Bible Interpretation Choices at a Glance

Imagine a way to see what different commentators have said about every Bible passage over the last two thousand years in seconds. Look at just your own tradition, or explore other interpretations. See how ideas are influenced by denomination, theology and the passage of time.
This would be a great major new feature in Logos. Vote now or see below for the supporting forum post.

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Andrew Baguley

This is the supporting forum post, which includes a possible model for the data:
https://community.logos.com/forums/p/208162/1211927.aspx#1211927

NB.Mick

Just wanting to comment that the uservoice suggestion to the same end had *nearly 200* votes

Rosie Perera

This would be an amazing feature. I'd love to see it. Andrew has already done a lot of the background database work to make it possible.

Anderson Abreu

That would be fantastic in a tool. On the other hand, there are already several books (in Logos), including a series by Lexham, which contain summaries or summaries of the different interpretations of the same passage. P.e., the series: "An Exegetical Summary of...", "Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament" (EGGNT ), and "The Lexham Research Commentary"

Andrew Baguley

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1329256#Comment_1329256

Thanks, @Anderson JF Abreu . If you take a look at the supporting forum post (https://community.logos.com/forums/t/208162.aspx), you'll see that the information from these books is incorporated into my suggestion. I've just posted an updated spreadsheet which illustrates a data model for the idea, although it needs a much better interface.

NichtnurBibelleser

What an incredible piece of work! I fully agree: "This would be a great major new feature in Logos." They should pay you in gold!

Manuel Becker

As Christians we are too often in our own theological bubble. We need to learn from other traditions and listen to views that are different from our own. Maybe AI can enable this tool to bring together all kinds of diverse ways (neatly organized) how a certain passage has been interpreted throughout church history. Ideally each perspective with follow up literature. For such an amazing tool I’d even be willing to pay subscription fees.

Andrew Baguley

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1329259#Comment_1329259

@Manuel Becker Thanks, Manuel. It will be interesting to see how AI can contribute to this project. You mentioned "each perspective with follow up literature". If you look at the data for Matthew 1-4 in particular (https://community.logos.com/forums/p/208162/1302083.aspx#1302083), you should see that the plan is to provide this, ideally with links to all the literature in Logos.