[Kindle] Discovering Biblical Texts series

DiscoveringBiblical Texts series published by Eerdmans. 

• Up to now only: Gen, Mat, John, Romans  
• all US$0.99 

latest and (probably the most trustworthy) critical edition of Acts

the latest and (probably the most trustworthy) critical edition of Acts, the digital ECM for Acts (which will be assessed and incorporated into NA29 with other future ECM volumes)

• the hardcopy details: Novum Testamentum Graecum Editio Critica Maior, Complete Vol. III The Acts of the Apostles 
• comments and intro by Larry Hurtado

[OliveTree] Christmas sale (till midnight 24th Dec UST)

• the same sale on these original language packs (recommended for seminarians):

[Olivetree] sale on electronic Greek and Hebrew critical editions (with apparatus) 

Other sale items' here;
a notable one:

UBS Handbooks on the Old Testament (21 Vols.)

Regular Price $199.99
Only $49.99

[pdf/Kindle] Justified by Faith Alone by R. C. Sproul

 

Free Ebook: Justified by Faith Alone by R. C. Sproul

Yesterday, R. C. Sproul went home to be with the Lord at the age of 78.

In honor of the incredible work that God has done through his decades-long speaking and writing ministry, we are pleased to give away an ebook that stands as a fitting tribute to one of the primary emphases of his life: Justified by Faith Alone.

In this brief volume, Sproul is at his best, winsomely explaining why the doctrine of justification is central to the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Fill out a brief survey to download a free digital copy of Justified by Faith Alone today.

[OliveTree] free NIV Application Commentary Mark

FREE for the Olive Tree Bible App!

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NIV Application Commentary Mark

The Gospel according to Mark is widely known for its short but concise narrative-driven account of Jesus’ life—his ministry and subsequent death and resurrection. Get straight to the core of Jesus’ saving character by studying Mark, which many scholars think is a common source for the other Gospels. Let its message of new life—new life without end—continually affect your life.<
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27.99  FREE!

Free audio of the month (Dec): WHY THE REFORMATION STILL MATTERS

WHY THE REFORMATION STILL MATTERS

FREE audiobook download for this month (normally $14.98)

Five hundred years after the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, many people—Christians and non-Christians alike—view it as a conflict about issues that are no longer relevant to the church. But what if the Reformation still has something to teach us? What if the doctrines so vigorously debated and defended by the Reformers still matter today? In this accessible primer on the Reformation, Michael Reeves and Tim Chester introduce readers to eleven key questions raised by the Reformers. These questions continue to impact the church today—proving that the Reformation is much more than just a bit of history we can leave behind.

Logos monthly free ebook (Dec) Boice's Psalms 1-41 commentary

Psalms, Vol. 1: Psalms 1–41

Whether you're a serious Bible student probing through Psalm 19 or a first-time reader inspired by the promise of Psalm 23, this first volume on the book of Psalms explores each of the first forty-one psalms, uncovering deep reflections, wisdom for living, and verses of praise, confidence, and repentance.

[Olivetree] sale on electronic Greek and Hebrew critical editions (Discounts End November 27, 11:59PM PST)

• price rose a bit from last year, but still OliveTree is offering the cheapest digital editions and it's time to buy for interested seminarians

NA28 with Critical Apparatus, Mounce Parsings, and Concise Dictionary

For the Olive Tree Bible App

Publisher: German Bible Society

 $99.99

US$49.99

Save 50%

 

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) with Critical Apparatus and Westminster Parsings and BDB Lexicon

For the Olive Tree Bible App

Publisher: German Bible Society

 $99.99

US$49.49

Save 50%

LXX with Kraft-Wheeler-Taylor Parsings, Critical Apparatus, and LEH Lexicon

For the Olive Tree Bible App

Publisher: German Bible Society

 $99.99

US$49.49

Save 50%

• runs on iOS, Android, Mac, & Windows

[Kindle] Black Friday Kindle NIC Commentary Sale (till 27/11)

Select NICNT/NICOT sale

• this set is written from an evangelical perspective with some fair discussion on Greek/Hebrew. 
• Good (and newer) ones in the series include: Zechariah, Judges, Prov, Psalms, Matthew, Pastoral Ep., John, 1Cor (rev), James, Hebrews

The NEW Tyndale House Greek New Testament

The Greek New Testament, Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge

//under the oversight of editors Dr. Dirk Jongkind (St. Edmund's College, University of Cambridge) and Dr. Peter Williams (Tyndale House, Cambridge). Together with their team, they have taken a rigorously philological approach to reevaluating the standard text—reexamining spelling and paragraph decisions as well as allowing more recent discoveries related to scribal habits to inform editorial decisions.//

• further intro
• available online here  
• a review by Todd Scacewater
• video intro: 

The Greek New Testament, Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge from Crossway on Vimeo.

