NEW: Sixty-Six Bible Commentary Templates

You're welcome Justin!
Tried to unload a single ZIP file, but for some reason
LOGOS Wouldn't let me post it.  Only about 1.48 MB Zipped.

The original Personal Commentary file was a little over 4,000
pages in WORD.  Thought that was a little too much when all
you might be doing was a Commentary on Obadiah or Jude.
A lot easier for me to do each book separate in WORD, then
compile two or more together in the LOGOS Book Builder Tool.

Mark
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Well, as a semi retired preacher I have a lot of time on my hands.  When you only have to preach once a month instead of twice every Sunday, you have to do something with all that spare times.  If it wasn't for Logos I'd probably write a book or two.  Instead, I spend at least two days a week churning out books for LOGOS.

Mark

Hi Gerald,

Don't know what to say on using these Templates without writing a small Book,
but I'll see what I can do.

(1) First of all, if you have your own Commentary or Notes that you'd like to put
      into a Logos Commentary Book (not a Monograph) then you're ready to input
      the information and Text into any one of the Templates.

(2) Secondly, since there are 66 Books in the Bible, there are 66 Templates.  Just 
      pick a book to create a Commentary for use in Logos.  

(3) For example, let's suppose that you want to create a Commentary for the book
      of Second John.  Simply open the file '63-2 John_Template.docx' into Microsoft
      Word.  I'm still using Word 2010 even though I have a lifetime license for the
      Mobi-Systems Office Suite.  Anyway, once you load the above file, rename it and
      give it a name like==>  '62-2nd John by Gerald.docx'  Once you do this, you're
      ready to start adding your own personal Commentary/Notes.

(4) You will see the following in your Microsoft Word Screen:

2 John

2 John 1

[[@bible.84.1.1]]

2Jn. 1:1

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.2]]

2Jn. 1:2

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.3]]

2Jn. 1:3

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.4]]

2Jn. 1:4

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.5]]

2Jn. 1:5

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.6]]

2Jn. 1:6

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.7]]

2Jn. 1:7

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.8]]

2Jn. 1:8

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.9]]

2Jn. 1:9

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.10]]

2Jn. 1:10

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.11]]

2Jn. 1:11

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.12]]

2Jn. 1:12

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.13]]

2Jn. 1:13

(No text at this verse.)

(5) Let's enter some General or Descriptive Text for the
     Book of 2nd John.   In e-Sword a module creator would
     call this the "Book Notes" -- At the very beginning you
     will see the text "2 John" and right below it a divider line.
     put your cursor right after the 'n' in "2 John" and give it one
     single carriage return (no more than that!)  Now in that space
     enter your commentary between "2 John" and the divider line.
     You might enter something like the following:

2 John
It is a friendly, personal letter, written some time after the first letter,
to the "elect lady" who, as I think, was John's friend, and not a church
or some nation as has sometimes been argued. The aim is evidently
to warn his friend against certain false teachers.

2 John 1

(6) Now, save your file before going any further.  Make sure  that you
enter any Book Notes strictly between "2 John" and the divider line.

(7)Now, let's enter some General Notes for "2 John 1"  This is sometimes
referred as 'Chapter Notes'  You don't have to do anything here if you don't
have any Chapter Notes to enter.  But if you do, put your cursor right aftter
the bold text "2 John 1" giving it just a single carriage return (No More...)
and enter text something like the following:

2 John 1

Analysis.

1. Greeting, 1-3.

2. Thanksgiving, 4.

3. Exhortation to obedience. 5-6.

4. Warning against anti-Christs, 7-9.

5. How to deal with false teachers, 10-11.

6. Conclusion, 12-13.

For Study and Discussion.
(1) The character of the children of the elect lady.
(2) Evidence of real discipleship.
(3) How to deal with false teachers.

[[@bible.84.1.1]]

(8) Make sure that you enter you Chapter Note(s) between the Chapter
heading '2 John 1' and the next line of '[[@bible.84.1.1]]  as shown above.
The '[[@bible.84.1.1]]'  is the Milestone designation for the first verse of
the first chapter.  Your chapter Note(s) must go in the single line space
between the '2 John 1' and the '[[@bible.84.1.1]]' as shown above.

(9) Save your File after you enter your chapter Notes, if you have any!

(10) Now, let's enter some verse Note(s) for '2 John 1:1'.

(11) Look at the location for Notes for 2 John 1:1 as below:

2Jn. 1:1

(No text at this verse.)

[[@bible.84.1.2]]

(12) See the line (No text at this verse.) ?  Simply replace that line
with your Note(s) as follows:

2Jn. 1:1

The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth;

The elder … The use of "elder" as an apostolic title is verified by the fact of the apostle Peter having used it (1 Peter 5:1). Peter used "fellow-elder" indicating that others besides himself in the apostolic group were still living. John’s use of "elder" could indicate that he alone of the sacred Twelve still remained alive. The title of "elders" was used of all the apostles, and "they were referred to by Papias under this title."^(F1) Plummer commented on this that, "Elder was not an unlikely title; other apostles were called elders; but John was the elder,"^(F2) the last survivor of the Twelve.

