Westbury, Joshua R., Jeremy Thompson, Kristopher A. Lyle, and Jimmy Parks, eds. Lexham Figurative Language of the Bible Glossary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016. Color me naive but from the documentation, I expected some kind of link from the tagging to the references. So here are my first two disappointments which may be bugs:
1. When I select the label on the left hand side, I expect to see the full entry in Label on the right hand side as the left hand hover is not persistent and the values of the attributes are likely critical to what I'll want to do next.
2. I would expect there to be a path between the "Son of God as Jesus" in the label and the resources given in the documentation. Based upon the behavior of the rest of the system, I would expect Factbook to contain an entry for the type "Son of God as Jesus" - no such entry. Based on expediency, I would expect a link on the right hand side of the context menu to the documentation.
3. So I think perhaps something was added to the Factbook that I didn't notice. So I look at the Source and Topic Factbook entries. I find (a) no Figurative Language data added under "See Also", (b) no new section for Figurative language {I see in the documentation that this exists, but I can't find it}, and (c) the Dictionary section in no way marks figurative language resources and in fact does not even include at least one primary dictionary resource.
So I am given useful information with no way to navigate back to my primary resources on the topic? I would expect some way to reach your documentation's information and some way to add community tags to link to resources such as these when not already indexed. Unless I'm missing an obvious path, this is more a pot hole than one of your infamous and enjoyable rabbit holes.
Figurative Language Bibliography
Wilson, Neil, and Nancy Ryken Taylor. The A to Z Guide to Bible Signs and Symbols: Understanding Their Meaning and Significance. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2015.
Jensen, Robin M. Baptismal Imagery in Early Christianity: Ritual, Visual, and Theological Dimensions. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2012.
Ryken, Leland, Jim Wilhoit, Tremper Longman, Colin Duriez, Douglas Penney, and Daniel G. Reid. Dictionary of Biblical Imagery. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.
Laniak, Timothy S., Gary M. Burge, and Tim Laniak. Finding the Lost Images of God. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2012.
Wiersbe, Warren W. Index of Biblical Images: Similes, Metaphors, and Symbols in Scripture. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2000.
Westbury, Joshua R., Jeremy Thompson, Kristopher A. Lyle, and Jimmy Parks, eds. Lexham Figurative Language of the Bible Glossary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016.
Beck, John A., ed. Zondervan Dictionary of Biblical Imagery. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011.
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