[Logos/OliveTree/WORDsearch] Zondervan ETS/SBL sale on bible reference (till 21 Nov)

The Word Biblical Commentary and select other commentaries and Bible reference titles are on sale right now at Logos, Accordance, WORDsearch and Olive Tree. Check out the deals today because they’ll be gone by November 21, 2017.

Shop at Logos
Shop at Accordance
Shop at WORDsearch
Shop at Olive Tree
(You’ll find other Bible reference on sale!)

• recommended: NIDNTTE, NIDOTTE, individual WBC titles like Rev, John, Mat, Gen, Psalms

[WORDSearch] three free stuff on Biblical Interpretation, Romans and practical theology (till 30 Nov)

Basic Bible Interpretation

A Practical Guide to Discovering Biblical Truth

Author: Roy B. Zuck

Publisher: David C. Cook

Reg: $24.95

Sale: $0.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biblical Theology for Christian Proclamation: Commentary on Romans

Author: David G. Peterson

Publisher: B&H Academic

Reg: $39.95

Sale: $0.00

•  recommended

10 Questions Every Christian Must Answer

Thoughtful Responses to Strengthen Your Faith

Author: Alex McFarland and Elmer Towns

Publisher: Broadman & Holman

Reg: $14.95

Sale: $0.00

 

 

聖士提芬會廣東話音譯新約聖經

廣東話音譯新約聖經

聖士提芬會

•  可供下載

據聞: 
//主要有祖藍錄耶穌，李亞男做井旁婦人，蔣志光做老約翰，杜麗莎做依利莎伯，鄭敬基做施洗約翰，關心研做瑪莉亞，周慧敏報書章，孫耀威做天使長迦伯列，伍允龍做Philip，鄭子誠做彼得，衛蘭做希羅底個女，馬浚偉做史提反，梁健平做百夫長，泰山做保羅，梁永善牧師做大祭師，黎振滿牧師做祭師，仲有王琬之、鄺文珣、陳美詩、慧詩、張堅庭、金培達、陳恩明牧師等。//

[WORDSearch] three free stuff on practical theology (till 13 Nov)

Basic Budgeting for Churches: A Complete Guide

Author: Jack A. Henry

Publisher: Broadman & Holman

Category: Literature, Church & Ministry

This title works with the following Wordsearch products

Desktop | Web | iPhone/iPad | Android

Reg: $14.95

Sale: $0.00

Youthworker's Encyclopedia

Author: Dean Borgman

Publisher: Wordsearch

Category: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Reg: $49.95

Sale: $0.00

Creature of the Word: The Jesus-Centered Church

Author: Matt Chandler, Josh Patterson, Eric Geiger

Publisher: Broadman & Holman

Category: Literature, Church & Ministry

This title works with the following Wordsearch products

Desktop | Web | iPhone/iPad | Android

Reg: $14.95

Sale: $0.00

[Kindle] $5 NIVAC is back (till 12 Nov)

EBOOK SALE: NIV Application Commentaries Only US$4.99!

Save up to 83%

same price as previous years'

[WORDSearch] Bible Speaks Today 55 Vols. sale (till 20 Nov)

Bible Speaks Today Commentary Series OT/NT 55 Volumes

Author: John R.W. Stott (Editor) and J.A. Motyer (Editor)

Publisher: InterVarsity Press Academic

$1,027.00
US$149.95 

Available on

• useful for getting some preaching insights

Verbum/Logos monthly free ebook (Nov): Worship in the Early Church

• I think Verbum's (=Logos in Catholic version) more recommendable this time:

Worship in the Early Church: An Anthology of Historical Sources, vol. 1

by Lawrence J. Johnson

Worship in the Early Church: An Anthology of Historical Sources, vol. 1 is part of a four-volume collection of excerpts from early Christian writings illustrating the Church’s liturgical practice in both East and West, from its Jewish beginnings through the end of the sixth century.