Unto the elect lady and her children … As noted from the ASV margin, the Greek term for lady might also be translated as a proper name, Cyria; but this tendency to view this letter as being written to a prominent Christian woman of that era is rejected here. As Roberts pointed out, "It is also true that the word for elect could be translated as a proper name, Eclecte."^(F3) However, as Roberts noted, the word for "elect" is used as an adjective by John in 2 John 1:13. There is absolutely no reason for assuming that any personal name is involved here. "The elect lady" is a metaphorical reference to the church, often spoken of in the New Testament under the figure of a bride, or a pure woman. Roberts agreed that, "The most likely possibility, however, is that the elect lady is not a person at all but a personification for a local church."^(F4) This would seem to be a mandatory conclusion from the last clause of the verse.

[[@bible.84.1.2]]

(13) Now, save your file again.  You don't have to, but keeps you from losing
the text you just typed in or pasted in from some other source.  I like to save my
file at least every few verses just in case.

(14) OK, lets wrap this up!   Whenever you see the single line '(No text at this verse.)'
That's were your comments go.  Pure and simple.  If you're inserting or typing in
text for '2 John 1:6'  Where the bold text '2Jn 1:6' appears, give it a single carriage
return and enter your text.   That's it in a nutshell!    Just make sure you save your
file periodically so you don't lose what you just entered.

(15) Now, to turn this .docx file into a commentary.   In logos click on the "Tools" icon
and scroll down to the selection "Personal Books"   Click on "Personal Books"   You will
notice an option "Add Book"   Click on "Add Book"  Now name your commentary like"
"Roger's Commentary on 2nd John"   Select and give it a copyright date as well as your
name, etc..... Now, right below that there is a small clickable menu. It might display 'Monograph'
You don't want that.  Scroll down to "Bible Commentary" and click on "Bible Commentary"
You can also enter some text for a description of the Commentary.  From that box go down
to where it says "Add File..."   Click on that and from there select/enter the file
name you have just created in Word.   Compile your Commentary.  There is an option right
there called "Build book" -- Click on it and Logos will do it's wonders.  If successful, your
Commentary will automatically appear.  Make sure you keep you self-made commentary in the
same place (permanently) so Logos can find the ,.docx file in case you edit it and want Logos
to re-compile the Commentary book.  In the Book builder you will notice the option "Upload"
Pure and simple, this saves your finished Commentary to the "Cloud" as a backup of your
finished work.

(16) REMEMBER===>  the Word "KISS" applies here:  "Keep It Simple Stupid"  I don't mean
to suggest that you or any other User is stupid.   Just that applies when first starting out.  Enter
a couple short comments for a couple verses.  Save the file and compile, or re-compile in the
LOGOS Book Builder.  

There is more that I could say or probably should say, so, if you have questions or problems let
the forum know.  Someone will have the answer.  Just in starting out note that weird characters
like Hebrew characters may generate an error or two at compile time.  Generally you can usually
ignore that as long as it compiles.

I suggest you go back to the LOGOS help and see what it has to say about creating books with 
the Book Builder tool in LOGOS.  There is one other thing that you should do if you want the 
Commentary to be in "SYNC" with whatever Bible you are using at the time.  In your Bible panel
place your Mouse cursor on the Three vertical dots on the Top Right Corner of the Panel containing
your Bible.  A menu will pop up and you will see the option to Establish a Link set  A-B-C-D-E-F-G
For simplicity select 'A'   Do the same for the Panel containing your newly created Commentary.
Once again, select the 'A' Now your Bible and Commentary will be in Sync with each other.  As you
click on a verse selection in your Commentary, the Bible will automatically navigate to that verse.  And 
the same should be if you do that same in your Bible the Commentary will display your Notes/Commentary
for that verse.  Sweet!!.................

HAVE FUN AND ENJOY

MARK

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Gerald,

Hope you were able to understand my feeble attempts at
trying to help explain how to best use those Bible Book templates.

I am posting below, a simple commentary I did yesterday.  It is a
Verse--by-Verse Commentary for the Book of Joel.  It is pretty much
complete, so if you want to load it into Word, then it will help you see
how things are arrranged in a more complex piece of work.  Hope it
helps.  Loading this commentary (see below,.....) might help you get
a better idea by showing the text and the Bible Milestones that separate
the various verses.  Just load the following into your WORD processor.

29-Joel_Sample Commentary.docx

Note:  You can edit the comments for a verse by inserting your own 
comments to replace any comments.  Then you can compile it in the
book builder in Logos like I explained earlier to see your own comments
from within LOGOS.

Forgot to mention that you can probably insert/paste pictures(graphics)
as well into a commentary.  In Microsoft Word, If the graphic you paste is
too large for your screen, right mouse click on the image and select the 
option from the drop-down menu to edit the image and make it smaller. 
Something like where the Width has an absolute value of 5" (5 inches) 
The height will change to the right proportions according to the width you
select.  This is what I did on the last few books I did on the Hittites, Ephesus,
etc.....  You will also want to select the image and "Center" it in Word so it
appears centered in your Commentary Panel in LOGOS.  After you compile
it, of course....[:)]

TTFN,
Mark

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