Video series on preparing a sermon complete!

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Jeremy | Forum Activity | Replied: Fri, Jan 15 2010 8:49 AM

1. Great videos. The best I've seen.

2. I want your library.

3. You should come and pastor here in the U.S. We covet your accent (i.e. Alister Begg).

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Shawn Nichols | Forum Activity | Replied: Sat, Jan 8 2011 2:15 PM

Mark Barnes:

Generally my congregation don't care too much about Greek/Hebrew, and nor should they. Neither do I want to undermine their confidence in the Bible they carry in their hands. So I try to wear my new-found knowledge lightly, letting it inform my thinking, but not feeling the need to parade it before them. As a consequence I don't need to take that many notes, as I'm not going to quote them. More importantly, what I'm learning is shaping my understanding, and my understanding is more important than my knowledge in this situation. In other words, what I learn changes the way I view a passage, which changes the way I preach a passage, which affects my congregations understanding of that passage. Which means I can change their understanding without needing to share all my learning.

I just took the time to watch each video. Outstanding ... absolutely, outstanding. I've used Logos for years but continue to learn how people incorporate into their study. I really appreciated your approach and see how a philosophy of textual importance is just as important as how to use the tool. I loved your comment above. If you lived in Texas, we'd be great friends.

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Jonathan West | Forum Activity | Replied: Sat, Jan 8 2011 3:16 PM

Jeremy:

3. You should come and pastor here in the U.S. We covet your accent (i.e. Alister Begg).

although Alistair Begg is Scottish and Mark is Welsh - two completely different accents - and neither of them is what I would call a "British" accent

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Mark Barnes | Forum Activity | Replied: Thu, Feb 17 2011 12:36 PM

Thanks, Charles. I don't know if you've seen these additional videos - they don't show sermon prep though - they're more systematic tutorials: http://www.4-14.org.uk/logos/tutorial-videos

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jtondee | Forum Activity | Replied: Thu, Feb 17 2011 4:00 PM

Thanks Mark, I look forward to checking them out

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John Nerdue | Forum Activity | Replied: Fri, Feb 18 2011 10:45 AM

Mark, thank you and God bless. 

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Mark Barnes | Forum Activity | Replied: Sat, Feb 19 2011 12:38 PM

ben:

It took me 25 minutes to do what you did in the 1st 2 minutes of video one!  @ this pace I will get through them before I turn 60!  The whole system is counterituitive!

It's not necessarily Logos that's counter-intuitive, it may be my own logic! One of the strengths of Logos is that it allows you to use it in many different ways. As you progress, you'll find your own way of working that suits you, and your productivity will soar! The tutorials mentioned above may help you in this: http://www.4-14.org.uk/logos/tutorial-videos

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Mark Barnes | Forum Activity | Replied: Mon, Feb 21 2011 7:13 AM

T.P. Johnston:

If I might ask, what works do you include in your Bible Backgrounds section? I tried to read the abbreviations from the first video and did a search for the letters on Logos, but came up empty.

I have a collection for Bible Backgrounds, and my current search string for that collection is the rather complex:

(title:(manner,custom,background,archaeolog, archeolog) OR subject:(manner,custom,"New Testament—Background","Jews", "Judaism", antiquities, "christianity--origin", historiography, palestine, qumran, rabinnic*, talmud) OR (subject:(excavation,archaeolog,archeolog) AND type:dictionary)) ANDNOT subject:(canon,doctrine,"Jews—Conversion", "Hebrew Language")

I have rather a lot of different types of Bible Background books that I need to include for my own studies, which is why the string is so long.

