Why I don't use cross-references - an appeal for votes on suggestions

MJ. Smith

I rarely study a single passage, rather I read:

• a set of lectionary readings
• a set of parallel readings
• narrations of an event and mentions of it (to glean the meaning of the event)
• passages on the same topic (think epistles)
• passages used in the same setting (think psalms of ascent)
• passages in the same form (think prophetic call stories)

Why? because it helps me ask better questions and to ask different questions than the last time I read the passage. [In the spirit of full disclosure, I was taught to do this by reading a psalm and a gospel passage sharing the same metaphor by Barbara Green. See her Like a Tree Planted: An Exploration of Psalms and Parables Through Metaphor: Green OP, Barbara: 9780814658697: AmazonSmile: Books]

So when I am studying a passage and want cross-references (important passages, parallel passages/pericopes . . .) what I want are:

• view 1: only cross-references amongst the passages I am studying rather than all Biblical cross-references
• view 2: cross-references from my passages to outside passages where two or more of my passages make the cross-reference.

In terms of the actual data, I have no complaints ... it simply is time consuming to collate and filter it to meet my needs.

• Filter cross-reference guide section output | Faithlife
  
• The Ultimate Cross-Reference Treasury | Faithlife
• Reverse Cross-Reference | Faithlife (assumes cross-reference relationship is directional)
• Add resource to Cross References Guide - top section | Faithlife