Make the commentary titles informative and practical.
Seh Jang
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I usually find it burdensome to choose among so many commentaries for a specific passage under the category of Commentary in the tab The Passage Guide.
I see that almost all commentaries belong under one of various commentary collections[sets].
Take BST (Bible Speaks Today) for example. There are 55 commentaries under the BST collection.
And under NICNT are 22. Under NICOT, 25 commentaries.
I purchased them for the SET's own sake, rather than for their individual volume's sake.
When I try to look up commentaries in the Commentary Category, I see some commentary titles are listed as their COLLECTION(SET) name.
For example, The Bible Knowledge Commentary, A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, The Teacher's Commentary, Exploring Old Testament etc.
I am satisfied with this. Thank you.
But for some other commentaries, their individual title, not their collection name, is shown.
In case of Exodus or Matthew, their commentaries are listed as Exodus, Exodus to Ruth, Matthew, The Gospel of Matthew, The Message of Matthew, Matthew 1-8, etc.
There is no indication of its higher collection name, its author and so on. I have to put the cursor over them all to know of their information.
Take NAC for example to let you know of my trouble.
Months ago, commentaries that belong under NAC were shown as the title name NAC for every passage I was about to study.
Currently, the commentary in NAC is just titled as "Matthew" in case of Matthew. So I have to put the cursor over all of the titles shown as Matthew to pick of NAC. So much troublesome.
Each collection of commentaries has its own editing characteristics.
As for me, I tend to choose them according to their editing characteristics. So collection titles are more important to me rather than their authors and individual titles.
When trying to choose some for Matthew for example, my considerations are which is of NICNT, BST, John MacArthur New Testament Commentaries, and so on.
Individual titles, "Matthew" are no help, meaningless altogether to pick some that I need, when I am now searching commentaries for ‘a specific passage of Matthew.’
So can I have them listed like this format?
NAC : Matthew (alternatively, NAC)
NICNT : Matthew (alternatively, NICNT)
Bible Speaks Today (BST) : Mathew 1-3 ( Bible Speaks Today )
The Pulpit Commentary
John MacArthur New Testament Commentary : Matthew, vols 1-4
NAC : Exodus (alternatively, NAC)
NICOT : Exodus
Bible Speaks Today (BST) : Exodus
A Commentary on the Holy Scripture : Exodus
I see that almost all commentaries belong under one of various commentary collections[sets].
Take BST (Bible Speaks Today) for example. There are 55 commentaries under the BST collection.
And under NICNT are 22. Under NICOT, 25 commentaries.
I purchased them for the SET's own sake, rather than for their individual volume's sake.
When I try to look up commentaries in the Commentary Category, I see some commentary titles are listed as their COLLECTION(SET) name.
For example, The Bible Knowledge Commentary, A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, The Teacher's Commentary, Exploring Old Testament etc.
I am satisfied with this. Thank you.
But for some other commentaries, their individual title, not their collection name, is shown.
In case of Exodus or Matthew, their commentaries are listed as Exodus, Exodus to Ruth, Matthew, The Gospel of Matthew, The Message of Matthew, Matthew 1-8, etc.
There is no indication of its higher collection name, its author and so on. I have to put the cursor over them all to know of their information.
Take NAC for example to let you know of my trouble.
Months ago, commentaries that belong under NAC were shown as the title name NAC for every passage I was about to study.
Currently, the commentary in NAC is just titled as "Matthew" in case of Matthew. So I have to put the cursor over all of the titles shown as Matthew to pick of NAC. So much troublesome.
Each collection of commentaries has its own editing characteristics.
As for me, I tend to choose them according to their editing characteristics. So collection titles are more important to me rather than their authors and individual titles.
When trying to choose some for Matthew for example, my considerations are which is of NICNT, BST, John MacArthur New Testament Commentaries, and so on.
Individual titles, "Matthew" are no help, meaningless altogether to pick some that I need, when I am now searching commentaries for ‘a specific passage of Matthew.’
So can I have them listed like this format?
NAC : Matthew (alternatively, NAC)
NICNT : Matthew (alternatively, NICNT)
Bible Speaks Today (BST) : Mathew 1-3 ( Bible Speaks Today )
The Pulpit Commentary
John MacArthur New Testament Commentary : Matthew, vols 1-4
NAC : Exodus (alternatively, NAC)
NICOT : Exodus
Bible Speaks Today (BST) : Exodus
A Commentary on the Holy Scripture : Exodus
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