Logos monthly freebie:
Mobile Ed: NT313 Jesus and the Witness of the Outsiders (1 hour course) by Craig Evans

2 good ones among the Reformation sales

There are a number of sales to celebrate Reformation but these two goodies strike me:

• one is a classic in Hermeneutics
• the other is on spiritual formation

Is There a Meaning in This Text?: The Bible, the Reader, and the Morality of Literary Knowledge (Landmarks in Christian Scholarship) Anniversary ed. Edition, Kindle Edition

by Kevin J. Vanhoozer (Author), Craig L. Blomberg (Foreword)

• Print Length: 506 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan; Anniversary ed. edition (August 30, 2009)
• Publication Date: 1998
• Kindle Price: US$4.99

The Relational Soul: Moving from False Self to Deep Connection Kindle Edition

by Richard Plass (Author), James Cofield (Author)

• Print Length: 193 pages
• Publisher: IVP Books (September 1, 2014)
• Publication Date: September 1, 2014

• Digital List Price:	$15.99
  Print List Price:	$16.00
  Kindle Price:	$3.99 Save $12.01 (75%)

   

It's 500 years! Happy Reformation Day!

1517-2017

中国基督教文库在线

中国基督教文库在线OCCC

•  須於Globethics.net 登記(免費)

• 介紹:

世界最大的中国基督教在线文库现已上线。超过34500份不同语言的文献资料，完整免费下载。现有内容来自四类资源：

1. 期刊包括国学与西学，Journal of Chinese Religions，金陵神学志，中国神学志，Duihua-mit China im Dialog，China Heute: Informationen über Religion und Christentum im chinesischen Raum，Religions & Christianity in Today's China，景风Quarterly Notes on Christianity and Chinese Religion。
2. 合作机构的文献如著名的香港汉语基督教研究所的Reichelt文献，耶鲁大学神学图书馆Day Missions文库。
3. 从中国知网（CNKI）订阅的中国学术界出版的各类书籍、期刊文章、论文，会议纪要。
4. 从超过100个OAI存储库获得的开放资源。

文库三分之二是中文的文献材料，亦有英语、德语、法语和其他语言。

OCCC是中国的圣商学院和日内瓦的全球伦理网联合一众世界知名学术研究机构共同发起的项目，合作单位和文献提供方包括中国知网（北京），汉语基督教研究中心（香港），香港中文大学崇基学院（香港），福建神学院（福州），香港浸会大学（香港），金陵协和神学院（南京），耶鲁大学神学院（美国纽黑文），China Information Desk（德国汉堡），China-Zentrum（德国圣奥古斯丁），国学与西学（芬兰），东南亚神学教育基金会（美国）, Open Access Repositories (OAI).

Download a media release in English (PDF - 1 page - 183 KB)

Download a media release in Chinese (PDF - 1 page - 275 KB)

source

Notable critical commentaries sale

Old Testament Library Commentaries: US$4.99 Each
*Isaiah, by Brevard Childs
Micah, by Daniel Smith-Christopher
*1-2 Chronicles, by Sara Japhet

New Testament Commentaries: $4.99 Each
Mark, by Eugene Boring
Acts, by Carl Holladay
Galatians, Martin de Boer
*1-3 John, by Judith Lieu
Revelation, by Brian Blount


* good ones


Others:
Christ-Centered Exposition Commentaries: $2.99 Each
Exodus, by Tony Merida
Leviticus, by Allan Moseley
1-2 Kings, by Tony Merida
Ezekiel, by Landon Dowden
Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
Ezra and Nehemiah, by Jim Hamilton
Matthew, by David Platt
Mark, by Daniel Akin
Pastoral Epistles, by David Platt

Logos monthly free ebook (Oct) Commentary on Romans [recommended]

The Anchor Yale Bible: Romans

Joseph A. Fitzmyer

Outside of the Gospels themselves, there is no single Christian document whose influence has been greater than Paul’s epistle to the Romans. Its explosive character has changed lives—Augustine’s, Martin Luther’s, Karl Barth’s, to name a few—and precipitated revolutions. This full-scale commentary deals with the most important issues of the early Christian church. And it is through the eyes of the apostle Paul, the major figure of this period, that we see dominant motifs and themes, the theological essentials of the Christian faith. Who better than the once pious Jew, converted to the Christian cause, to tell the reader about the early struggles with Judaism, the reluctant yet nurturing mother of this new community of faith?

