Sell me on this resource
Center for New Testament Textual Studies' New Testament Critical Apparatus
https://www.logos.com/product/32501/center-for-new-testament-textual-studies-new-testament-critical-apparatus
I noticed that the date on the product page is 2010, whereas Faithlife's main competitor carries a "Revised" edition dated 2014. Although I have been eyeing this resource, I am hesitant to purchase it when (1) a newer edition is already available and (2) if/when Faithlife does update their edition, historically the odds seem slim to none that I will be able to pay a small upgrade fee for the revised edition (Faithlife's competitor charges $29.90). With this sort of resource, I would think the older version would be obsolete if you also have the newer version, so I would not want to pay full price twice.
What am I missing here? Are my concerns valid or am I way off base?
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Well, if the version is your issue, I suspect you don't need it. It's an ever-expanding database.
I use it as secondary to the other apparati, mainly because it's quite detailed and also Logos-slow scrolling. Ergo, when I want to drill deeper. I also have color coding on the MSS century range, and the Aland category. So, I can quickly scan the varient vs MSS's.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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Denise said:
I also have color coding on the MSS century range, and the Aland category. So, I can quickly scan the varient vs MSS's.
Nice, would you be willing to share this filter maybe in a faithlife group or something?
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Matthew said:
Center for New Testament Textual Studies' New Testament Critical Apparatus
https://www.logos.com/product/32501/center-for-new-testament-textual-studies-new-testament-critical-apparatus
I noticed that the date on the product page is 2010, whereas Faithlife's main competitor carries a "Revised" edition dated 2014. Although I have been eyeing this resource, I am hesitant to purchase it when (1) a newer edition is already available and (2) if/when Faithlife does update their edition, historically the odds seem slim to none that I will be able to pay a small upgrade fee for the revised edition (Faithlife's competitor charges $29.90). With this sort of resource, I would think the older version would be obsolete if you also have the newer version, so I would not want to pay full price twice.What am I missing here? Are my concerns valid or am I way off base?
I really want this resource. I think this is the 2014 version. If you click on the preview you read this:
Notice that it talks about a review that took place in 2013 and then about a future 2015 update.
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Josh said:
I think this is the 2014 version. If you click on the preview you read this
Good catch! I had no reason to suspect the metadata on the product page was incorrect, so I did not look for publication date information in the free preview. I have not run any searches yet to try finding out, but I wonder whether the 2015 goal for the next update was met or not.
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James, the filter for century assignments is fairly simple:
"2nd c" => a desired color. Thense, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th. I used background colors for century, purple/blues early, yellow/reds late.
For Aland's categories:
"aland category I" => a desired color. Thense II, III, IV, V. I used text color for category, purple/blues solid, yellow/reds less so.
Of course both filters are assigned to CNTTS.
I'd pass along the filters directly but I'm of the Logosian neanderthals clan. I can write 5 computer languages, speak three human languages, and play 12 American folk instruments, but Logosian eludes me. Maybe I'm just lazy.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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