Provide a comparison tool for two different passages
MJ. Smith
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by Francis at https://community.logos.com/forums/t/100605.aspx, originally titled "Expand Text Comparison Tool into two text tool"
I assume (but I don't know that for a fact) that the text comparison tool is not based on FL having manually highlighted the differences between all possible texts but is an automated comparative tool. Comparing passages across versions is handy, BUT there is much more juicy functionality to be had yet if it can use the same comparative technology: compare two or more passages in the same Bible.
I know the parallel passages resources line up passages side by side. But they do not highlight (as far as I know) the differences between passages the way Text Comparison does. This would be a wonderful addition and an extremely useful tool. Imagine being able to line up two parallel in the gospels and see instantly what the differences are in the Greek text! Or doing the same with doublets in the Pentateuch, parallel psalms, etc.
Unless there is already a way of doing this that I am not aware of...
I assume (but I don't know that for a fact) that the text comparison tool is not based on FL having manually highlighted the differences between all possible texts but is an automated comparative tool. Comparing passages across versions is handy, BUT there is much more juicy functionality to be had yet if it can use the same comparative technology: compare two or more passages in the same Bible.
I know the parallel passages resources line up passages side by side. But they do not highlight (as far as I know) the differences between passages the way Text Comparison does. This would be a wonderful addition and an extremely useful tool. Imagine being able to line up two parallel in the gospels and see instantly what the differences are in the Greek text! Or doing the same with doublets in the Pentateuch, parallel psalms, etc.
Unless there is already a way of doing this that I am not aware of...
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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I'd revise this as "Provide a comparison tool for two different passages".0
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@sean-boisen-11 I would if I could - I agree your's is better wording
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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@mjespuiva-86 edited the title0
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The "Compare Two Texts" tool in Tanakh Lab at AlHaTorah.org is a wonderful tool for intertextual studies in the Hebrew Bible. A similar tool would be great in Logos. It could be generalized to compare one passage in one version, with a different passage in a different version --- a use case would be studying allusions to LXX in the NT.0
