Visual Filter for Herod

In an effort to keep the dynasty of Herod straight in the NT, I created three simple visual filters. I thought some might find it helpful especially when teaching Biblical background. (If anyone spots a mistake, please let me know.) The pop up in middle is an complete listing of the Scriptures in the middle filter. I noticed the cross references in the NAS will link you to another Herod who is a different person without letting you know.

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MJ. Smith

This is a very clever way to clear up ambiguity. Well worth putting as a hint in the wiki

Carey G. Pearson

Thanks for sharing this...[Y]

Rosie Perera

Excellent! Thanks, Jerry.

Donald L. Platt

Great tip, but how were you able to type "Herod I (the Great)" into the formatting box? When I place the cursor there, the only option I get is the drop down menu for the various formatting options. I can't find a way to type text into the formatting box in the same way it appears in your screen shot. What am I missing?

Rosie Perera

Great tip, but how were you able to type "Herod I (the Great)" into the formatting box? When I place the cursor there, the only option I get is the drop down menu for the various formatting options. I can't find a way to type text into the formatting box in the same way it appears in your screen shot. What am I missing?

For those options to show up in the dropdown list, you have to first create a Highlighting style for each of those Herods:

Here's the definition of one of them to show you how I did them (note the space before the opening parenthesis):

For more info on creating your own highlighting styles, see http://wiki.logos.com/Highlighting

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

Great tip, but how were you able to type "Herod I (the Great)" into the formatting box? When I place the cursor there, the only option I get is the drop down menu for the various formatting options. I can't find a way to type text into the formatting box in the same way it appears in your screen shot. What am I missing?

Personally created Herod highlighting palette, created 4 styles (label text: after - with italics), added names for search ranges - from search, clicked Make Filter - rename filter and chose appropriate style:

Keep Smiling [:)]

Rosie Perera

Great tip, but how were you able to type "Herod I (the Great)" into the formatting box? When I place the cursor there, the only option I get is the drop down menu for the various formatting options. I can't find a way to type text into the formatting box in the same way it appears in your screen shot. What am I missing?

Personally created Herod highlighting palette, created 4 styles (label text: after - with italics), added names for search ranges - from search, clicked Make Filter - rename filter and chose appropriate style:

Keep Smiling

I didn't want to have those search ranges cluttering up my named ranges listbox, since I like to keep it clean:

Considered using Passage Lists, named for each of the Herods, since you can use a Passage List as a search range. But then figured out that I could delete the unnamed ranges from my list box after creating the visual filters and the VFs still work. So I don't need the clutter in my PLs either.

I like the idea of a separate palette for Herod highlighting. Too bad we can't (yet) drag and drop highlighting styles from one palette to another.

KS4J, what search range did you use for Herod Agrippa II?

Jerry M

what search range did you use for Herod Agrippa II?

Herod Agrippa II is always known as Agrippa in Acts so Acts 25 and Acts 26. I originally did this for a class on the life of Christ, and didn't get to Agrippa II. Thanks to those who developed this further. I liked the idea of italics and incorporated it.

Donald L. Platt

Thanks, everyone, for the clarifications.

steve clark

Well worth putting as a hint in the wiki

added to wiki Visual Filters Examples

Robert Pavich

How about posting the filter text for those of us who are lazy?

Got it from the screen shots above....

Allen Browne

Thank you, Jerry. Creative and instructive.

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

Modified my Herod the Great visual filter search => Matthew 2, Luke 1, Acts 23

Couple commentaries state Herod the Great built palace in Acts 23:35 reference.

For Herod Antipas, searching => Matthew 14-Mark, Luke 3-Acts 4, Acts 13

For Herod Agrippa I, searching => Acts 12

For Herod Agrippa II, searching => Acts 25-26

Also changed visual filter from All Bible Text to Surface Text (skip some english gloss text: e.g. Bernice, daughter of Herod Agrippa I)

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Rosie Perera

Thanks for those refinements, KS4J.

Mike Tourangeau

I found this old thread and I have been making a visual filter to help with the names of God. Very helpful.

Is it possible to make my text I put after the name a link?

JohnB

Modified my Herod the Great visual filter search

Are you adding it to the Logos Visual Filters collection? Hint.....!

Graham Criddle

Modified my Herod the Great visual filter search

Are you adding it to the Logos Visual Filters collection? Hint.....!

It looks as though KS4J has already applied the updates - his comment was from over 3 years ago[:)]

Frank Dicken

Folks might want to see my book, Herod as a Composite Character in Luke-Acts.

https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/herod-as-a-composite-character-in-luke-acts-9783161532559?no_cache=1

I argue that narratively, Luke presents the Herodian rulers (Herod or Archelaus in Luke 1:5, Antipas in Luke 3 - Acts 4, and Agrippa in Acts 12) as a single character by calling them all Herod. Agrippa II is called King Agrippa, so he is not part of the composite character.

The book is expensive and I know this thread was started years ago (book was released in 2014), but I thought it might help.

Glad to converse about it if anyone would like.

MJ. Smith

Welcome to the forums Frank. Did you read the guidelines?