Index of Bible Studies
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Thanks for the Christmas gift!
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This is a new version of the Index of Bible Studies in Logos, with the addition of some new books (now 2338) and about 2000 new links (now almost 78000). Most of the new links were provided by MJ Smith - thanks! Since it has been awhile since I last wrote the full instructions, here they are again.
This file contains links to sermons, meditations, outlines, journal articles, Bible study guides, non versified commentaries, and more that do not appear in the Passage Guide. (Exception: some sermons now appear in the Passage Guide, but did not when I started, and I thought I would not remove them.) It is useful especially when preparing Bible studies or sermons or doing personal study on a certain passage, to find more ideas on the passage from your library that you can use.
To install the Index, download the Index Bible Studies.docx file, then use the Personal Books tool of Logos to create a new personal book. You can use whatever title you like, but it is best to set the type to "Bible commentary". On page 3 of this thread you can find a book cover that you can optionally use. The message https://community.logos.com/forums/p/65323/1093313.aspx#1093313 gives graphical instructions for this installation.
The index contains the books in my Logos library, and a few that have been indexed even though I don't own them. There is a list of the included books at the end of the Index Bible Studies.docx file. Naturally, I cannot include books that are in your library but not in mine. However, it is possible to exclude books that are in my library but not in yours, which makes the resulting personal book easier to use. There are two ways to create this personal index:Method 1 (Windows only)
1. Download and unzip the MyIndex.zip file.
2. There should then be two files in a directory. Start the Index Bible Studies.exe program, which will open Logos (if it is not already open), read the names of all the books in your library, and then create a file My Index Bible Studies.rtf in your Documents directory.
3. Continue with the steps under "Both methods".Method 2 (Windows and Macintosh)
1. In Logos, open the Library.
2. Click on the three vertical dots on the top right of the Library window, and in the menu that opens choose Print/Export.
3. In the Print/Export window, click on the Save as file: XML link, and choose in which directory to save the Library.xml file.
4. Go to https://www.laparola.net/indexlogos.php , click the Choose File button, navigate to where you saved the Library.xml file, and then choose it.
5. Click the Submit button on that page.
6. If all goes well, the browser will download a file called myindex.rtf, which probably will be saved in the Downloads directory of your computer.
7. Continue with the steps under "Both methods".Both Methods
1. Open the My Index Bible Studies.rtf or myindex.rtf file in Word or another word processor and save it as a docx file.
2. In Logos, create a personal book from that docx file, in the same way as described above, setting the type to "Bible commentary".Richard Wilson
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Thanks again for this great resource.
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Much appreciated!
Pastor, North Park Baptist Church
Bridgeport, CT USA
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Thank you dear Richard for this wonderful work.
Blessings in Christ.
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Once again, thank you Richard!
Using adventure and community to challenge young people to continually say "yes" to God
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Thanks again, Richard!
Have joy in the Lord!
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Here is a new version of the files for the Index of Bible Studies, with another 171 books indexed to add 3253 new links, taking the totals to 2,509 and 81,221. The instructions to use these files are in my message of February 8, 2024, which is 6 messages before this one in the forum.
Richard Wilson
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I could repost what I wrote some time ago - and I do, writing it out again: Thanks again, Richard!
And once more: more than ten years ago you started this incredible work of love and usefulness. For those who come to it now this may seem incredible - and it is. You even made a nice cover picture for the PB, which newcomers may not have seen. The final version of it is found on page 3 of this long thread, but to recall it I copy it to here:
Have joy in the Lord!
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Thank you Richard for this wonderful work.
Blessings in Christ.
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I stumbled upon this today. What a great work! Thank you very much, Richard!
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Thank you Richard. I was able to follow your instructions and create the Personal Book.
My question is: how do I use this valuable resource of yours? I opened the Personal Book and I typed in a Scripture reference and it showed me all the links to the various resources for that Scripture reference. Or is there some other way to use this? Sorry, this is my first time using a Personal book other than to create headings for Prioritized Resources.
Thank you.
I believe in a Win-Win-Win God.
