Monday, October 21, 2013

The Ellen White Encyclopedia

Denis Fortin and Jerry Moon. Ellen G. White Encyclopedia. Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald,  being published early 2014(?)

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Everything about Ellen G. White in one resource

Historian George Knight introduces this masterwork that brings together hundreds of articles that describe the people and events in the life of Ellen White, as well as her stand on numerous topics.
Doctrine and Theology: Use of the Apocrypha; The Holy Flesh Movement; The Humanity of Christ; Justification; King of the North; Latter Rain; Legalism; Perfection

Health and Lifestyle: Dress reform; Football; Hydrotherapy; Insurance; Use of Humor; Milk and Cheese; Politics and Voting; "Secret Vice"; Time Management

Life Events: Her conversion; General Conference of 1888; Great Controversy Vision; Iceberg Vision; San Francisco Earthquake

Places: Gorham, Maine; Graysville, Tennessee; Loma Linda Sanitarium; Oakwood Industrial School; Pitcairn

People:
Elizabeth Harmon Bangs -- The twin sister that Ellen worked to bring into the faith.
"Fannie" Bolton -- The literary assistant who was fired a surprising number of times.
John Byington -- The militant abolitionist and first General Conference president.
Sylvester Graham -- The temperance advocate whose cracker lives on today.
Moses Hull -- The evangelist who lost a debate with a spiritualist in more ways than one.

Everything from the hymns Ellen White loved to the homes she lived in are covered in heavily referenced articles. You'll find a detailed chronology of her life and extensive articles on her ministry, her theology, and her statements in the light of advancing scientific knowledge. Whether you're preparing a sermon, teaching a class, or finding answers to personal questions, this single resource has the answers you need.

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see for example, the following article
http://www.andrews.edu/~fortind/EGWPlagiarism-Encyclopedia.htm

One-volume Adventist Bible Commentary Due in 2015

One-volume Adventist Bible Commentary Due in 2015 (news from Adventist Review)
Andrews Bible Commentary, at 1,800 pages, to be a ready reference (Posted May 10, 2013) 
see here


BY MARK A. KELLNER, News Editor, with information from Andrews University Press

Seventh-day Adventists and others interested in the Adventist perspective on Scripture will soon have a new, one-volume resource on the Bible.

The Andrews Bible Commentary, due for release at the 2015 General Conference Session in San Antonio, Texas, is the church’s first concise, one-volume commentary, and is intended as a coordinated resource with the Andrews Study Bible, released by Andrews University Press in June 2010.

Andrews University president Niels-Erik Andreasen announced the new commentary on Monday, April 15,at the Spring Meeting of the General Conference Executive committee, in Battle Creek, Mich.

The commentary project is coordinated by Andrews University Press, the world church’s only regularly established academic publishing house, with funding from Andrews University and the General Conference, and oversight by a project committee of General Conference and Andrews personnel.

As with the Andrews Study Bible, the Andrews Bible Commentary is intended specifically for the general reader, as well as pastors and church elders providing basic Bible teaching in the congregation, Andreasen said.

In making his announcement, Andreasen referred the delegates to a purpose statement for the commentary that had been approved by the project committee. It states that the Andrews Bible Commentary “is a concise, one-volume exposition of Scripture written by faithful scholars of the church as a companion to the Andrews Study Bible for lay readers, pastors, students, and teachers living in expectation of the Advent Hope.”

“This commentary is aimed to help the person in the pew. It is written in plain language,” Andreasen said. He told the delegates that the writers had been instructed to write at the same reading level that they would write an article for the Adventist Review, the general church paper of the Adventist Church.
When it is published and released in 2015, the Andrews Bible Commentary will have about 1,800 pages of commentary and helpful articles, or about three times the original content of the Andrews Study Bible, according to Andrews University Press staff.

Andreasen said 60 writers, all Bible scholars from church institutions and organizations around the world, have been contracted to work on the commentary under the direction of a small editorial team. The general editor is Ángel Manuel Rodríguez, retired director of the General Conference’s Biblical Research Institute. Associate editors are Greg King (Old Testament), dean of the School of Religion, Southern Adventist University; Gerald Klingbeil (Old Testament), associate editor, Adventist Review/Adventist World; and John McVay (New Testament), president of Walla Walla University.

Andreasen said some of the writers have already completed their assignments. He assured GC president Pastor Ted N.C. Wilson that a small, printed sample of selected portions of the commentary will be available for the next full meeting of the GC Executive Committee at Annual Council in October 2013.


see also http://www.andrews.edu/news/2013/04/commentary.html

Online Hebrew Manuscripts and Editions

A list of collection many of the Hebrew biblical manuscripts that are available online in digitized form can be found in this blog by Drew Longacre:
http://oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2011/04/online-hebrew-manuscripts-and-editions.html (updated December 2012)

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

A Commentary set that may only be published in digital form: learn about the story of the Evangelical Exegetical Commentary

Here is the link


Evangelical Exegetical Commentary (44 vols.)

