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November 29, 2007
Luther's Works Now That's a Deal!
We've talked about the concept of publishing one's "life's work" electronically on the blog before (here and here). But the concept isn't new; some of these "life work" sets have even been published in print already.
If you've been around Biblical studies for any portion of time, you have likely heard of many of the big names of the protestant reformation Luther, Calvin, Zwingli and the like. Did you know that the 55 volume set of Luther's Works, translated from German into English and edited by Jaroslav Pelikan, has been available in Logos Bible Software format for over five years? And that, at least of the writing of this blog post, the price is only $199.95? (so, less than $5 a volume?!) A price of $199.95 is a pretty good value, even if you're only interested in the commentary portion of the set.
I occasionally browse the products section of the Logos web site to remind myself of the cool things we've done, and I'd forgotten about Luther's Works. I remember when we did the work on it. The books take up at least three shelves of a standard sized bookshelf. The first 30 volumes are volumes of commentary; the next 24 volumes are topical writings (including vol. 54, the always entertaining and sometimes rather earthy "Table Talk"), and the last volume is a massive index.
If you're looking for some resources to compliment the books you already have and use in Logos Bible Software format, then maybe you should look into Luther's Works and see if it floats your boat. Check out the volume list on this baby:
- Volume 1: Lectures on Genesis Chapters 1-5
- Volume 2: Lectures on Genesis Chapters 6-14
- Volume 3: Lectures on Genesis Chapters 15-20
- Volume 4: Lectures on Genesis Chapters 21-25
- Volume 5: Lectures on Genesis Chapters 26-30
- Volume 6: Lectures on Genesis Chapters 31-37
- Volume 7: Lectures on Genesis Chapters 38-44
- Volume 8: Lectures on Genesis Chapters 45-50
- Volume 9 Lectures on Deuteronomy
- Volume 10: First Lectures on the Psalms 1-75
- Volume 11: First Lectures on the Psalms 76-126
- Volume 12: Selected Psalms I
- Volume 13: Selected Psalms II
- Volume 14: Selected Psalms III
- Volume 15: Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Last Words of David, 2 Samuel 23:1-7
- Volume 16: Lectures on Isaiah Chapters 1-39
- Volume 17: Lectures on Isaiah Chapters 40-66
- Volume 18: Minor Prophets I: Hosea-Malachi
- Volume 19: Minor Prophets II: Jonah and Habakkuk
- Volume 20: Minor Prophets III: Zechariah
- Volume 21: The Sermon on the Mount and the Magnificat
- Volume 22: Sermons on the Gospel of St. John Chapters 1-4
- Volume 23: Sermons on the Gospel of St. John Chapters 6-8
- Volume 24: Sermons on the Gospel of St. John Chapters 14-16
- Volume 25: Lectures on Romans
- Volume 26: Lectures on Galatians, 1535, Chapters 1-4
- Volume 27: Lectures on Galatians, 1535, Chapters 5-6; 1519, Chapters 1-6
- Volume 28: 1 Corinthians 7, 1 Corinthians 15, Lectures on 1 Timothy
- Volume 29: Lectures on Titus, Philemon, and Hebrews
- Volume 30: The Catholic Epistles
- Volume 31: Career of the Reformer I
- Volume 32: Career of the Reformer II
- Volume 33: Career of the Reformer III
- Volume 34: Career of the Reformer IV
- Volume 35: Word and Sacrament I
- Volume 36: Word and Sacrament II
- Volume 37: Word and Sacrament III
- Volume 38: Word and Sacrament IV
- Volume 39: Church and Ministry I
- Volume 40: Church and Ministry II
- Volume 41: Church and Ministry III
- Volume 42: Devotional Writings I
- Volume 43: Devotional Writings II
- Volume 44: The Christian in Society I
- Volume 45: The Christian in Society II
- Volume 46: The Christian in Society III
- Volume 47: The Christian in Society IV
- Volume 48: Letters I
- Volume 49: Letters II
- Volume 50: Letters III
- Volume 51: Sermons I
- Volume 52: Sermons II
- Volume 53: Liturgy and Hymns
- Volume 54: Table Talk
- Volume 55: Index
Posted by Rick Brannan at November 29, 2007 6:00 AM
Comments
I got this years ago--the first Libronix/Logos piece of software I ever owned. It's marvelous (even if Luther was a hateful old drunk).
;-)
[If he had been nice to Zwingli, I would have ignored his hatefulness and insobriety.]
Posted by: Jim at November 29, 2007 8:21 AM
Logos, thank you for making this resource available. As a Lutheran pastor, I just don't have the $1300+ for the book format (though it's a dream of mine to own all 55 volumes). This is a resource which makes Luther's Works readily available to all at a price which won't break the bank. Kudos to you!
Posted by: Rev. Tucher at November 29, 2007 8:53 AM
This too was my first logos/libronix purchase.
Luther was only hateful when he felt that the Gospel was at stake. He took his role as a Doctor of the Church very seriously and pulled no punches when it came to the faith.... especially in regards to people such as Zwingli.
My .02...
BTW... CPH is publishing another 25 or 30 volumes of Luther's Works. It is staggering to think that this 55 volume sent doesn't represent even half of Luther's writings!
Posted by: Sam at November 29, 2007 10:38 AM
Geez, I thought he was being quite fair to Zwingli. Luther's Reformation is based on God doing what he says and Zwingli seemed to think that we can't trust that Jesus knows what he is talking about...
Posted by: Ken at November 30, 2007 7:27 AM