• Abrahams, Israel. Jews, Judaism, and the Classical World : Studies in Jewish History in the Times of the Second Temple and Talmud. Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, 1977.
• Arnold, Clinton E. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Volume 1: Matthew, Mark , Luke. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002.
• Arnold, Clinton E. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Volume 2: John, Acts. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002.
• Arnold, Clinton E. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Volume 3: Romans to Philemon. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002.
• Arnold, Clinton E. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary Volume 4: Hebrews to Revelation. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002.
• Berkhof, L. New Testament Introduction. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans-Sevensma Co., 1915.
• Berkhof, L. Biblical Archaeology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans-Sevensma Co., 1915.
• Bock, Darrell L., and Gregory J. Herrick. Jesus in Context: Background Readings for Gospel Study. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2005.
• Branigan, Keith. Urbanism in the Aegean Bronze Age. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.
• Broshi, Magen. Bread, Wine, Walls and Scrolls. London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.
• Burge, Gary M. The New Testament in Antiquity. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009.
• Campbell, Jonathan G. Vol. 4, The Exegetical Texts. Companion to the Qumran scrolls. London; New York: T&T Clark, 2004.
• Campbell, Jonathan G., William John Lyons, and Lloyd Pietersen. Vol. 52, New Directions in Qumran Studies : Proceedings of the Bristol Colloquium on the Dead Sea Scrolls, 8-10 September 2003. Library of Second Temple studies. London; New York: T&T Clark, 2005.
• Collins, John Joseph, and Craig A. Evans. Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Acadia studies in Bible and theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2006.
• Cowley, A. Aramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century B.C. Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009.
• du Toit, A.B., J.L. de Villiers, I.J. du Plessis et al. Vol. 2, The New Testament Milieu. Guide to the New Testament. Halfway House: Orion Publishers, 1998.
• Edersheim, Alfred. Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ. Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2003.
• Editor, Hershel Shanks. BAS Ancient Israel. Biblical Archaeology Society, 2004; 2004.
• Editor, Hershel Shanks. BAS Aspects of Monotheism. Biblical Archaeology Society, 2004; 2004.
• Editor, Hershel Shanks. BAS The Rise of Ancient Israel. Biblical Archaeology Society, 2004; 2004.
• Editor, Hershel Shanks. BAS The Search for Jesus. Biblical Archaeology Society, 2004; 2004.
• Eisenberg, Ronald L. The JPS Guide to Jewish Traditions. 1st ed. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 2004.
• Flusser, David, and Azzan Yadin. Judaism of the Second Temple Period. Grand Rapids, MI; Jerusalem: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.; The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 2007-.
  Freeman, James M., and Harold J. Chadwick. Manners & Customs of the Bible. Rev. ed.]. North Brunswick, NJ: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 1998.
• Grabbe, Lester L. Vol. 47, A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period. Library of Second Temple studies. London: T & T Clark International, 2004-.
• Harrington, Hannah K. Vol. 5, The Purity Texts. Companion to the Qumran scrolls. London; New York: T&T Clark, 2004.
• Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman. Traveling in the Holy Land Through the Stereoscope a Tour Personally Conducted by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut... New York; Ottawa, Kan. [etc.: Underwood & Underwood, 1900.
• Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman. Traveling in the Holy Land Through the Stereoscope a Tour Personally Conducted by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut... New York; Ottawa, Kan. [etc.: Underwood & Underwood, 1900.
• Josephus, Flavius, and Benedikt Niese. Flavii Iosephi Opera Recognovit Benedictvs Niese ... Berolini: apvd Weidmannos, 1888-.
• Josephus, Flavius, and Benedikt Niese. Flavii Iosephi Opera Recognovit Benedictvs Niese ... Berolini: apvd Weidmannos, 1888-.
• Josephus, Flavius, and William Whiston. The Works of Josephus : Complete and Unabridged. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1996.
• Kaufmann, Yehezkel, and C. W. Efroymson. Christianity and Judaism: Two Covenants. Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, 1996.
• Keener, Craig S., and InterVarsity Press. The IVP Bible Background Commentary : New Testament. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1993.
• Knight, Jonathan. The Ascension of Isaiah. Guides to Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995.
• La Sor, William Sanford, David Allan Hubbard, and Frederic William Bush. Old Testament Survey: The Message, Form, and Background of the Old Testament. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1996.
• Lieu, Judith M. Image and Reality : The Jews in the World of the Christians in the Second Century. London; New York: T&T Clark, 1996.
• Lightfoot, John. A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica, Matthew-1 Corinthians: Volume 1, Place Names in the Gospels. Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2010.
• Lightfoot, John. A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica, Matthew-1 Corinthians: Volume 2, Matthew-Mark. Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2010.