The Evangelical Exegetical Commentary is a brand new, 44-volume commentary series which incorporates the latest critical biblical scholarship and is written from a distinctly evangelical perspective.
The EEC is the next standard commentary on the entire Bible for evangelicals. The Word Biblical Commentary and the Baker Exegetical Commentary and other similar commentary sets have served the church for the past decade. Now, a new generation of pastors, students, and scholars will turn to the EEC for expert commentary from the leading scholars on the Bible.
EEC contributors include Eugene Merrill, John Oswalt, Stanley E. Porter, Ronald Youngblood, Eugene Mayhew, Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., W. Hall Harris, and dozens of other respected scholars. The entire commentary is assembled under the editorial supervision of H. Wayne House.

How It All Began

The story of the EEC began in 2005, when a core group of Bible scholars began to dream of what a new commentary could look like. What if a new commentary series could be published—a kind of commentary pastors could use for sermon preparation, and a standard reference work seminary students could consult for exegetical research.
It would be of a scholarly caliber that it would be regularly cited in academic works, discussed at conferences, and subject to rigorous scholarly review.
At the same time, this commentary would be well-written and accessible enough that it would enrich the Bible study of anyone who wanted to use it to understand God’s Word more deeply.
This commentary would uphold the Bible as God’s inspired Word, but it would be ready to engage in rigorous critical scholarship—the kind of scholarship respected in both evangelical and secular circles, and everywhere in between.
At that time—back in 2005—there were no new major commentary series on the horizon, and the series in publication at the time were nearly finished. Although new advances in biblical scholarship continued to emerge, no projects were underway to assemble the latest scholarship into a new commentary set on the entire Bible.
It became clear to a core group of biblical scholars that the time had come to begin working on a new commentary set. Wayne House spearheaded the project, assembling a team of scholars, soliciting the help of editors, and meeting with publishers. Authors began the task of research and writing. The editorial team drafted a publication timetable.

The Project Is Derailed

Then, with the EEC well underway, and drafts of the first volumes nearly finished, the fateful call came. The publisher put a hold on the project. After several additional delays, the final blow came: the EEC was cancelled altogether.
The reason was simple: a full commentary series on the entire Bible literally takes many years to draft, write, edit, review, refine and publish. Most of the top commentary series from the past century have taken two or more decades to complete. They have often outlived the ambitions of their founders and the life-spans of some of their authors, and they often require second and third editions of many volumes to keep pace with up-to-date scholarship.
In a world where the future of print is uncertain—where the market share for print books erodes away a little further each year as new digital formats become available—it did not make financial sense for the publisher to risk such a massive investment in a multi-year print project.
Furthermore, the publisher could no longer be sure they could successfully market such a massive commentary series. For many pastors and scholars, spending thousands of dollars on a set of print commentaries is a thing of the past. Print commentary series are cumbersome and difficult to work with. In a world of fast searching, hyperlinked texts, and advanced tagging, it no longer makes sense to thumb through the index of a print book, or spend hours searching for information by flipping through pages. For many pastors and Bible scholars, buying a large print commentary series has become a thing of the past.
There had to be a better way.

The Project is Revived: The EEC Goes Digital

In 2009, Dr. House contacted Logos Bible Software about publishing the EEC. After meeting with House and several EEC contributors, Logos agreed to revive the project. Together, all parties worked out a new plan for moving forward—including an ambitious publication schedule. Learn more about Logos...
Today, nearly all volumes are in various stages of research, writing, or editing. A few of the volumes are nearly complete. With this accelerated publication schedule, Logos will release the first volume in 2011, and the entire 44-volume set will be available in 2019—an unprecedented publication timetable for a commentary of this magnitude.
With the publication of the EEC by Logos, a digital publication company was able to do what no print publisher could do anymore—commit to publish such a massive commentary series on the entire Bible.

The Final Form

The publication of the EEC by Logos marks the first time a major Bible commentary series has been published in digital form before its print counterpart—and the first time it has been published with a digital format in mind.
Because it will be published by Logos, the EEC will be fully integrated into the most advanced biblical and theological library available anywhere, powered by Logos Bible Software. It will be accessible wherever Logos Bible Software’s platform is available, including Windows, Mac, and iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad. Users who purchase the EEC will also be able to access it online at Biblia.com, and on any future platform where Logos is available.
With the Logos edition, the EEC is completely searchable and full of hyperlinks for easy navigation—including links for Scripture references, cross-references, footnotes, and more. It contains accurate metadata and extensive tagging done by real humans, who understand that when you search for sacrament, results for Lord’s Supper and Communion and Eucharist should appear, too.

Order the EEC Today


Complete Digital Edition

The entire set of the Evangelical Exegetical Commentary is available today through Logos Bible Software.

Additional Details

When you order this collection, you will receive all available volumes. You will automatically receive each new volume as a free download as soon as it is issued.
Even though the first volume has shipped, you can still order the collection, but the price for the collection could increase as new volumes are released; however, you will get the entire collection at the price you order it at. This means that ordering early not only ensures you get the lowest price, it also guarantees that you’ll be the first to receive new volumes as they are released.