If you don't own it yet, now's the time to get it, as we won't get a chance to offer it this low for a while! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukfraser Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Nathan, having seen your very positive video review of this excellent set, i would love to know what you docked the star off the set for in your january review? ;o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted August 22, 2023 Author Share Posted August 22, 2023 I'm a tough grader. 4 stars is generally the highest grade I give most books/book sets with the exception for my absolute favorite authors or for an author who has produced a super-outstanding work. Overall WBC is a fantastic set, but I wouldn't give most commentary sets more than four stars (even the top-notch ones). Any future teaching I do, I can already hear the groans from future students knowing they'll have to work hard to earn a good grade. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Atnip Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 55 minutes ago, Nathan Parker said: Word Biblical Commentary is on sale for $399.99 for one week only. If you don't own it yet, now's the time to get it, as we won't get a chance to offer it this low for a while! Ohhhh! Three months late! The competition beat you this time, to my regrets. And to think Accordance is even $20 cheaper. If only I could now sell my other set ... I don't need duplicates of $400 commentaries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXCiclista Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Why are Acts, 1 Corinthians, and Colossians/Philemon not included? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukfraser Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, TXCiclista said: Why are Acts, 1 Corinthians, and Colossians/Philemon not included? Acts and 1 cor have not been written/ published yet! I live in hope and acts is somewhere in production and we may see it in the next year. There is a thread about its publication confusion below. for 1 cor, i did get the nicnt volume when it was on sale and while it is ok, i really dont like the way the material is presented in a totally unstructured way. colossians and philemon were withdrawn by the publisher a few years back as the references to other sources had not been detailed rigorously enough though if you had bought them in a previous set, you still had the copies. there is a good explanation of the different set and which version is in each detailed in this article. https://www.accordancebible.com/article/wbc2015/ Edited August 22, 2023 by ukfraser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukfraser Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Nathan Parker said: Any future teaching I do, I can already hear the groans from future students knowing they'll have to work hard to earn a good grade. 🙂 I had one of those, she was quite upfront about the fact that the max score she would ever award was 80 so it wasnt really a percentage!!!!!! So i was pleased to get 78 out of 80! ;o) Edited August 22, 2023 by ukfraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 1 hour ago, ukfraser said: I had one of those, she was quite upfront about the fact that the max score she would ever award was 80 so it wasnt really a percentage!!!!!! So i was pleased to get 78 out of 80! I'll give my future students A's...if they earn it. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 4 hours ago, Mike Atnip said: Ohhhh! Three months late! The competition beat you this time, to my regrets. And to think Accordance is even $20 cheaper. If only I could now sell my other set ... I don't need duplicates of $400 commentaries! DM'd you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biblebob412 Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 I'll add that anyone on the fence about this deal because they would instead only buy "the best books from each commentary set"— consider that 22 of them make the #1 or #2 position on the Best Commentaries website. If you wait for a 50% sale to purchase the individual volumes, assuming $22 each, you'd still be paying $80 more than the current sale price and receiving 39 fewer books. This truly is a great deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukfraser Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Biblebob412 said: I'll add that anyone on the fence about this deal because they would instead only buy "the best books from each commentary set"— consider that 22 of them make the #1 or #2 position on the Best Commentaries website. If you wait for a 50% sale to purchase the individual volumes, assuming $22 each, you'd still be paying $80 more than the current sale price and receiving 39 fewer books. This truly is a great deal! And can i add that having bought a volume from another publisher that received 100% on best commentaries before its present face lift and being totally underwhelmed, i treat best commentaries as a great place to see what is available but now the scores with a high degree of scepticism as you cannot see the underlying data, even less than a certain well known provider from the south american rain forest! This is a fantastic set and worth every cent. Now is the time to get off the fence and grab a brilliant resource at a bargain price! Ps this always topped the top purchases whenever it was on sale before and the sales data was published on the accordance web site. Edited August 27, 2023 by ukfraser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biblebob412 Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 @ukfraser Good point! I also like that WBC doesn't transliterate Hebrew and Greek words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukfraser Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Biblebob412 said: @ukfraser Good point! I also like that WBC doesn't transliterate Hebrew and Greek words And clicking on the Hebrew and Greek takes you to your lexicons when you need to. Great integration. i so value the way the content is structured. I must have bought mine about 2014 and upgraded as revised volumes were published and have enjoyed using them ever since. Edited August 27, 2023 by ukfraser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted August 27, 2023 Author Share Posted August 27, 2023 This is the best deal we'll run on this for a while, so anyone on the fence, grab it before it's gone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Atnip Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 On 8/22/2023 at 8:18 PM, Nathan Parker said: DM'd you. I waited until the proverbial last minute for my other copy to sell, but only got one nibble. So, I did go ahead and bite the bullet and get a set for Accordance. Hopefully a buyer shows up for the competitor's version soon. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted August 29, 2023 Author Share Posted August 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Mike Atnip said: I waited until the proverbial last minute for my other copy to sell, but only got one nibble. So, I did go ahead and bite the bullet and get a set for Accordance. Hopefully a buyer shows up for the competitor's version soon. 🙂 Great! I'll be praying that all goes well for you there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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