Prioritizing Handbooks for OT and NT

Michael A. Mnich
Michael A. Mnich Member Posts: 103 ✭✭

Dear Folk,

How does one prioritize the Handbooks for OT and NT exegesis? Will they show up as resources in a passage, topic, or other guide? They contain very good textual info and examples. I'd like to be able to easily access specific passages that correlate with studies I might be doing.

Thanks,

Mike

Comments

  • Francis
    Francis Member Posts: 3,932 ✭✭✭

    If you mean HOTE and HNTE, as far as I can tell, they cannot be navigated by reference or topic. They may show in Factbook but I am not positive about that since I do not own them.

  • John Fidel
    John Fidel MVP Posts: 3,461

    the best you can do with monographs or.non-versified put them in a collection and then add that collection to your guides. Passage Guide and Topic Guide.

  • Michael A. Mnich
    Michael A. Mnich Member Posts: 103 ✭✭

    Dear John,

    That would get me the handbooks, but not a point to specific verses or topics, right? Once at the handbook, I can search it for specific verses or words. Is that the best?

    Thanks,

    Mike

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,925

    In the Collection section they will be scanned for the reference so the search is done; you just need to screen them.

    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."

  • John Fidel
    John Fidel MVP Posts: 3,461

    As MJ said, it will find verse references for the verse you are running a passage guide on. It is as close as i have found to make resources that are not versified or topical tagged to be useful in a text or topical study. I do not have the resources I think you are referencing, so you would need to try and see how it fits your study.

  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 14,324 ✭✭✭✭

    For books like that I use a CitedBy tool, and link it to the Bible text. It's not a guide though. I have 4 in my layout.

    "If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

  • Francis
    Francis Member Posts: 3,932 ✭✭✭

    Here is a screenshot to illustrate how it works and what it looks like: