CBD has some decent books on academic closeout right now. Here are a few examples:
All of the New International Biblical Commentaries are on sale for $7.99 $19.99 (hardbacks)—$5.99 if you buy 5 or more! The NT set (18 vols. covering the whole NT) includes volumes by some solid scholars:
- Robert Mounce on Matthew
- Craig Evans on Luke
- F. F. Bruce on Philippians
- Gordon Fee on the Pastorals
- Donald Hagner on Hebrews
You may also want to check out the 11 OT volumes. (Either the set is not yet complete, or they don’t have all of the volumes available on closeout.)
Other volumes worth checking out are
- Mark (NAC): $5.99 (hardback)
- The Dictionary of Christian Biography: $7.99
$69.95(1250 pp., hardback)1 - Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: $5.99
$39.95(654 pp., hardback) - Biographical Dictionary of Christian Theologians: $4.99
$34.95(589 pp., paperback) - Evangelical Dictionary of Christian Education: $6.99
$49.99(747 pp., hardback) - Stuff on Judaism by Jacob Neusner (Wikipedia):
- The Tosefta: $19.99
$119.95(2048 pp., 2 hardcovers)
- Dictionary of Ancient Rabbis: $4.99
$29.95(473 pp., hardback)
- Recovering Judaism: $4.99
$20.00(200 pp., paperback)
- The Tosefta: $19.99
They also had free shipping for a couple of days, but unfortunately it is no longer available.
- The is a largely Roman Catholic resource, but still valuable for evangelicals, especially at this price. [↩]
Brian says
I highly recommend Iain Provan’s 1&2 Kings commentary in the NIBC. When I worked through Kings last year his was regularly the most insightful of the commentaries I was using.
Phil Gons says
Thanks for the tip, Brian. I may have to pick up some of the OT commentaries as well.