Why I don't use Word lists - an appeal for votes on suggestions
Why I don't use this feature is simple:
- while the word list is designed to print physical cards, it doesn't have an electronic practice/text app. There had been one on mobile but I don't use mobile.
- I am not a Greek or Hebrew student so word lists for me are at best only used for screening a Reader's Edition interlinear
- I am intensely interested in learning the vocabulary of the data sets, labels, linguistic theories, various bible criticism disciplines, sigla ... but word list are limited to lemmas and glosses
I would like to be able to make words lists that are free-form as well as the current original language vocabulary/cards/filter. I would like to be able to export them to Anki rather than printing them on paper cards.
Suggestions to consider:
Note: I personally believe that Logos must provide solid tools for the Bible college/seminary student -- if they beat the competition there, the ministers of all varieties will continue to use the software for their professional work and spread its use to the leadership of the congregation. Yes, these tools may be important for a limited period of time in training, but for that time it is essential. The danger is always to become a research tool and lose the study aspect.
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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Yes. This is another feature that has huge potential for both the student and pastor but is lacking in implementation. I would like to advocate for the ability to generate word lists based on the number of times words occur within the bible.For example:
- Generate a list of all Greek words that occur 30 or more times within the Bible.
- Generate a list of all Greek words within reference range (e.g. Ephesians) that occur less than 30 times within the Bible.
Why should we care about this? Because word list documents 'are helpful tools to accompany your study of the original biblical languages.' However, practically every biblical language grammar that has been published in the last few decades presents their vocab for memorization based on frequency of occurrence in the bible, not by occurrence within a particular book. And it is normal for seminaries etc to teach students all words that occur more then X number of times during the first year.
Thus, when students or pastors want to start generating their own word lists for memorization, they typically already have memorized all the words that occur more then 50 times, or 30 times etc within the bible. What we need is the ability to easily exclude those words from our target reference range - which is either the whole bible or a specific book.
Please vote for this here - https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-desktop-app/posts/generate-word-list-based-on-occurance
This has been requested on the forum since 2014 - https://community.logos.com/forums/t/83666.aspx
Additionally, vote for the ability to export word lists in Anki format here - https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-desktop-app/posts/replace-flashcard-app-with-interface-to-anki
Current MDiv student at Trinity Theological College - Perth, Western Australia
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when students or pastors want to start generating their own word lists for memorization, they typically already have memorized all the words that occur more then 50 times, or 30 times etc within the bible. What we need is the ability to easily exclude those words from our target reference range - which is either the whole bible or a specific book.
Please vote for this here - https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-desktop-app/posts/generate-word-list-based-on-occurance
This has been requested on the forum since 2014 - https://community.logos.com/forums/t/83666.aspx
I answered you in that old thread, basically: this works already in Logos, see how here: https://community.logos.com/forums/t/165141.aspx
Have joy in the Lord!
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