Get an additional book for $1.99

The Anchor Yale Bible: Habakkuk

Francis I. Andersen

The puzzles Habakkuk contemplates will stir the hearts and minds of anyone who has ever wrestled with the existence of evil. Francis I. Andersen, a well-known authority on the Minor Prophets and acclaimed Hebrew studies pioneer, examines Habakkuk both as a work of sophisticated theological inquiry and as an artistic creation. The result is a book that illuminates the nuances of the text and brings to life the culture and values of the ancient Israelites through a compelling portrait of one the Bible’s most fascinating and elusive prophets.

Verbum:

St. Augustine Faith and Works

by Augustine of Hippo and Gregory J. Lombardo

[Kindle] Recommended: Gonzalez's Story of Christianity, Vol. 1

The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation Kindle Edition – 

2nd edition. 2010

by Justo L. Gonzalez (Author)

Kindle Price:	US$1.99
Sold by:	HarperCollins Publishers

paperback: US$23.93

In this fully revised and updated edition, the lauded church historian Justo González tells the story of Christianity from its fragile infancy to its pervasive dominance at the dawn of the Protestant Reformation. The Story of Christianity, volume 1, relates the dramatic events, the colorful characters, and the revolutionary ideas that shaped the first fifteen centuries of the church's life and thought.
From Jesus's faithful apostles to the early reformist John Wycliffe, González skillfully weaves details from the lives of prominent figures tracing core theological issues and developments within the various traditions of the church. The Story of Christianity demonstrates at each point what new challenges and opportunities faced the church and how Christians struggled with the various options open to them, thereby shaping the future direction of the church.
This new edition of The Story of Christianity incorporates recent archaeological discoveries to give us a better view of the early Christian communities. Among these are advances in the recovery of Gnostic texts that have revealed a richer diversity of "Christianities" in the first century. González also includes important research done in the past twenty-five years revealing the significant role of women throughout the history of the church.
With lively storytelling incorporating the latest research, The Story of Christianity provides a fascinating introduction to the panoramic history of Christianity.

• an excellent church history textbook indeed!

Logos starter library sale (till 11 Oct)

Logos standard edition starter library
sale US$194.99
was US$295 (2017); US$266 (2016)

[Logos] Crucial Questions Series free upgrade

following to my previous post, >a year ago, on

[Logos/Kindle] Crucial Questions Series by R. C. Sproul

(which is still free), there is an upgrade to the set which is also free:

• What Is the Great Commission?
• Can I Lose My Salvation?

The link to Logos is here. 

[Kindle] free ebook on Prosperity Gospel (till 18/9 US time)

Health, Wealth & Happiness (abridged): How the Prosperity Gospel Overshadows the Gospel of Christ Kindle Edition

by David W. Jones

Publisher: Kregel Publications, 2017.

 

Be faithful in your giving and God will reward you financially. It’s not always stated that blatantly but the promises of the Prosperity Gospel–or the name-it-and-claim-it gospel, the health-and-wealth gospel, the word of faith movement, or positive confession theology–are false. Yet its message permeates the preaching of well-known Christian leaders: Joyce Meyer, T. D. Jakes, Joel Osteen, Creflo Dollar, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, and many more.
The appeal of this teaching crosses racial, gender, denominational, and international boundaries. Why are otherwise faithful Christians so easily led astray? Because the Prosperity Gospel contains a grain of biblical truth, greatly distorted.
For anyone who knows that Prosperity Gospel theology is wrong but has trouble articulating and refuting the finer points, this concise edition contains all the robust arguments of the hard-hitting original edition in a shorter, more accessible form.

 

2017 BibleWorks, Logos及Zotero入門工作坊

日期: 15/9/2017(五)

時間: 7:30-9:00pm

地點: 播道神學院59號(課室59215)

對象: 本院日夜校新生，有興趣的播道會教牧同工

負責: 譚志超博士 (本院聖經科副教授兼圖書館主任)

內容:

介紹現時學界通用最新的兩個神學/聖經研究軟件, BibleWorks 10及Logos 7，透過示範了解如何運用來做神學研究。當晚亦會簡介另一免費的書目管理軟件Zotero，該軟件主要幫助神學生/教牧管理所搜集的資料，並輸出正規的註腳及書目格式。

註: 如同學已安裝有關的軟件，歡迎屆時帶備自己的手提電腦出席。

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