Word Biblical Commentary Series for Logos Review: Part 1

As any user of Logos Bible Software will attest, once you begin using Logos the value of the Libronix library management system to ministry or study becomes undefinable. Within weeks of using the Original Languages base package I wondered how I ever managed without it. However, purchasing a base package is just the beginning. It didn’t take me long to discover the joy of purchasing books and being able to download them immediately (certainly a plus living in Australia). My first ever purchase was the ‘Essential IVP Reference Edition’. All of a sudden Logos went from being Bible study software to an electronic library. I had always considered myself to be anti electronic editions of books and would often complain about the difficulty associated with reading books from a screen. However, and it is a big however, there is much more to electronic books and in reality reading from the screen has not been as difficult as I once imagined. Over the past few months I have begun to not only recognise the benefits of using electronic reference books but also have found reading from a screen to be easier than I had imagined. I still purchase books the old-fashioned way and will continue to do so, but the benefit of electronic resources has now become apparent to me and I believe have great benefit to Ministers and Students.

With thanks to Phil Gons of Logos Bible Software for sending though a number of commentaries in the Word Biblical Commentary series to review. These included:

The Gospel of Mark Volumes 1 (1-8) by Robert Guelich & 2 (9-16) by Craig Evans

Exodus by John Durham (who was the great Jim West’s Old Testament professor).

Philippians by Gerald Hawthorne and Ralph P Martin.

The Psalms, volumes 1, 2, and 3.

In the coming days I will be posting a series of “working” reviews. Over the past few months I have been making use of the commentaries in my weekly sermon preparation (alongside hard copies) and have noted some exceptional benefit of electronic resources (especially when it comes to the WBC package).