Matthew 1-4 Issues

On another post, I’ve suggested that Logos add a way to see what different commentators have said about every Bible passage over the last two thousand years in seconds, quickly and easily displaying how ideas are influenced by denomination, theology and the passage of time. (feedback.logos.com/boards/logos-desktop-app/posts/bible-interpretation-choices-at-a-glance)

I was challenged to create a model. This is available here: 1drv.ms/x/s!Al6XZ3KAsP1pgSHPTMa7xik37YOB?e=glDcFO

And here: New Testament Issues - Gospels and Acts.xlsm

The interface needs a lot of work (especially in the online version), but I’ve just updated the data particularly for Matthew 1-4. The questions/issues tackled are those raised by highly-rated technical commentaries. Some of the questions, particularly those categorised as Source-related questions, are probably more relevant to scholars than to many others.

What questions that divide commentators and preachers do you think should be added?

Which books, especially existing Logos resources, discuss these most helpfully?

Any other comments or suggestions?

If you think this could be better in Logos, please vote using the link above. The main supporting post is here: community.logos.com/forums/p/208162/1211927.aspx#1211927

Thanks!

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GaoLu

That is a mind-boggling amount of labor. I definitely voted. Much appreciated!

Christian Alexander

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1302091#Comment_1302091

Agreed GaoLu. This is great. I would like to see how you do this on John 1 and 3. I am doing a study and it would be very beneficial to my study. I would like to see analysis from commentaries, journal articles, and scholarly monographs. A question for Andrew. Do you have this kind of study on John 1 and 3?

Andrew Baguley

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1302091#Comment_1302091

That is a mind-boggling amount of labor. I definitely voted. Much appreciated!

Thanks, GaoLu. It's good to see another few votes have been added.

Andrew Baguley

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1302114#Comment_1302114

Thanks for the encouragement, Christian.

So far, I've included the data from the Exegetical Summaries series for the whole New Testament, wherever there were explicitly varied multiple views discussed. If you haven't seen the volume on John 1-9, it may be worth a look (https://www.logos.com/product/138255/an-exegetical-summary-of-john-1-9).

I've included data from up to 70 Introductions on each New Testament book, but most of the detailed work has been on Jude and the first few chapters of Matthew 1-4 so far. It takes less time than some people would think, but I have very little time, so it would be great if Logos could do it for us, giving us access to the data as data, and not just as text, including links to the resources mentioned, where appropriate, and greatly improving the filtering, graphing and other interface options.

I'm not planning to tackle John any time soon, but I would likely begin with highly rated commentaries on John, such as Carson in PNTC, Morris in NICNT and Keener (https://bestcommentaries.com/john/). This would likely provide a first draft of issues to focus on, although not all commentaries focus on controversial issues, so other commentaries may need to be added, and I would add the data on who is saying what from the technical commentaries (possibly Brown in AYBC, Barrett, Thompson in NTL...). The next stage is to quickly check on the stances taken by Bibles, Study Bibles, Commentaries, etc., as already listed. Then analysis can be done by theology, denomination/stream, decade, etc. I don't see any of this as rocket science, but it takes a little time, and it helps if someone has studied enough to understand the issues.

I hope that helps. I'd be happy for others to assist with gathering the data, in a kind of crowdsourced model, especially as I can see many benefits from having this widely available.