Verse-by-Verse Personal Book(s) on the Pentateuch by E.M. Zerr
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Here is the book of James. I number books of the Bible as 01 - Genesis thru 66 - Revelation. I do this so that when I sort them, they fall in line so to speak. No other reason.
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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Here is the book of James.
Thanks for doing this work!
One idea that many other PB-commentary makers employ is to make Verse titles also links to the respective verse (I automatically moused-over & clicked the blue text and was surprised it didn't work). The syntax would change from e.g.
[[@Jam 1:1]] Verse 1
to
[[@Jam 1:1]] [[Verse 1 >> Jam 1:1]]
Have joy in the Lord!
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Thanks for doing this work!
One idea that many other PB-commentary makers employ is to make Verse titles also links to the respective verse (I automatically moused-over & clicked the blue text and was surprised it didn't work). The syntax would change from e.g.
[[@Jam 1:1]] Verse 1
to
[[@Jam 1:1]] [[Verse 1 >> Jam 1:1]]
Didn't think about this.... and thanks for pointing it out. I do like the idea of clicking on the verse and having the Bible sync to it.
Thanks again.
Edit: I did a quick test and I like your idea better.... will try to implement it from now on. Thanks again
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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Below are all the files (from Philippians thru Revelation) that I have re-formatted. You can click on the verse now and go to you Bible... I made an effort to clean up some editing of miss-spelled words (probably didn't get them all) ... Also, I formatted the text all to 14pt, Times Roman.
There are some warnings I don't understand yet... (i.e. "Skipping empty space" etc) But the files all compile and work well. Here's the way I build the files in Logos.
I compile each file separately. But before I compile and in the edit procedure... I name the fiIe as "xx - Zerr Commentary - Book name". "xx" corresponds to the book secquence in the Bible. For example... book of James would be compiled ast "59 - Zerr Commentary - James". I also add the following 2 fields to each compile as follows:
1. Publisher and Publication Date as: EM Zerr 1947.
2. Series Title: Zerr Commentary. -- This is so all the books will track as one tab when linked to your Bible.
Here are the books:
50_Zerr - Philippians.docx
51_Zerr - Colossians.docx
52_Zerr - 1 Thessalonians.docx
53_Zerr -2 Thessalonians.docx54_Zerr - 1 Timothy.docx
55_Zerr - 2 Timothy.docx
56_Zerr - Titus.docx
57_Zerr - Philemon.docx
58_Zerr - Hebrews.docx
59_Zerr-James.docx
60_Zerr-1 Peter.docx
61_Zerr-2 Peter.docx
62_Zerr-1 John.docx
63_Zerr-2 John.docx
64_Zerr-3 John.docx
65_Zerr-Jude.docx
66_Zerr-Revelation.docxI will work on Matthew thru Ephesians next.
I decided to help with this project because I feel Zerr Commentaries are worth being part of my repertoire of books and it would probably take tooooo long to get it in Logos... if they would do it (which I wish they would!).
If you use them, be honest, be humble and remember EM Zerr wrote the text of these books.
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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Below are all the files (from Philippians thru Revelation) that I have re-formatted. You can click on the verse now and go to you Bible... I made an effort to clean up some editing of miss-spelled words (probably didn't get them all) ... Also, I formatted the text all to 14pt, Times Roman.
Thanks a lot for this labor of love! Turned out very well.
I compile each file separately.
That's a good thing (I do the same for a series of commentaries shared in the German language subforum) - for some reason I started Zerr in the alternative way of building this all in one large document, and it works fine just as well. Just now I downloaded all your 16 files and quickly made a new, NT-only commentary in one go.
Have joy in the Lord!
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Below are all the files (from Philippians thru Revelation) that I have re-formatted.
Observed number prefix for New Testament Books being different than Logos & Verbum internal numbering.
Logos Wiki => Canonical Commentary Collections reflects the Logos & Verbum book numbering: e.g. 61 Matthew ... 87 Revelation
Keep Smiling [:)]
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Below are all the files (from Philippians thru Revelation) that I have re-formatted.
Observed number prefix for New Testament Books being different than Logos & Verbum internal numbering.
Logos Wiki => Canonical Commentary Collections reflects the Logos & Verbum book numbering: e.g. 61 Matthew ... 87 Revelation
Keep Smiling
Thanks for pointing it out.
And it is true that Logos may number books differently.... Long before I came to Logos I was using my system... I've many files associated with my system.... and with internal references from file to file... it would be a daunting task to go back and change my system.
And... If Genesis is 01 and there are only 39 books in the O.T. then Matthew naturally falls in to be 40.... at least in my Bible....
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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If Genesis is 01 and there are only 39 books in the O.T.
Interesting as the Jewish Bible only has 24 books. [8-|] My point is that the division into books and their names is not stable. It is a case of "when in Rome do what the Romans do" or more precisely "when in Faithlife do what Faithlife does" or suffer the consequences. In Faithlife:
Logos Bible Book Names">
Logos Bible Book Names
Wiki: TOC, VTOC, Home
Forum: Home, Gen, L4, Mac4This is a list of the bible book names that Logos uses internally. It can be helpful in Personal Books where book names may be problematic in non-English resources or interfaces.
