What resource or tool do I use to highlight the differences between the synoptic gospels in such a way that the differences are easily distinguished? Thank you for your help. Steve
Depends on whether you have these in your base package, but they are in most:
Also the Text Comparison tool (Tools | Text Comparison), available in all packages from Original Languages on up.
Thank you, Rosie. Would you have the time to provide me with a step-by-step process in using the tools/text comparison.
Actually, I must correct myself. Text Comparison isn't what you want. It will show differences between various translations, but not between the synoptic gospels. The harmonies of the gospels are what you need.
But to use the text comparison tool, for future reference: Choose Tools | Text Comparison. Type in the passage you're working on comparing in the Reference box, and the versions you want to compare it in in the Resources box (or you can click there and select a collection if you've set any up that include Bibles). If you're looking at a longish passage, it'll be easier to see as side-by-side columns, so drag the tab of the Text Comparison panel over to the left and down towards the center of your Logos window and you'll be able to position it to take up the bottom half of the screen but full width, like this:
Thank you, Rosie for your help. It is greatly appreciated!
Depends on whether you have these in your base package, but they are in most: Harmony of the Gospels (Steven Cox & Kendell Easley) A Harmony of the Gospels (A.T. Robinson) A Harmony of the Synoptic Gospels (Ernest DeWitt Burton & Edgar Johnson Goodspeed)
You might also want to check
It has been mistyped as a monograph rather than as a Bible Harmony. It was the text we used in seminary to compare the synoptic gospels. The text list Matthew, Mark, and Luke, in three parallel columns. There is also an index to all three synoptics, allowing you to find the passage you are looking for. The base text of the LOGOS version is the NRSV - not the Greek text. Good luck on your studies.
Blessings,
Floyd
Steven,
I know this is an old post, and tI'm not a scholar, just someone who has a deep faith and desire to learn, but...
I had created a document that is a "Harmony" but is really just designed to compare the four Gospels for just what you are asking - what is the same, what is similar, what is "Q", what is unique. What I did was color code each level of connection (yellow for exactly the same, orange for similar, pink for "Q", etc, etc. So, when you look at the passages, you immediately can see if there is similarity across the Gospels. I, unfortunately, don't know Greek, so I was relying on the NIV for my source. (I'd like to do it again using a "reverse Interlinear" but need to find the time.) If this sounds like what you're looking for, let me know (I'm getting e-mail notices of replies to the post here.)
p. m. strain
Hi Steven,
If you still have available your comparison of the synoptics highlighted using the NIV, I would like a copy of it sent to my email at _____@trinitychicago.org. Thank you in advance.
Noticed Logos 5 Base Packages include more Parallel Passages and Harmonies => http://www.logos.com/comparison
Many harmonies allow Bible text to be chosen and display Logos notes:
The circles and stars appear next to verse number when Note entry was created by reference.
Thread => OT Quotes in NT: follow-up has more about "Intertextuality - Sources" and Intertextuality - Verses" note documents. Thankful for Logos enabling the free sharing.
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