tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post8539531830173085222..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Great news for Greekers: Alford gets LogosizedPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-56430597200458874612008-11-10T14:01:00.000-08:002008-11-10T14:01:00.000-08:00Steve, I checked and we're still at least a few mo...Steve, I checked and we're still at least a few months out. Anchor Yale Bible is on the front burner right now.Phil Gonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11894436475793945261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-19927435792240499492008-11-09T18:54:00.000-08:002008-11-09T18:54:00.000-08:00It is now "under development"... www.logos.com/pro...It is now "under development"... www.logos.com/products/prepub/details/4168<BR/>... anyone have any idea by experience or otherwise about how long it takes for Logos to get something this size knocked out? Weeks? A few months? Year/s? Just curious.steveprosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133113972886374142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-87210612845259673812008-07-13T06:56:00.000-07:002008-07-13T06:56:00.000-07:00Good for you, Steve. It is getting close!Good for you, Steve. It is getting close!DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-78199238286150250852008-07-12T22:31:00.000-07:002008-07-12T22:31:00.000-07:00I just preordered... we have to be getting close o...I just preordered... we have to be getting close on this.steveprosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133113972886374142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-47950711055531294812008-06-07T18:41:00.000-07:002008-06-07T18:41:00.000-07:00Come on... preorder! Preorder! The little bar is p...Come on... preorder! Preorder! The little bar is plugging along, but still has a little bit to go... I was really wanting to look at Alford on a text for tomorrow but he is not yet available to me.Chris Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11230027273617652113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-37362243253366204902008-05-23T20:34:00.000-07:002008-05-23T20:34:00.000-07:00Hey, Dan,Here's the Piper quote with source: http:...Hey, Dan,<BR/><BR/>Here's the Piper quote with source: <A HREF="http://philgons.com/2008/05/when-im-stumped-i-go-to-henry-alford/" REL="nofollow">http://philgons.com/2008/05/when-im-stumped-i-go-to-henry-alford/</A>.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your help.Phil Gonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11894436475793945261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-71789215905594442522008-05-23T08:34:00.000-07:002008-05-23T08:34:00.000-07:00DJP wrote: A century ago, you went to a doctor, pe...DJP wrote: <I>A century ago, you went to a doctor, period. Now you go to a left-nostril specialist; if it migrates to your right nostril, you get a referral.</I><BR/><BR/>That made me chuckle.<BR/><BR/>Well said.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00499447751220981083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-23611238634800825792008-05-23T07:01:00.000-07:002008-05-23T07:01:00.000-07:00Ben, I think that's partly a reflection of this ag...Ben, I think that's partly a reflection of this age of specialization. A century ago, you went to a <B>doctor</B>, period. Now you go to a left-nostril specialist; if it migrates to your right nostril, you get a referral.<BR/><BR/>It was similar in Biblical studies. Read Milton Terry's <I>Biblical Hermeneutics</I>, his section on the requirements for an interpreter (around page 20's). If you know anything about Biblical studies, you'll just laugh. No mere mortal could meet the requirements.<BR/><BR/>So everyone specializes today, or he's not considered fully academic. FF Bruce was a rarity, and last of a dying breed, in that he wrote on all sorts of areas, OT and NT. But he was known as an NT scholar, and more particularly a Pauline scholar. DA Carson today is very impressively wide-read and a polymath, but known primarily as an NT scholar.<BR/><BR/>All that to say that one man writing a credible commentary series on the entire Greek NT of the relative breadth and depth of Alford today... doable, but unlikely.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-11762714177891697492008-05-23T06:52:00.000-07:002008-05-23T06:52:00.000-07:00Dan,Thanks for the info and for leading me to Alfo...Dan,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the info and for leading me to Alford. I was asking if anyone now had done a complete GK NT and it appears that no one has. Sad if you think about it, all the resources and knowledge that this time has at its disposal and not one person sees it worthy to write a GK NT. <BR/><BR/>ThanksBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081244157646985055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-41381843150768340282008-05-23T06:20:00.000-07:002008-05-23T06:20:00.000-07:00You know, it's funny, secular humanism and evoluti...You know, it's funny, secular humanism and evolutionary thought says that we are getter bigger and better and stronger and that people of years ago were no where near as smart as we are today, or will be tomorrow. Hmmmm, maybe they should spend some time getting to know Henry Alford.Rob Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16444052961373974712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-5630120250178194682008-05-23T01:42:00.000-07:002008-05-23T01:42:00.000-07:00"Pyromaniacs" has been included in this week's "FI..."Pyromaniacs" has been included in this week's "FIVE FOR FRIDAY" on AsTheCrackerheadCrumbles. I hope you like the image I featured. Thank you for your efforts.<BR/><BR/>http://asthecrackerheadcrumbles.blogspot.com/2008/05/five-for-friday_23.