• Lightfoot, John. A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica, Matthew-1 Corinthians: Volume 3, Luke-John. Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2010.
• Lightfoot, John. A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica, Matthew-1 Corinthians: Volume 4, Acts-1 Corinthians. Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2010.
• Malina, Bruce, and Stephan Joubert. A Time Travel to the World of Jesus. Halfway House: Orion, 1997.
• Matthews, Victor Harold, Mark W. Chavalas, and John H. Walton. The IVP Bible Background Commentary : Old Testament. electronic ed. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.
• Mazar, Amihai. Studies in the Archaeology of the Iron Age in Israel and Jordan. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.
• Mendels, Doron. Vol. 45, Memory in Jewish, Pagan, and Christian Societies of the Graeco-Roman World. Library of Second Temple studies. London: T & T Clark International, 2004.
• Morey, Robert A. How the Old and New Testaments Relate to Each Other. Las Vegas, NV: Christian Scholars Press, 2002.
• Negev, Avraham. The Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land. 3rd ed. New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1996.
• Neusner, Jacob, Jacob Neusner, Alan J. Avery-Peck et al. The Encyclopedia of Judaism. Brill, 2000.
• Niese, Benedikt, David C. Noe, and Laura A. Marshall. The Works of Flavius Josephus: Prefatory Material (English). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2008.
• Penner, Todd. In Praise of Christian Origins : Stephen and the Hellenists in Lukan Apologetic Historiography. London; New York: T&T Clark, 2004.
• Porter, Stanley E., and Craig A. Evans. Dictionary of New Testament Background : A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship. electronic ed. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.
• Rokeah, David. Vol. 33, Jews, Pagans, and Christians in Conflict. Studia post-Biblica. Jerusalem; Leiden: Magnes Press, Hebrew University; E.J. Brill, 1982.
• Sacchi, Paolo. Vol. 285, The History of the Second Temple Period. Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000.
• Schmidt, Francis. How the Temple Thinks: Identity and Social Cohesion in Ancient Judaism. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.
• Schu¨rer, Emil. A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ, First Division, Vol. I. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1890.
• Schu¨rer, Emil. A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ, First Division, Vol. II. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1890.
• Schu¨rer, Emil. A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ, Second Division, Vol. I. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1890.
• Schu¨rer, Emil. A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ, Second Division, Vol. II. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1890.
• Schu¨rer, Emil. A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ, Second Division, Vol. III. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1890.
• Steiner, M. L. Excavations by Kathleen M. Kenyon in Jerusalem, 1961-1967 : Volume III. The Settlement in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.
• Thiede, Carsten Peter. The Cosmopolitan World of Jesus : New Findings from Archaeology. London: SPCK, 2004.
• Tomson, Peter. 'If This Be from Heaven...' : Jesus and the New Testament Authors in Their Relationship to Judaism. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.
• Van Til, Cornelius. Christ and the Jews. The Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company: Philadelphia, 1968.
• VanderKam, James C. The Dead Sea Scrolls Today. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1994.
• Vincent, John, James Lee, and R. E. M. Bain. Earthly Footsteps of The Man of Galilee and the Journeys of His Apostles. N. D. Thompson Publishing Co.; New York, NY; St. Louis, MO, 1894; 2009.
• Vos, Howard Frederic. Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Manners & Customs : How the People of the Bible Really Lived. Nashville, Tenn.: T. Nelson Publishers, 1999.
• Walton, John H. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (Old Testament) Volume 1: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009.
• Walton, John H. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (Old Testament) Volume 2: Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009.
• Walton, John H. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (Old Testament) Volume 3: 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009.
• Walton, John H. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (Old Testament) Volume 4: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009.
• Walton, John H. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (Old Testament) Volume 5: The Minor Prophets, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009.
• Wright, N. T. The Resurrection of the Son of God. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2003.
• The Ancient Near East an Anthology of Texts and Pictures. Edited by James Bennett Pritchard. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1958.
• In the Shadow of the Temple : Jewish Influences on Early Christianity. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2002.

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Mark Barnes | Forum Activity | Replied: Fri, Oct 18 2013 12:11 AM

Norman Watson:

Can it translate a Greek word into a Hebrew word?

Hi Norman,

If you run a Bible Word Study on a Greek word, then one of the sections will be called Septuagint Translation. This tells you all the Hebrew words that are translated by this Greek word, in the Greek version of the OT that were used by many NT writers.