NT Background Commentary - collections

David Gullick

Downloaded today, it automatically became a part of my Bible background collection -

 (title:(manner,custom,background,archaeolog, archeolog) OR subject:(manner,custom,”New Testament—Background”,”Jews”, “Judaism”) OR (subject:(excavation,archaeolog,archeolog, antiquities) AND type:dictionary)) ANDNOT subject:(canon,doctrine,”Jews—Conversion”, “Hebrew Language”)

But not part of my Single volume Bible Commentaries - type:commentary AND subject:”Bible-Commentaries” ANDNOT subject:”Bible—Commentaries—Collected works”

Anyone know why?

Mark Smith

David Gullick said:

Anyone know why?

Can you verify that this volume (which I don't have) matches the second set of criteria that you set?

Rosie Perera

David Gullick said:

Downloaded today, it automatically became a part of my Bible background collection -

 (title:(manner,custom,background,archaeolog, archeolog) OR subject:(manner,custom,”New Testament—Background”,”Jews”, “Judaism”) OR (subject:(excavation,archaeolog,archeolog, antiquities) AND type:dictionary)) ANDNOT subject:(canon,doctrine,”Jews—Conversion”, “Hebrew Language”)

But not part of my Single volume Bible Commentaries - type:commentary AND subject:”Bible-Commentaries” ANDNOT subject:”Bible—Commentaries—Collected works”

Anyone know why?

David, two issues here:

1) You have a single dash not a double dash in "subject:"Bible-Commentaries" and I think the subjects always use double dashes.

2) The book in question has for its subject "Bible. N.T.--Commentaries" (double dash), so it looks like you need to include two more terms in your "Single volume Bible Commentaries" Collection: "Bible. N.T.--Commentaries" and "Bible. O.T.--Commentaries" (Some titles are inconsistent as to whether they include the period after Bible in that subject or not, but I think it doesn't matter since including it or not including it seems to pick up the same resources for me.)

David Gullick

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/76936#Comment_76936

Alright, well after much playing around I've got it added to my collection, along with a couple of other books it seems I was missing from that collection. My new rule is: type:"Bible Commentary" +subject:”Bible.--Commentaries” OR subject:"Bible.N.T.--commentaries" -series:(Commentary, Wiersbe's)

Though later got rid of the NT works as thats not really what that collection is for, so now its type:"Bible Commentary" +subject:”Bible.--Commentaries”-series  

I discovered instead of typing out     ANDNOT subject: "Bible-Commentaries-Collected works"     that     -series    had the same pragmatic result, taking out everything that was part of a series (collected work).

Rosie, as far as I can tell from playing around, single dashes, double dashes, ten dashes doesn't really make a difference in some areas.

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/77112#Comment_77112

David Gullick said:

Rosie, as far as I can tell from playing around, single dashes, double dashes, ten dashes doesn't really make a difference in some areas.

I guess you're right. I think I read somewhere from one of the Logos employees that punctuation is always ignored.

BillS

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/81823#Comment_81823

Rosie Perera said:

read somewhere from one of the Logos employees that punctuation is always ignored.

Same way I remember it...