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1Cor10 31 said:
My question is: how do I use this valuable resource of yours? I opened the Personal Book and I typed in a Scripture reference and it showed me all the links to the various resources for that Scripture reference. Or is there some other way to use this? Sorry, this is my first time using a Personal book other than to create headings for Prioritized Resources. .
That is essentially it. If you are reading or teaching or studying a certain passage, you can look it up in the Index of Bible Studies, and it will give you more Logos books that discuss that passage and that you would not have otherwise found, because they do not appear in the Passage Guide of Logos.
Richard Wilson
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Richard Wilson said:
1Cor10 31">
My question is: how do I use this valuable resource of yours? I opened the Personal Book and I typed in a Scripture reference and it showed me all the links to the various resources for that Scripture reference. Or is there some other way to use this? Sorry, this is my first time using a Personal book other than to create headings for Prioritized Resources. .
That is essentially it. If you are reading or teaching or studying a certain passage, you can look it up in the Index of Bible Studies, and it will give you more Logos books that discuss that passage and that you would not have otherwise found, because they do not appear in the Passage Guide of Logos.
Perfect, Richard.
What an awesome resource indeed.
I believe in a Win-Win-Win God.
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I don‘t want to sound or be demanding. Seeing that the Index is continiously updated, will there be included works of Hans Urs von Balthasar in the future?
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To be included in the Index, I either have to own the resource (so I can manually index it) or someone else has to index it and send the links to me. And my budget for buying further books is very limited. Having said that, there are not many books on theology in the Index. There are lots of references to Bible passages in books on theology, but they can be found in Logos with the "Cited by" tool so they don't need to be duplicated in the Index. Only when there are discussions or explanations of a Bible passage do I include it in the Index.
Richard Wilson
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If you appreciate Richard's work and would like for Faithlife to take over this valuable project, please consider voting here: Index of Biblical Studies. The suggestion has been up for some years now but the vote count is still quite low.
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I believe in a Win-Win-Win God.
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I've added my vote too. Let's keep them coming!
Using adventure and community to challenge young people to continually say "yes" to God
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Wow. MJ posted that 4 years ago. I voted. More...
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Wow. MJ posted that 4 years ago. I voted. More...
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This still work! Really neat add-on.
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Richard will add entries if you send him the data. I have a collection based on tagging but it is not a practical solution.
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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Bernhard said:NB.Mick said:
I do wonder if it is possible to build a collection of those books, also to find books that are not yet in the index and maybe create supplemental information to it.
Has anyone found a way to build a collection of the included books?
At the end of the .docx file there is a list of books that are included in the index, which could be used to make a collection (either of the books included or of the books not included). It would not be precise, however, as sometimes I had to change the name I used eg when two books have the same name.
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Richard will add entries if you send him the data. I have a collection based on tagging but it is not a practical solution
But be quick [:)] I expect to finish and publish the next version of the file (with all the books of Logos Max and various other books) next week, before the release of the next version of Logos which should have new base packages.
Richard Wilson
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Hi Richard, while I was working on tagging the books included (I'll report on that later), I found the problematic links below in my index PB that I made with your program. My library does actually not include these books. The other thing that these links had in common was that they all showed in bold and italic, different from all other links.
