compare different texts (same translation)

Hello,

The Feeding of the 5000 appears in all 4 gospels, but the way the story is told varies a bit.

I'd like to see the 4 versions side by side and then use Logos 4 to automatically analyse the passages and point out the differences.

In some ways this is similar to the Text Comparison Tool, except that uses 1 passage and multiple translations - what I want is 1 translation and multiple passages!

Is there a way to do this?

Regards

Carl Bicknell

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James Thompson

I'd like to see the 4 versions side by side and then use Logos 4 to automatically analyse the passages and point out the differences.

In some ways this is similar to the Text Comparison Tool, except that uses 1 passage and multiple translations - what I want is 1 translation and multiple passages!

Is there a way to do this?

If you have Aland's Synopsis of the Four Gospels you might start there. Not sure that you can perform an "automatic analysis" of text but at least that's a start.....

steve clark

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/188297#Comment_188297

Carl, welcome to the Forum!

As James mentioned above, you can open a Harmony from your Library. There are several available depending on your L4 base package.

Click on View to select the detailed view.
Click on Type to sort by resource type.
Click on Bible Harmony to expand the list under Harmony.

If you do not know how to do these, see wiki page Library and topic Available Columns in the detailed view

Logos4 (L4) links Bible together relative to scripture locations (e.g. Mark 1:1). It does not link Bibles together by topic. The Text Comparison tool will compare different translations relative to the same verse, but not analyze different verses relative to the topic.

Since you are new to the Forum, you might want to view the Logos4 wiki pages. See Table of Contents and Visual Table of Contents.

Jerry M

The short answer to your question as you might have guessed is no, there isn't a tool like text comparison to do this. If the harmonies will not give the exact scriptures you are wanting to look at, you can also make a passage list of them. The list will be vertical and not horizontal, but at least they will all be in one place. You could also enter them into a note file and add your own notes of differences and similarities between passages.

John Fidel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/188325#Comment_188325

In addition to the above suggestions you can change the text used in the harmonies to a Greek Text if you wish.

Carl Bicknell

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/188325#Comment_188325

Thank you to everyone who offered help!

I was looking for an automatic function, but here's hoping for version 5!

Carl