Verbum 9 Tip 8ag: Faceted interactives: Proverbs Explorer

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Proverbs explorer

This Proverbs explorer interactive is documented in Parks, Jimmy. Proverbs Explorer Dataset Documentation. Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2018. As the definition and classification of proverbs are not standardized, it is important to understand the definitions that are being used in Verbum. The interactive is a typical example of a faceted, drill down table.

Facets available by count or alphabetically are:

  • Type
  • Form
  • People
  • Theme

The data side simply shows the text of the proverb.

P16-1 Sample

Besides the crumb-trail of facet selection one can see the tagging in these tools:

The Information tool shows the Proverb attributes in the Other References section:

P16-2 Info

The are also viewable in the Context Menu.

P16-3 Contect Menu

The Bible Browser also supports the Proverb attribute facets. And as expected for labels, a search argument in label format is supported.

P16-4 Search

The most valuable feature is that the label and interactive are not limited to the book of Proverbs but try to cover the entire Old Testament.

P16-5 Prophets

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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