Jos 14:8 [[Victory and Service >> logosres:joshmarston;ref=Page.p_191]] Ps 41:9 [[The Whole Works of Thomas Boston >> logosres:boston03;ref=Page.p_253]] Pr 6:16-17 [[7 Saving Graces >> logosres:savinggraces;ref=Page.p_20;off=1367 Pr 12:22 [[Sermon Starters >> logosres:sermonstarters04;ref=Page.p_83 Is 6:1-8 [[The Bible Story Handbook >> logosres:bblst175strsbbl;ref=Page.p_235;off=485 Is 63:1,3 [[Honey from the Rock >> logosres:hnyrckdlyngkypr;ref=Page.p_168]] Mk 4:1-20 [[In Season and Out >> logosres:ssnsrmnschrstyr;ref=Page.p_209]] Mk 7:20-23 [[7 Saving Graces >> logosres:savinggraces;ref=Page.p_20;off=1367 Jn 8:12 [[The Inner Chamber and the Inner Life >> logosres:innermurray;ref=Page.p_91 Ac 8:26-39 [[The Bible Story Handbook >> logosres:bblst175strsbbl;ref=Page.p_391;o Ac 11:1-18 [[The Layman's Bible Study Notebook >> logosres:lymnsbblntstmnt;ref=Bible.Ac11.1-18 1Cor 6:9-10 [[7 Saving Graces >> logosres:savinggraces;ref=Page.p_20;off=1367 Gal 5:19-21 [[7 Saving Graces >> logosres:savinggraces;ref=Page.p_20;off=1367 Col 3:5-9 [[7 Saving Graces >> logosres:savinggraces;ref=Page.p_20;off=1367 2P 1:3-11 [[In Season and Out >> logosres:ssnsrmnschrstyr;ref=Page.p_209]] 0 -
Bernhard said:
Hi Richard, while I was working on tagging the books included (I'll report on that later), I found the problematic links below in my index PB that I made with your program. My library does actually not include these books. The other thing that these links had in common was that they all showed in bold and italic, different from all other links....
Thanks for those. They were all cases of missing ]] at the end, or extra spaces or tabs at the end of the line. I have corrected them all and a few other cases I found, and they will be fixed in the new version I'll publish next week.
Richard Wilson
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This is a new version of the Index of Bible Studies in Logos, with the addition of 123 new books (now 2632) and 3159 new links (now 81221). All the books in the Logos Max subscription have been added. Thanks also to Chris Heil, who indexed some books that I do not have.
This file contains links to sermons, meditations, outlines, journal articles, Bible study guides, non versified commentaries, and more that do not appear in the Passage Guide. (Exception: some sermons now appear in the Passage Guide, but did not when I started, and I thought I would not remove them.) It is useful especially when preparing Bible studies or sermons or doing personal study on a certain passage, to find more ideas on the passage from your library that you can use.
To install the Index, download the Index Bible Studies.docx file, then use the Personal Books tool of Logos to create a new personal book. You can use whatever title you like, but it is best to set the type to "Bible commentary". In a message of this thread from April 2024 you can find a book cover that you can optionally use. The message https://community.logos.com/forums/p/65323/1093313.aspx#1093313 gives graphical instructions for this installation.
The index contains the books in my Logos library, and a few for which I had a temporary licence. There is a list of the included books at the end of the Index Bible Studies.docx file. Naturally, I cannot include books that are in your library but not in mine. However, it is possible to exclude books that are in my library but not in yours, which makes the resulting personal book easier to use. There were two ways to create this personal index, but it seems that one of them does not work anymore. The Logos COM API was broken or silently removed sometime after April, or at least I can not get it to work. So only the web based method is possible now, following these instructions:1. In Logos, open the Library.
2. Click on the three vertical dots on the top right of the Library window, and in the menu that opens choose Print/Export.
3. In the Print/Export window, click on the Save as file: XML link, and choose in which directory to save the Library.xml file.
4. Go to https://www.laparola.net/indexlogos.php , click the Choose File button, navigate to where you saved the Library.xml file, and then choose it.
5. Click the Submit button on that page.
6. If all goes well, the browser will download a file called myindex.rtf, which probably will be saved in the Downloads directory of your computer.
7. Open the myindex.rtf file in Word or another word processor and save it as a docx file.
8. In Logos, create a personal book from that docx file, in the same way as described above, setting the type to "Bible commentary".Richard Wilson
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Richard Wilson said:
There were two ways to create this personal index, but it seems that one of them does not work anymore. The Logos COM API was broken or silently removed sometime after April, or at least I can not get it to work.
Thanks, Richard, as always! Just a couple of days ago I used the last version of the program you had posted, without any problem. I am running the latest beta on Windows on a computer where I had reinstalled Windows and Logos only a few weeks ago. I wonder if there rather is a problem on your end.
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