Logos Free Book of the Month: Sheffield Old Testament Guide on Proverbs

For the first half of July 2025, add the Sheffield Old Testament Guide on Proverbs by James Martin to your Logos library for free. From the blurb:

This addition to Sheffield’s acclaimed Old Testament Guides series introduces students not only to Proverbs but also to the genre of ‘wisdom literature’ in general (dealing with such questions as the origin and location of ‘wisdom’ in ancient Israel). Martin discusses the structure of the book of Proverbs as a whole, provides a guided reading to the more or less sustained discourses in chapters 1-9 and to the collections of proverb-type sentences in the remaining chapters, and considers the relationship of Proverbs to other ancient Near Eastern literature. The Guide is completed by essays on ‘The Feminine in the Book of Proverbs’ and ‘Wisdom and Theology’.

Logos sticks with an international, theological theme for the discounted books for the month:

• Bruce Chilton, The Glory of Israel (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, $3.99
• Larry J. Kreitzer, 2 Corinthians (Sheffield New Testament Guides), $5.54
• Keith Mascord, Alvin Plantinga and Christian Apologetics, $5.99
• Jeffrey Gibson, Temptations of Jesus in Early Christianity (Library of New Testament Studies), $6.99
• Alexander Rofé, Deuteronomy: Issues and Interpretation (Old Testament Studies), $7.99
• George M. Wieland, The Significance of Salvation: A Study of Salvation Language in the Pastoral Epistles (Paternoster Biblical Monographs), $8.99
• John Macpherson Collection (1892-1903, 6 vols.), $9.99
• Peter R. Ackroyd, Chronicler in His Age (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies), $10.99
• Wolfhart Pannenberg, Anthropology in Theological Perspective, $11.99
• Works of Philo (22 vols.), $12.99

First of all…The Works of Philo (22 vols.) for $12.99? Wow, that is a steal. Sure, these are the older, out-of-print editions. But you get (tagged) Greek and English in separate files, but you can lay them out side by side just like the original Loeb Library. In print, these books cannot be had for $12.99 each, let alone for the whole set. But the rest of this list is excellent. Some great biblical studies (Chilton, Ackroyd), higher-end theology (Wolfhart Pannenberg, Anthropology in Theological Perspective), and some philosophy/apologetics (Keith Mascord, Alvin Plantinga and Christian Apologetics). This is the kind of Logos Free (and almost free) book-of-the-month sale I love.

If you are a Logos Subscriber, check out this list of additional books for free or at a deep discount. 1 & 2 Samuel in the Everyman’s Bible Commentary series is free, and Galatians is discounted. There are a few more great academic resources on the Subscriber-only sale.

This Logos Free Book of the Month promotion runs through July 31. A new free book will be available on June 1 at 9:00 a.m. PST.

Some are upset with the changes in the pricing model, but there is nothing to fear. Essentially, you are paying what you would have once every two years for the old-model upgrades. This new subscription plan enables Logos to release new features every few months, rather than a single major upgrade every two years. Even if you do not subscribe to Logos, you keep all your previously purchased books. Nobody will lose anything for not getting a subscription.

You do not need to upgrade to a subscription model. If you upgrade, you will get access to some cool new AI tools, which may or may not be necessary. They have just added a Bible Study tool (similar to their sermon prep tool) that scrapes questions from your library to help generate a Bible Study or discussion. Discounts for older users to upgrade to a subscription end on July 31.

As always, you can use the (free) basic edition or the inexpensive Fundamentals collection to use these free and discounted books. Or, use the code SUMMERSAVINGS to save on any purchase from Logos.

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