To use as a scripture reference the syntax is [[Name.chapter.verse]] e.g. [[Matt 15:2 >> bible.61.15.2]]. However, if you want to designate a specific versification scheme (the one used by your bible) then use the Internal Name from Bible Datatypes instead of bible e.g. [[Matt 15:2 (NA27) >> bible+na27.61.15.2]].
This syntax can also be used for milestones e.g. [[@bible+na27.61.15.2]].
Book Logos Name Genesis bible.1 Exodus bible.2 Leviticus bible.3 Numbers bible.4 Deuteronomy bible.5 Joshua bible.6 Judges bible.7 Ruth bible.8 1 Samuel bible.9 2 Samuel bible.10 1 Kings bible.11 2 Kings bible.12 1 Chronicles bible.13 2 Chronicles bible.14 Ezra bible.15 Nehemiah bible.16 Esther bible.17 Job bible.18 Psalm bible.19 Proverbs bible.20 Ecclesiastes bible.21 Song of Solomon bible.22 Isaiah bible.23 Jeremiah bible.24 Lamentations bible.25 Ezekiel bible.26 Daniel bible.27 Hosea bible.28 Joel bible.29 Amos bible.30 Obadiah bible.31 Jonah bible.32 Micah bible.33 Nahum bible.34 Habakkuk bible.35 Zephaniah bible.36 Haggai bible.37 Zechariah bible.38 Malachi bible.39 Tobit bible.40 Judith bible.41 Additions to Esther bible.42 Wisdom of Solomon bible.43 Sirach bible.44 Baruch bible.45 Letter of Jeremiah bible.46 Song of Three Youths bible.47 Susanna bible.48 Bel and the Dragon bible.49 1 Maccabees bible.50 2 Maccabees bible.51 1 Esdras bible.52 Prayer of Manasseh bible.53 Additional Psalm bible.54 3 Maccabees bible.55 2 Esdras bible.56 4 Maccabees bible.57 Ode bible.58 Psalms of Solomon bible.59 Epistle to the Laodiceans bible.60 Matthew bible.61 Mark bible.62 Luke bible.63 John bible.64 Acts bible.65 Romans bible.66 1 Corinthians bible.67 2 Corinthians bible.68 Galatians bible.69 Ephesians bible.70 Philippians bible.71 Colossians bible.72 1 Thessalonians bible.73 2 Thessalonians bible.74 1 Timothy bible.75 2 Timothy bible.76 Titus bible.77 Philemon bible.78 Hebrews bible.79 James bible.80 1 Peter bible.81 2 Peter bible.82 1 John bible.83 2 John bible.84 3 John bible.85 Jude bible.86 Revelation bible.87 Enoch bible.88 Plea for Deliverance bible.89 Apostrophe to Zion bible.90 Eschatological Hymn bible.91 Apostrophe to Judah bible.92 Hymn to the Creator bible.93 David’s Compositions bible.94 Apocryphal Psalms bible.95 Apocalypse of Baruch bible.96 Epistle of Baruch bible.97 Additions to Daniel bible.98 2 Baruch bible.99 4 Ezra bible.100 Catena bible.101 Psalm 151A bible.102 Psalm 151B bible.103 Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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MJ --- As always, I appreciate and thank you for your insight. And I hope you and Faithlife can truly understand and appreciate the fact, that I am not Catholic and therefore do not think, nor believe nor act, like Catholic's do.
As such, I do not believe the prophetical books you mentioned are in the canonical Bible as you seem to. And I certainly do not believe I will suffer any consequences because of the way I numbered these book (and I don't know what consequences you mean).
But if Faithlife is going to be that narrow minded as to cause me to suffer consequences, ... then so be it. While you and Faithlife wish to number your books differently, I don't believe I have hindered your doing so in any way with the way I use in numbering the books I compile. You certainly are free to go through the books and re-number them for yourself. I don't believe Brother EM Zerr and certainly not myself, would be offended.
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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And I hope you and Faithlife can truly understand and appreciate the fact, that I am not Catholic and therefore do not think, nor believe nor act, like Catholic's do.
There is nothing Catholic about the Faithlife list - it supports Anglicans (Episcopalians), Lutherans, some Eastern & Oriental Orthodox, Catholics, and a handful of others. There are some Oriental and Eastern Orthodox that it does not support. Which of the books in the list I consider canonical is irrelevant - what matters is if you have embedded your numbering scheme in any links in which it will generate incorrect results.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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Listed below are the complete Zerr Commentary of the New Testament. I have taken all precaution to preserve the original wording and intent of the author as far as I could discern. I did make formatting changes to paragraphs that had double line breaks, correct some misspelled words and add milestones for Logos. The numbering system of the files are the one that I have used for myself.... change as you will...
