I just noticed this is formerly coming out shortly in print and Kindle. Any chance Logos will put it out? It cost me next to nothing in the current form years back and I would spring for an update.
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The NTSK is one of my favorite resources. It is way more useful in Logos than it would be in print or Kindle. I hope they can make this work.
I have seen the author comment here on the forums, so maybe he will drop in with additional information.
I am the author, indeed. The publisher (Nelson) got in touch with me, expressing considerable regret that Nelson let this resource go out of print in 1999.
The new people said they intended to keep it in print from now on, for which I am most grateful.
I offered suggestions for improving the book. They encountered numerous anomalies when the Figure of Speech index was matched by computer with the text. They found problems I had no way back in the day of 5 1/4 " floppy disks to catch. Those are now all corrected.
I kept my own record of reference errors found during my use of the volume since its release in 1992. I spent many weeks last year entering my corrections for Nelson. The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is far more accurate than ever before.The digital edition available in Logos lacks the very important Topic Number Index that is now available in this new edition.
I, too, prefer accessing these cross references using a digital resource. But many individuals--from truck drivers to pastors to teachers in Christian schools--have told me that slowing down by using a printed book and a print Bible provides them a very different Bible study experience. Though cumbersome, I agree, and notice it helps to see more of the context than viewing the briefer content of a pop-up window upon mouse-over does.
How does this differ from the Ultimate Treasury of Scripture Knowledge?
At this point, it doesn’t make a difference if it ever makes it to Logos or not 😏
I think we would be well-served by having the current tools and applying them. If I thought any differently I wouldn’t be using Logos.
Logos works quite well without the ultimate version of TSK. Maybe FL is not interested.
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[Faithlife] works quite well without the ultimate version of TSK. Maybe FL is not interested.
I thought your quote, edited, made a more accurate assessment!
[Faithlife] works quite well without the ultimate version of TSK. Maybe FL is not interested. I thought your quote, edited, made a more accurate assessment!
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FL will probably get this newer version, but I simply don’t hold my breath as to it. A given reference is going to appear in dozens of works in Logo. I just like the layout Smith uses as it’s more of a Swiss Army knife to the task.
Mark raised the question above:"I am sorry, but I am still confused. Please make is clear. What is the difference between TNTOSK and TUCRT? From your comments, one is contained in the other. Is TNTOSK contained in TUCRT, meaning the TUCRT is more complete or the other way around?"
I'm so pleased to learn of the continued progress on this work. Jerome, thank you!
It is my understanding that Logos/Verbum $50 USD version of the NTSK is a 2001 version based on the 1992 print version (https://www.logos.com/product/1214/the-new-treasury-of-scripture-knowledge). I really want to buy the latest version of either NTSK or UTSK as Jerome described them above. Is that expected to become available anytime soon? Surely for this important and unique resource, FL would not require a voting process, etc...?
If my question has been answered in previous posts and I, after reading them, have not gotten it, please still answer, anyone in the know.
God bless, and God be glorified.
I think I should expand on my comment, "Surely for this important and unique resource, FL would not require a voting process, etc...":
I think a voting process makes business sense for many, perhaps most, books that are not the Bible. But in this case it would amount to a vote on whether the best study Bible system should have very adequate cross references, "adequate" being measured by the best compilation currently available, or only (to pick a number) 3/4 of adequate cross references. Put another way, what is available for Logos/Verbum now is, as I understand it, when compared with the NTSK-rev or UTSK, a whittled down selection of Bible cross-references. The question is, should FL bother to put in the rest of them? I think the answer is obviously yes - or what am I missing? This has been the state of the question since UTSK was known to be available for E-Sword only; the NTSK-rev as a near-equivalent (slightly higher quality than UTSK, but a few less informative possible cross references edited out, if I understand the above) re-raises the question.
I think FL could answer that if customers value having as many cross references as possible, more should have purchased https://www.logos.com/product/1214/the-new-treasury-of-scripture-knowledge. I as a customer would answer in part that I have been checking on that resource a number of times in recent years to see if it was brought up to date yet, and it wasn't, so I haven't bought it yet. If the NTSK-rev were to be added, I would surely buy it. The other part of my answer is that probably most Logos/Verbum users never knew about its existence, which is a marketing issue.
I have used qualifications such as "probably" and "as I understand it" repeatedly because since I do not have UTSK or NTSK-rev or even NTSK, and I don't know if something really comparable is available, I admit my judgment on this question is not fully informed. If there is something else just as good as NTSK-rev or UTSK already in Logos/Verbum for Bible cross references that I don't know about, I think that could explain why FL hasn't rushed to make it available. If anyone from FL is reading, thanks for considering.
Playing devil's advocate without taking a side on the issue, I would say that cross-references support one of many basic Bible study methods and that several additional features in Logos expand upon the cross-reference data e.g. Important Passages. Aren't there other basic Bible study methods that need basic source material more than cross-references need expanded source material? Something to think about ... not a proposal.
the revised and expanded edition needs some help in pre-pub status:
https://www.logos.com/product/376555/the-new-treasury-of-scripture-knowledge-an-easy-to-use-one-volume-library-for-bible-study-and-lesson-preparation?id_mc=38945336&utm_campaign=prepub2025&utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=10022025_Logos_REV_EN_PRE_biblical-studies&utm_id=407215&sfmc_id=38945336