BDF NT Index

I have noticed that BDF's NT Index is missing. Despite Logos' search functionality, I find this to be a significant omission from the volume. Is there any chance that we could get it added?

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Christian Alexander

I have noticed that BDF's NT Index is missing. Despite Logos' search functionality, I find this to be a significant omission from the volume. Is there any chance that we could get it added?

Good idea[Y]

MJ. Smith

What is BDF? what functionality would a NT index add? Bible indexes are normally useful only when the text is in Biblical order and one wishes to link resources.

Chris Lane

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1186693#Comment_1186693

What is BDF?

It is A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature by Blass, Debrunner, and Funk (https://www.logos.com/product/4225/a-greek-grammar-of-the-new-testament-and-other-early-christian-literature)

what functionality would a NT index add?

It would make navigating this grammar much easier when considering a specific NT text. If I'm considering passage x, the option to access the index in order to see if it is mentioned in the volume, if passages from its context are mentioned, where any of these references might be located, and (fingers crossed) the ability to hover over the pg. or § number to see a preview would make use and navigation more streamlined.

Bible indexes are normally useful only when the text is in Biblical order and one wishes to link resources.

They can also be useful to see if a specific scholar/author/work says anything about a certain passage, a usefulness which is compounded within reference works such as BDF.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1186705#Comment_1186705

From your answers to MJ, it looks like you're describing the Cited By tool. I'm not against indices ... it's just that CitedBy does so much more ... connect to a whole collection of grammars ... why just one?

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1186705#Comment_1186705

what functionality would a NT index add?
It would make navigating this grammar much easier when considering a specific NT text. If I'm considering passage x, the option to access the index in order to see if it is mentioned in the volume, if passages from its context are mentioned, where any of these references might be located, and (fingers crossed) the ability to hover over the pg. or § number to see a preview would make use and navigation more streamlined.
Bible indexes are normally useful only when the text is in Biblical order and one wishes to link resources.
They can also be useful to see if a specific scholar/author/work says anything about a certain passage, a usefulness which is compounded within reference works such as BDF.

Ah, for these I use a reference search where I can control whether I see all or part of the reference- I find keeping a search available faster than navigating to and through an index.

Chris Lane

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1186706#Comment_1186706

why just one?

In this instance, this one grammar is the go-to for academic writing. The CitedBy suggestion makes sense, but just not for this use case.

Chris Lane

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1186707#Comment_1186707

Ah, for these I use a reference search where I can control whether I see all or part of the reference- I find keeping a search available faster than navigating to and through an index.

This is what I've done thus far and it's been mostly workable, but this seems like a rare instance where I would prefer the index. Maybe it comes down to a personal preference as to which one an individual prefers to filter through, but, for whatever reason, my sense is that I would steer towards an index sorted by references instead of various searches (depending on how one wants their results returned). As the index from the print edition was simply left out of this digital ed., I'd at least like the opportunity to use it.