Brief Observations on the Logos' New Commentary Series: The Evangelical Exegetical Commentary

Many of you who own Logos Bible Software are fully aware that they offer many commentary series digitally. This is advantageous for many reasons, one obvious being saving on bookshelf space! But, other advantages exist as well, such as the tagging system that allows you to hover over footnotes with your mouse to access bibliographic information, and to do the same with scripture references that allow you to do the same. Not to mention the fully-integrated morphological system for both Hebrew and Greek. I have found that having the Pillar, NICGNT, and other series in this digital format to be extremely handy and time-saving.

In addition to the aforementioned series, Logos has decided to launch the first, digital-only commentary series deemed the Evangelical Exegetical Commentary Series. A list of contributors can be found here. I have found that this series follows similar formats of other exegetical commentaries. Introductions, Textual Matters, Authorship, Recipients and Date, Occasion and Setting, etc. make up the introductory sections prior to diving into the verses proper. However, it is nice to find some fairly extensive discussion of theological emphases included in the introductory sections, something not always present in commentary series.

Here is a brief look at the commentary proper. Notice the tagging system indicated by the text marked in blue. One has to simply point with their mouse to those items and without opening up another screen (another nice feature!), Logos' system will simply add a 'pop-up' over your existing screen to let you know what those items are.

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Thus far, two volumes have been released, Seth Ethorn on Philemon and Israel Loken on Ezra and Nehemiah. Three others are to appear shortly, Exodus by Eugene Carpenter, 1,2,3 John by Gary Derickson, and James by William Varner.

So far, I really like what I am seeing here. I will have more thoughts soon.