How do I identify which Bibles, or other books in my Library, contain a certain book?

Theophan Dort · 2025-05-24T15:57:30+00:00

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I opened an English Bible I rarely use (Revised English Bible) and it opened to 1 Esdras, a book in the Apocrypha. I opened my ESV-Catholic Edition to compare it, because it also contains Apocrypha, but that book isn't in i!. So I wondered which of the other Bibles and other books in my Library contained the Book of 1 Esdras (which, confusingly, is also called by other names), and I realized that I don't know how to do that! I know it's in KJVs that contain the Apocrypha, and it's in a book or more that I have about the Apocrypha and/or LXX, but I don't know how to search for which books in my library contain that book! I tried the Library tool and the Search tool, but I couldn't figure it out.

It seems like "Show me which books in my library contain '1 Esdras'" should be an easy thing for a program like Logos to do, and I'm hoping someone will tell me what it is, and I'll feel silly that I hadn't known, but now I'll have learned how!

Does anyone know?

Thanks!

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Bradley Grainger (Logos)

If you want to stay within the same "type" of book (so only Bibles, not Commentaries), do what DMB said and use the Parallel Books feature. In the new toolbar, that's the drop-down arrow next to the book cover in the reference box.

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DMB

Well, the easy way is, with your 'Esdras 1' open, add what used to be called a Parallel (I have the old version) and it lists matching books/Bibles with the reference.

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

Here's another way. With the REB open, right-click 1 Esdras and make sure the Reference is selected on the context menu. Then choose Power Lookup.

Logos will look up this reference across your library:

NetworkGeek

@Bradley Grainger (Logos) I was trying your answer out, and I noticed at the bottom of the list, it just showed the name of L-Peshitta without any summary. Not sure if this was the last result either, it just kind of quite posting results. It does the same thing docked or floating. Is this an issue?

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

it just showed the name of L-Peshitta without any summary

The spacing between results is pretty tight, so it may not be obvious that the name of the resource comes after the text; it's not a heading. That's the name of the resource of the (Syriac) text shown immediately above.

NetworkGeek

@Bradley Grainger (Logos) thanks! I guess one of us needs to brush up on the Power Lookup again huh? 😉

NichtnurBibelleser

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1370071#Comment_1370071

Thanks, @Bradley Grainger (Logos), for this hint.
But, as far as I see, starting from different Bibles and clicking Power Lookup, there are different results: The ERV Power Lookup (scrolling down) shows about 28 entries, but does not point to Allioli :

Allioli has 1Esdr and points to roughly 120 resources (scrolling down for 8 screens):

Theophan Dort

MANY thanks — I’m grateful for the suggestions! However, I’m afraid that neither of them actually does what I am hoping for (maybe there's just no way to do it).

Power Lookup: This produces a list of books that contain or reference 1 Esdras but do not contain that book, such as Eerdman’s Commentary on the Bible, “All the Meals in the Bible,” “All the Battles in the Bible,” etc.. I was really hoping that Logos could just give me a list of books that contain the book 1 Esdras (or any other book of the Bible/Apocrypha).
Add Parallel Text: Perhaps this works differently in my Logos (42, Pro Subscription), but on mine, anyway, that gives me the option of which books I want to show in parallel, but it does NOT tell me whether they contain 1 Esdras or not! For example, it offers me various options on Bibles, but most of them do NOT contain 1 Esdras! I’ve “Photoshopped” together a few screenshots to compile this list as an example of what it shows me:

Is there a way to just ask Logos to "Show me which books in my Library contain the book (itself) of 1 Esdras (or any other book of the Bible or Apocrypha)?

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1370090#Comment_1370090

I don't think we've touched it significantly since Logos 4; it probably needs a fresh coat of paint.

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

as far as I see, starting from different Bibles and clicking Power Lookup, there are different results

I haven't tested this, but I wonder if it's a difference between running Power Lookup on "1 Esdras 1" vs "1 Esdras 1:1"? (Perhaps the milestones in the destination resources are different, which is why you might get a different list? This isn't a great reason, but it might be a reason.)

Theophan Dort

No, I'm sorry to say, when I do a Power Lookup on 1 Esdras 1:1 I get a different list, but it's still a list of resources that includes many that discuss it but do not contain that book, such as Theological Dictionaries, etc.. I just want to find out which books in my Library have the Biblical Book 1 Esdras, or any other Bible/Apocrypha book).

This just seems obviously something Logos could easily find in a nanosecond, but I'm starting to wonder if this is a rare enough occurrence that no one in Logos has ever thought to make that search available. I suppose it would only be books of the so-called Apocrypha, that anyone would not be sure which of their English Bibles or other books contain those texts. Or, now that I think of it, I've had to do some rather clumsy manual searches in the past not being sure which books I have on pseudepigrapha, etc., had a certain text in them. It really would be great if Logos could just do that kind of search for me.

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

NichtnurBibelleser

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1370099#Comment_1370099

As far as I can see, in different resources different milestones have been assigned to the first verse in 1Esdr.

Recently, @MJ. Smith reported on a lot of milestones inconsistencies and even came up with a suggestion. Is a major overhaul of Milestones planned for the foreseeable future?