@ Jörg. Unfortunately, it is the nature of the beast that scholarly work published by a major academic publisher, will be priced beyond the reach of the average layperson. A peruse of Amazon for similar will demonstrate this to be the norm. As an example, a 2013 book on Amazon by Bart Ehrman, also published by Brill, is priced similar. Though it is being offered with a discount from £151 to £131, it is still beyond the means of most layperson. Being on a very low income through personal circumstances, I'm as disappointed as you are, but that's no reason to mark the contents down. What can we do?
@ Jörg. Unfortunately, it is the nature of the beast that scholarly work published by a major academic publisher, will be priced beyond the reach of the average layperson. A peruse of Amazon for similar will demonstrate this to be the norm. As an example, a 2013 book on Amazon by Bart Ehrman, also published by Brill, is priced similar. Though it is being offered with a discount from £151 to £131, it is still beyond the means of most layperson. Being on a very low income through personal circumstances, I'm as disappointed as you are, but that's no reason to mark the contents down. What can we do?