John Owen (1616–1683) is one of the most important Protestant theologians of all time. As both a pastor and a theologian, John Owen brings together some of the best in rigorous theological analysis and warm and vibrant spirituality making his writings food for both the mind and the heart.

Owen scholar Carl Trueman considers Owen “not only the greatest theologian of the English Puritan movement but also one of the greatest European Reformed theologians of his day, and quite possibly possessed the finest theological mind that England ever produced” (Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, 494). According to I. Breward, it was Owen who was “the great systematic thinker in the Puritan theological tradition” (New Dictionary of Theology, 552).

Our users have requested Owen for years, and we’re excited to finally make his works available. We’ve been in contact with several Owen scholars, and it quickly became clear that we needed to release the original Goold edition, which contains not only all the contents from the Banner of Truth reprint edition, but also Owen’s original Latin works (i.e., part of volume 16 and all of volume 17).

The introductory Pre-Pub price is only $174.95. That’s an enormous savings compared to the print edition—without even factoring in the value of the added Latin material. But this price will last only until April 4, 2008, at which time it will jump up to $224.95. Place your order now to lock in this incredibly low price, and help us spread the word to others!

If there is enough interest in Owen’s works, we’ll eventually put his 7-volume Hebrews commentary up on Pre-Pub as well. So put in your order, and tell your friends.

To learn more about John Owen in your Libronix library, see the following articles:

• I. Breward, “Puritan Theology,” New Dictionary of Theology, 550-53.
• F. L. Cross, ed., “Owen, John,” The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 1210-11.
• J. D. Douglas, “Owen, John,” Who’s Who in Christian History.
• John Hannah, “The Cure of Souls; or, Pastoral Counseling: The Insight of John Owen,” RAR 5 (Summer 1996): 71-92.
• Barry H. Howson, “The Puritan Hermeneutics of John Owen: A Recommendation,” WTJ 63:2 (Fall 2001): 351-75.
• Douglas Jones, “Liturgy Lessons from Owen,” RAR 5 (Summer 1996): 111-17.
• Paul Lagassé, ed., “Owen, John,” The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.
• Paul Lim, “The Trinity, Adiaphora, Ecclesiology, and Reformation: John Owen’s Theory of Religious Toleration in Context,” WTJ 67:2 (Fall 2005): 281-300.
• Henry Knapp, “Augustine and Owen on Perseverance,” WTJ 62:1 (Spring 2000): 65-87.
• David J. McKinley, “John Owen’s View of Illumination: An Alternative to the Fuller-Erickson Dialogue,” BSac 154:613 (January 1997): 93-104.
• Changlok Oh, “Beholding the Glory of God in Christ: Communion with God in the Theology of John Owen (1616–1683),” WTJ 68:2 (Fall 2006): 362.
• J. I. Packer, “John Owen on Communication from God,” in A Quest for Godliness, 80-96.
• J. I. Packer, “‘Saved by His Precious Blood’: An Introduction to John Owen’s The Death of Death in the Death of Christ,” in A Quest for Godliness, 124-48.
• J. I. Packer, “The Spirituality of John Owen,” in A Quest for Godliness, 190-218.
• J. I. Packer, “John Owen on Spiritual Gifts,” in A Quest for Godliness, 218-230.
• Don J. Payne, “John Owen,” in The Theology of the Christian Life in J. I. Packer’s Thought, 55-56.
• John Piper, “Communing with God in the Things for Which We Contend: How John Owen Killed His Own Sin While Contending for Truth,” in Contending for Our All, 77-114.
• William G. T. Shedd, “Owen, John,” in Dogmatic Theology, 3d ed., 967.
• Alan Spence, “Owen, John (1616–83),” The Dictionary of Historical Theology, 412-14.
• Peter Toon, “Owen, John (1616-1683),” Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith, 269-70.
• Peter Toon, “Owen, John (1616-1683),” Evangelical Dictionary of Theology.
• Carl Trueman, “Owen, John,” Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, 494-97.

Logos is pleased to announce another first in the study of the Bible: a visually marked-up discourse analysis of the entire New Testament in both English and Greek!

Dr. Steve Runge has spent countless hours studying the devices that speakers and writers of all languages use to communicate and tagging those devices in every book of the New Testament. Most of us use many of these devices in our everyday communication, but figuring out what they are, what they signify, and how to identify them in the Bible is something that the vast majority of people are not equipped to do.

The Lexham High Definition New Testament

For the English-only reader, we’ve created the Lexham High Definition New Testament (LHDNT), which comes with three Libronix resource files:

• Lexham High Definition New Testament: ESV Edition
• Lexham High Definition New Testament: Glossary
• Lexham High Definition New Testament: Introduction

The text of the NT is marked up with visual representations for the 15 different devices. Hovering over any of the devices gives you a pop-up window with a concise definition, allowing you to stay right in the text. Right clicking on the device gives you the option to jump to the glossary for a definition, explanation, illustrations, and questions to ask yourself to understand why the author used that specific device. Since all of these devices are tagged, you can even search for the various devices across the entire NT or in specific corpuses of Scripture. And for those who want to go even further in their study, the introduction to discourse grammar will give you an excellent starting point.

The Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament

Those with even a little knowledge of Greek (or plans to learn some Greek in the future) will want to purchase the Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament (LDGNT) instead. The LDGNT is the Greek counterpart to the LHDNT, and it has several advantages over the English version.

1. The analysis is more detailed. Instead of 15, more than 30 devices are annotated in the Greek text, allowing for even greater precision. The glossary and introduction are larger and more detailed as well.
2. The Greek version has a more powerful search interface making more advanced queries possible.
3. Finally, the LDGNT includes all three resources from the LHDNT, enabling you to view the Greek and the English side by side—the perfect setup for those who are still learning Greek and for those whose Greek is a bit rusty.

