{"id":25952,"date":"2013-04-05T06:58:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T11:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=25952"},"modified":"2013-04-07T06:29:32","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T11:29:32","slug":"books-a-small-timely-plug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2013\/04\/books-a-small-timely-plug\/","title":{"rendered":"Books! A small timely plug (updated!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/4630708_mouseover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-25953\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" alt=\"4630708_mouseover\" src=\"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/4630708_mouseover.jpg\" width=\"175\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a>As you know, we are to study out of the best books, which entails reading. President Hinckley <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/oneeternalround\/2011\/03\/quotes-of-note-presidents-hinckley-and-uchtdorf-on-books-and-reading\/\" target=\"_blank\">once lamented<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I confess that I am constantly appalled by the scarcity of my knowledge, and the one resentment I think I carry concerns the many pressing demands which limit the opportunity for reading.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So forgive the plug for a few books on soon-to-expire discount with Logos. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.logos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Logos platform<\/a> is free, available natively on Mac, PC, Android, iOs, kindle, and online, at <a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\" target=\"_blank\">biblia.com<\/a>\u00a0(with access to your library and free books but missing 95% of the functionality of the program). The great advantage of Logos on Mac\/PC is that, unlike kindle or pdf format, all the scripture links are live pop-up links, and many other references are hot-linked as well. I&#8217;m a long-time user and a fan, and have slowly built up a good research library. You can purchase books separately, no packages necessary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/faithlifebible.com\/niv?utm_source=logos_corporatenews&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=4444669_email_nivgiveaway2013&amp;utm_campaign=logos2013q2\">Free NIV and Faithlife Study Bible through April 8<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The FSB is a Logos-produced Study Bible, meaning it has interpretive\/background notes of various lengths. You can get it as a separate app, or download it as a free book within Logos. It also contains links to other resources, which are live if you own them. I&#8217;m mostly familiar with the Genesis notes, largely written by Mike Heiser, an Evangelical scholar with an interest in monotheism, <a href=\"http:\/\/thedivinecouncil.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">the divine council<\/a>, Mormonism, and other things. He&#8217;s one of few non-LDS to have published with FARMS\/MI. The Review is currently unavailable while the MI makes technical changes, so go <a href=\"http:\/\/lehislibrary.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/25\/is-yahweh-species-unique-heiser-bokovoy-discuss\/\" target=\"_blank\">here for summary and links<\/a>. \u00a0With the FSB, YMMV.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.logos.com\/product\/30983\/the-jewish-study-bible\">Jewish Study Bible<\/a>\u00a0has come onto prepub, meaning it&#8217;s not available yet, but they&#8217;re working on it. Discount is available until its electronic publication. I&#8217;m a big fan of the JSB, written from a Jewish perspective with the best of Jewish and critical scholarship. NB: As highlighted on\u00a0the Logos page, this includes everything but the NJPS translation, which is available separately.<\/p>\n<p>Logos has its own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.logosmarchmadness.com\/\">March Madness tournament<\/a>, which results in a lot of discounts.<\/p>\n<p>Use coupon code\u00a0<strong>7MM13<\/strong>\u00a0to receive discount on any of these, or go buy from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.logosmarchmadness.com\/\">this page<\/a>\u00a0(you&#8217;ll have to locate the author), where the price discount will happen automatically. Discounts available through April 15.<\/p>\n<p>My picks?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.logosmarchmadness.com\/2013\/round-5-deals\/\">NT Wright<\/a>, a lot of books available, including his &#8220;For Everyone&#8221; NT commentary (which I <a href=\"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2012\/04\/reading-tom-wrights-new-testament-commentary-for-everyone\/\">talked about here<\/a>), some more technical things as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.logosmarchmadness.com\/2013\/round-7-deals\/#carson\">DA Carson<\/a>, 75% off<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.logos.com\/product\/6874\/exegetical-fallacies-second-edition?utm_source=logosmarchmadness.com&amp;utm_medium=productlink&amp;utm_content=logosmarchmadness2013&amp;utm_campaign=logos2013q1\">Exegetical Fallacies<\/a>,(2nd Ed.) $4 instead of $16. A great little book, and one more LDS should read. It&#8217;s a &#8220;common mistakes to avoid&#8221; kind of thing.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.logos.com\/product\/5321\/commentary-on-the-new-testament-use-of-the-old-testament?utm_source=logosmarchmadness.com&amp;utm_medium=productlink&amp;utm_content=logosmarchmadness2013&amp;utm_campaign=logos2013q1\">Commentary on the New Testament Usage of the Old Testament<\/a>, $15 instead of $60. This goes through the NT verse by verse, looking at OT quotations and allusions, the context in both, Jewish usage, etc. It&#8217;s quite interesting. I know Ardis has a copy (see comment <a href=\"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2010\/07\/a-new-new-testament\/\" target=\"_blank\">#3 here<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.logosmarchmadness.com\/2013\/round-1-deals\/#walton\">John Walton&#8217;s<\/a> NIVAC Genesis commentary and\u00a0<em>Ancient Near Eastern Thought and The Old Testament:<i>Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible<\/i><\/em> are both available at a good discount. <a href=\"http:\/\/ldsscience.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/11\/how-joshuas-sun-stood-still-while-world.html\">LDSScienceReview<\/a> has been reading the latter. I have talked about Walton before several times at <a href=\"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?s=%22john+walton%22\" target=\"_blank\">T&amp;S<\/a>\u00a0and cited him elsewhere when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/oneeternalround\/2010\/11\/encultured-prophets-and-the-firmament-peter-enns-continued\/\" target=\"_blank\">talking about creation<\/a>. The NIVAC series is one many LDS would appreciate, as it is aimed at laypeople and explicitly tries to bridge the ancient context with modern application. I haven&#8217;t read the latter book, but reviews are mixed. It&#8217;s probably a good intro to thinking outside our modern box, as with the first book I <a href=\"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/genesis-vs-science-background-readings-and-discussion\/\" target=\"_blank\">list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.logosmarchmadness.com\/2013\/round-4-deals\/#metzger\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Metzger<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Bible in Translation<\/em>, $8.22 instead of $14.95. This introduces the history and making of \u00a0many of the non-English translations like the Septuagint and Targums, as well as KJV, NRSV, and other English Bibles. Metzger, as I understand it, was Bart Ehrman&#8217;s graduate mentor, though they went in very different religious directions. Rumor has it that Metzger wanted Ehrman to title his book\u00a0<em>The Orthodox Correction of the Scriptures\u00a0<\/em>instead of\u00a0<em>The Orthodox Corruption of the Scriptures.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.logosmarchmadness.com\/2013\/round-1-deals\/#witherington\">Ben Witherington<\/a>\u00a0as well, I know he has some LDS fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> I see the archives of <a href=\"http:\/\/store.bib-arch.org\/CDs\/products\/4\/\"><em>Biblical Archaeology Review <\/em>and<em> Bible Review <\/em><\/a>are 50% off<em>.\u00a0<\/em>Both include a Bible, and BAR includes\u00a0<i>Ancient Israel: From Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple<\/i>\u00a0(revised and expanded),\u00a0<i>The Rise of Ancient Israel, The Search for Jesus: Modern Scholarship Looks at the Gospels, Feminist Approaches to the Bible and Aspects of Monotheism: How God Is One.\u00a0<\/i>These archives have a lot of good basic material accessible to non-specialists. I frequently post articles from them or assign them as Institute readings\/handouts.<\/p>\n<p>Happy reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you know, we are to study out of the best books, which entails reading. 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