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-56385676913044896702008-05-22T13:55:00.000-07:002008-05-22T13:55:00.000-07:00Okay, I stretched the Luddite thing a bit for come...Okay, I stretched the Luddite thing a bit for comedic affect. But Dan, if Alford was around today, I do have to wonder if he would be capable of being so prolific, assuming he had come up within today's cultural atmosphere, and was not merely transported into modern times.Solameaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869424956571944997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-90640242217652811732008-05-22T13:53:00.000-07:002008-05-22T13:53:00.000-07:00In other words, Alford was a true Luddite, as I am...In other words, Alford was a true Luddite, as I am. He is a classic example that we don't need computers, cellphones, fax machines and a host of other modern nuisances. Jacques Ellul was right. Technology is a curse from the pit of, well..you know. <BR/><BR/>Give me a Royal manual typewriter, and I'd be the happiest boy in the whole USA (with apologies to Donna Fargo). <BR/><BR/>Joshing aside, when you look at the prolific work of men such as Alford, it makes you wonder whether someone today would be capable of such a thing. Our attention spans are so short, and much of today's generation would have a hard time reading Dick and Jane, much less finding Los Angeles on a map of California.Solameaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869424956571944997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-57216090122200550362008-05-22T13:01:00.000-07:002008-05-22T13:01:00.000-07:00Ben, A cheap one volume exegetical tool you mig...Ben,<BR/> A cheap one volume exegetical tool you might want to look into is "The New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament" by Rogers and Rogers. It's not too in depth, but gives a good quick overview of the Exegesis of the whole NT. I use and love my copy.Joel Conleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371918085683534240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-57955381774848717722008-05-22T12:48:00.000-07:002008-05-22T12:48:00.000-07:00That's quite a bit out of my budget. I do app...That's quite a bit out of my budget. I do appreciate them adding cool works to the Logos library. I own a few volumes of Alford's Greek new Testament. I do think that their price it a bit high. I did a search on google books and Alford's GNT seems to be out of copyright, in the public domain, and available as a downloadable PDF on google books. For those who can't afford this in Logos and who can manage with out the easy logos search capabilities... getting it on google books seems like a good legal (it appears to me) alternativeJoel Conleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371918085683534240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-49653987583925931742008-05-22T12:35:00.000-07:002008-05-22T12:35:00.000-07:00Well, I'd answer as I always have with such questi...Well, I'd answer as I always have with such questions: on what? I don't know any one commentator who's done the <I>whole</I> Gk NT recently, as Alford did.<BR/><BR/>I mean, Cranfield's great on Romans, though I don't always agree with his conclusions; so is Moo. Peter T. O'Brien is great on Colossians, Knight on the Pastorals... depends on the book.<BR/><BR/>Tangential: one of the most beautiful pieces of exegetical/theological work I've ever had the pleasure of reading was S. Lewis Johnson on Romans 5:12f, in Tenney's <I>New Dimensions in New Testament Study</I>. Worth the price of the book, all by itself.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-69910289370281307212008-05-22T10:51:00.000-07:002008-05-22T10:51:00.000-07:00Anyone today that you would recommend if one wants...Anyone today that you would recommend if one wants to read good Greek exegesis? Seems that all the great ones are from a bygone era. I'm looking for a verse by verse Greek study of the NT and wonder if there is a current book out that you would recoomend for that. <BR/><BR/>ThanksBenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081244157646985055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-39303899252498812382008-05-22T10:38:00.000-07:002008-05-22T10:38:00.000-07:00His theory of inspiration was other than plenary, ...His theory of inspiration was other than plenary, <I>verbal</I> inspiration. But in practice, that made little difference for the most part: he affirmed ascribed authorship of all the NT books, and did close and careful exegesis about as diligently as any inerrantist would.<BR/><BR/>"Also, are there any modern Greek NT that you would recommend?"<BR/><BR/>Not sure what you're asking. Clarify, please?DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-60378452388362044532008-05-22T10:35:00.000-07:002008-05-22T10:35:00.000-07:00Which side of the theological divide did Alford co...Which side of the theological divide did Alford come down on the most?<BR/><BR/>Also, are there any modern Greek NT that you would recommend?Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081244157646985055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-78966955623305044652008-05-22T08:33:00.000-07:002008-05-22T08:33:00.000-07:00In a somewhat related bit of news, Logos (which is...In a somewhat related bit of news, Logos (which is my number-one choice out of five Bible software programs I use) is also <A HREF="http://www.logos.com/mac" REL="nofollow">porting their software to Mac's OS X platform.</A> Can't wait for that.Phil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-34812872961091022812008-05-22T08:18:00.000-07:002008-05-22T08:18:00.000-07:00That made for some fascinating (and convicting) re...That made for some fascinating (and convicting) reading. Alford made the most of his time--starting pretty young, at that.<BR/> <BR/>Thanks, Dan.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00499447751220981083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-27406949494992592292008-05-22T05:38:00.000-07:002008-05-22T05:38:00.000-07:00Part of it may be that Alford's mother died giving...Part of it may be that Alford's mother died giving him birth, so he was raised by his scholarly pastor father.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-41825515165953953812008-05-22T05:33:00.000-07:002008-05-22T05:33:00.000-07:00Very encouraging to hear. Incredible really, what ...Very encouraging to hear. Incredible really, what he accomplished as a kid. The word kid doesn't seem to fit him.<BR/>Thanks for the interesting post. I'll be talking about this christian man in the future.donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-63114057267444288772008-05-22T04:38:00.000-07:002008-05-22T04:38:00.000-07:00I realize this won't "jazz" everybody. It "jazzes"...I realize this won't "jazz" everybody. It "jazzes" me, and sharing what "jazzes" you is one function of blogging.<BR/><BR/>For others, hopefully learning about Alford is interesting. I truly marvel at folks like him and Westcott and others, who had what we would think of as such disadvantages technologically, yet were such towering scholars, and produced work from which we still benefit. What would the Alfords, Robertsons, Westcotts, Hodges, Lightfoots, Eadies and others accomplish with today's tools?DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.com