Find out more and place your order at the two product pages:

• Lexham High Definition New Testament
• Lexham Discourse Greek New Testament

For even more information, read Dr. Runge’s three blog posts:

• Making of the Lexham High Definition New Testament
• Who Cares About Participles? I Do!
• Stylistic Variation or Intentional Shaping? A Look at Characterization in John 11

An avid user emailed me last week excited that he had just found a Libronix CD-ROM in the back cover of one of his print books. He has owned the book for months, but never knew that the CD was for Libronix and had the entire book on it—unlocked and ready to use. He decided to take the time to look through his print library and found that he had two more books sitting on his shelf with "free" Libronix resources waiting to be installed.

You may want to take a few minutes to check your own print library. Fortress Press has published 17 print books that include the Libronix CD-ROM in the back cover. These can be purchased in a collection of 18 or individually.

• American Religious Traditions
• Christian Theology Set
• Constructive Theology
• The Hebrew Bible: A Socio-Literary Introduction
• Introducing the Bible
• Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
• Introduction to World Religions
• Jewish Literature Between the Bible and the Mishnah
• Martin Luther’s Basic Theological Writings
• Multipurpose Tools for Bible Study
• The Old Testament Story: An Introduction
• Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts
• Preaching from the Lectionary: An Exegetical Commentary
• A Reformation Reader: Primary Texts with Introductions
• Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy
• The Writings of the New Testament

If you already have one or more of these, but weren’t aware that the CD-ROM in the back was a Libronix book, you’ll want to be sure to add it to your digital library. There’s nothing more you need to purchase or unlock. Just pop in the CD-ROM and activate it like any other product.

You may just have some "free" Libronix books sitting on your own bookshelf. Go have a look!

If you’ve been to the Pre-Pub page recently, you may have noticed that our featured Pre-Pub is the five-volume Moulton-Howard-Turner Greek Grammar Collection, which is scheduled to ship on 3/17/2008. I’ve been looking forward to this one since it was first announced in June of 2006, so I can’t wait to have these five volumes in my Libronix library.

• A Grammar of New Testament Greek Vol. 1: Prolegomena
• A Grammar of New Testament Greek Vol. 2: Accidence and Word-Formation
• A Grammar of New Testament Greek Vol. 3: Syntax
• A Grammar of New Testament Greek Vol. 4: Style
• Grammatical Insights into the New Testament

We used Turner’s volume on syntax in an advanced Greek grammar course in seminary, and I found his meticulous analysis to be incredibly helpful. Grammars make excellent resources to have in your Libronix library. Not only will you be able to instantly check the thousands of biblical examples that the authors cite, but you’ll also be able to jump to other grammatical tools like Robertson’s Grammar, Zerwick’s Biblical Greek, and BDAG to compare and do further study.

Having this set integrated into the Exegetical Guide in Logos will exponentially increase its usability. The Exegetical Guide finds the passage you are studying and gives you all the places where your grammars mention or discuss it. With several solid grammars in your library, you’ll never be short on exegetical gems for your sermons, lectures, papers, and articles.

If you haven’t yet placed your pre-order for this set, there’s still time to get it for the low price of $199.95. CBD sells the four-volume set for $269.99. If you buy ours, you’ll save $70, receive a fifth volume at no extra cost, and get a much more usable collection of resources.

Customers have asked for Ancient Near Eastern Texts (ANET) for years, and we’re thrilled to announce that it is finally on Pre-Pub.

If you already have The Context of Scripture (COS), you’ll still want to add ANET to your digital library for two reasons. First, while the two volumes have some overlap, both ANET and COS have texts that the other does not have. So you need both if you want access to all of the texts. Second, ANET is much older than COS, which means that most books that reference ancient Near Eastern texts will cite ANET rather than COS. Having ANET makes looking these references up much easier.

Those who recently purchased the new Semitic Inscriptions: Analyzed Texts and English Translations (CD-ROM) will be happy to know that it has scores of links to ANET, allowing you to jump instantly to the various texts.

The Pre-Pub price is currently only $59.95. Amazon sells the print volume for $115. Don’t miss out on this incredible deal!

Today’s guest blogger is Adam Navarrete, one of the new additions to the marketing department at Logos.

In the marketing department, we’re always running reports and looking for ways to provide you with better service. Over the last two weeks, an analysis of our top CD items has provided us with a spectrum of titles to make available for download. What this means is that those of you who have not already added these great collections or individual titles to your library can now do so without having to wait for discs to make their way to you—and you can save a few extra dollars on shipping costs!

The greatest thing about purchasing downloadable resources is that there is no wait time. Whether you are ordering after hours, on the weekend, or when you need a resource for class or to finish your sermon preparation, you get your product as quickly as your internet connection allows.

This becomes a benefit for those of you who have already purchased these items as well. Since the individual book files are now accessible as downloads, you have quick and easy access from the product pages in case your discs become damaged or get lost.

Here is what we have recently made available:

• Ariel Ministries Messianic Collection (11 volumes)
• Charles Simeon’s Horae Homileticae Commentary (21 volumes)
• Church Origins Collection (10 volumes)
• A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature Third Edition (BDAG)
• A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ (5 vols)
• International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1979-1995) on CD-ROM
• Introduction to Akkadian
• Introduction to Biblical Greek Collection
• JPS Tanakh Commentary Collection (9 volumes)
• Liddell and Scott Greek-English Lexicon
• Oxford Movement Historical Theology Collection (10 volumes)
• Perspectives on Paul Collection (8 volumes)
• Science & Theology Collection (9 volumes)
• Selected Works on the Life of Christ (6 Volumes)
• Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls (12 volumes)

Expect to see more of our top products available for download very soon—along with other cool ways to provide you with even better service.