I plan on working on the O.T. when I have time... but it may take a while .... so bear with me.
Also, I have compiled all these books and find they work great. When I compiled them I put them in a series of "Zerr Commentary" and then link a book with your Bible, which allows only having one Zerr book open and flipping through them all as you change Scripture in your Bible.
Otherwise... enjoy! [8-|]
66_Zerr-Revelation.docx
65_Zerr-Jude.docx
64_Zerr-3 John.docx
63_Zerr-2 John.docx
62_Zerr-1 John.docx
61_Zerr-2 Peter.docx
60_Zerr-1 Peter.docx
59_Zerr-James.docx
58_Zerr - Hebrews.docx
57_Zerr - Philemon.docx
56_Zerr - Titus.docx
55_Zerr - 2 Timothy.docx
54_Zerr - 1 Timothy.docx
53_Zerr -2 Thessalonians.docx
52_Zerr - 1 Thessalonians.docx
51_Zerr - Colossians.docx
50_Zerr - Philippians.docx
49_Zerr - Ephesians.docx
48_Zerr - Galatians.docx
47_Zerr - 2 Corinthians.docx
46_Zerr - 1 Corinthians.docx
45_Zerr - Romans.docx
44_Zerr - Acts.docx
43_Zerr - John.docx
42_Zerr - Luke.docx
41_Zerr - Mark.docx
40_Zerr - Matthew.docxxn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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Fantastic! Thanks so much for your help with this!
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Listed below are the complete Zerr Commentary of the New Testament.
Thanks a lot!
Have joy in the Lord!
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As to the Zerr Commentary -- I've started on the Old Testament. While I wasn't the original formatter of the files... I just re-formatted them to match what I had done in to the files of the New Testament. Hope this doesn't offend anyone... I will list the files here probably in batches of 4 or 5 files.
You may get some warning errors... I have tried to find them and did find some of them... but the files do work in Logos.
Here you go... Enjoy! [8-|]
05_Zerr-Deuteronomy.docx
04_Zerr-Numbers.docx
03_Zerr-Leviticus.docx
02_Zerr-Exodus.docx
01_Zerr-Genesis.docxxn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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Here's more Old Testament Commentary Books by Em Zerr. I'll continue on as I have time and hope to eventually get all the O,T. books as I did for the N.T.
06_Zerr-Joshua.docx
07_Zerr-Judges.docx
08_Zerr-Ruth.docx
09_Zerr-1st Samuel.docx
10_Zerr-2nd Samuel.docx
11_Zerr-1st Kings.docx
12_Zerr-2nd Kings.docxMore to follow as I have time.
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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FYI ---- I'm still working on the rest of the Old Testament. Just that Psalms is taking an abnormal about of time. The files I got are not easy to work with... but I am pushing on.
Thanks
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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I appreciate your fortitude and persistence. I use these commentaries a lot and will use the ones you add as well.
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I have finished Part 1 and Part 2 of Psalms.... listed below. I will be working on finishing the rest of Psalms and the other books of the O.T.
19_Zerr - Psalms 1-51.docx
19_Zerr - Psalms Part 2 - 51-100.docxPsalms is a tough one.... Enjoy.
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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Thanks!
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Yes! Thank You!
Did I miss #18 Job or did that get skipped?
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Yes! Thank You!
Did I miss #18 Job or did that get skipped?
It's coming.... I just decided to tackle Psalms first... don't know why... .but I will get back in line after I finish Psalms. Thanks
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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Update on E.M. Zerr -----------
I have been still working on finishing the whole commentary by E.M. Zerr into a PB. I have not quit... Psalms was a total mess.... and I am trying to very diligent to complete it with E.M. Zerr original works. This has been and is very time consuming.
Jus so all know..... I have not quit.....still working on it. Hope to have some file updates soon.
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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I appreciate your effort on this. It's funny, I was just thinking about this project today and was considering posting here to ask how things are going.
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I appreciate everyone's work on this massive project and have been watching for a few years now. Thanks the Mark for initiating this and to xnman for pushing it forward.
One question I have not been able to answer yet is what is E.M. Zerr's denominational background was. Does anyone know?
Edit: My best guess is that he is connected to the Restoration Movement.
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You are correct. There is a little write-up about him on the web site which indicates the same:https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77756464/edward-michael-zerr
"Young Brother Zerr's special ability as a teacher was soon recognized, and he continued to conduct such studies among churches of Christ for 48 years."
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You are correct. There is a little write-up about him on the web site which indicates the same:https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77756464/edward-michael-zerr
Thanks Matt.
I look forward to when this project is completed.
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I am so thankful for the great deal of work you have put into this. But, after a year, I must ask - have you quit?
If others wish to contribute to this effort, where would one access Zerr's source text digitally?
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If others wish to contribute to this effort, where would one access Zerr's source text digitally?
Some can be found here https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/znt.html
And all of them as PDFs here: https://djmarko53.wixsite.com/churchbooks/zerr-s-bible-commentary
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