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Clint Cozier

I'm trying to compile a quick and dirty list of topics Jesus addresses in his teaching ministry as recorded in the Gospels. Obviously, speaker:Jesus is part of the search, but I can't find a way to get a listing of either topics or preaching themes, I know Logos has tagging on both. I assumed that Topics and/or Preaching Themes would be something I could access in the Analysis view of my search, but neither is present as far as I can see. It seems to be "back in the day" we had more options in the Analysis table, but that might be my bad memory. 

Any suggestions on how I could compile such a list?

Thanks.

Dave Hooton

Clint Cozier said:

Obviously, speaker:Jesus is part of the search, but I can't find a way to get a listing of either topics or preaching themes

Factbook is your start point:

• Enter what you think is a topic or preaching theme.
• if the entry appears as a Concept it is a Topic  -
• the search starts with topic:  e.g. topic:Crucify
• if the entry appears as a Preaching Theme -
• the search starts with preachingTheme:  e.g.preachingTheme:"Jesus' Death"
• Under More at the bottom of the article, hover over "Search for..." to see the format for that topic or theme
• don't click as you will get more than you asked for!

Factbook will lead you to other datatypes like Cultural Ontology.

Once you have the format, you can type into a Search box  e.g. topic:  and it will provide a list of topics. Keep typing to narrow your topic.

To see if Jesus addresses any of these, use for example speaker:Jesus  INTERSECTS  preachingTheme:"Jesus' Death"

Andrew Batishko

Another option would be to use the Bible Browser tool. Use the sidebar to filter to "Common Divisions: Gospels" and "Speakers: Jesus". Then you can expand the Preaching Themes or Topics sections in the sidebar to see a list of those items that show up in the same verses where Jesus is speaking.