Tech Question: In a Collection, is there a way to pull the name of a Bible book from its title?

Jack Hairston

For instance, in Windows you can use a macro code that fills in data, such as %username% or %date%.

I created Collections of commentaries that pull data from the Series field to look up the current verse and show comments. This approach ignores the many one-off commentaries in my library. Is there a syntax where the Collection definition could show something like:

type:bible-commentary (series:("NIC"), title:(%BibleBook%)

Where the field would be filled in with the name of the current Bible book?

Jack Hairston

Thanks for taking the time to answer this, Dave.

Dave Hooton

No.

Collections are dynamic in that a Series: filter/field will include all available books, including newly downloaded ones. In use, though, only the relevant book will be used e.g. a Passage Guide on Revelation, a Parallel Book on Revelation (if the collection has a tick for that). If I understand you correctly, link your bible to the PG or a commentary to get the "current" bible book in the collection of your choice.

The collection rule you state should be type:bible-commentary (series:("NIC") title:(%BibleBook%)
But series:("NIC") is puzzling as series:NIC would suffice if NIC is the series name. If NIC is the New International Commentary, you could use NICNT or NICOT to narrow the range of books (strictly abbrev:NICNT as being part of the abbreviated title for each book).

Jack Hairston

Thanks for taking the time to answer this, Dave.