Interesting Collections?

Ron Corbett
Ron Corbett Member Posts: 860 ✭✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

How do you streamline your work in Logos? ie-  What Collections work best for you?

I have many Collections and they are a huge help. Today I had an idea for a new one and would like some input on this one and would also like to hear about some of the Collection ideas that you find most helpful in your work.

Earlier, I made a Collection I call "A Quick Look".

My thinking: whenever I study a topic, I can quickly generate lists of Scriptures on that subject by searching this Collection.

It consists of 7 resources: Collins Thesaurus of the Bible, New Naves, Vines Expository...Topic Finder, MacArthur Topical Bible, The ThematicBible: Topical Analysis, Zondervans Dictionary of Bible Themes and M-W Collegiate Thesausus. (Can you suggest others?)

TIP - I tried this once and it seemed to work pretty well: Type a word into the Mirriam-Webster Collegiate Thesaurus and copy a group of synonyms into the search box - with A Quick Look selected as the Collection in which to search. I like getting quick access to piles of Scripture. (I know Logos can do this a number of other ways, but this is something that gives me some more control. I don't know if Logos is more / or less comprehensive in their approach, so for now ...)

Any other Collection ideas?

 

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  • Jacob Hantla
    Jacob Hantla MVP Posts: 3,883

    How do you streamline your work in Logos? ie-  What Collections work best for you?

    I have many Collections and they are a huge help. Today I had an idea for a new one and would like some input on this one and would also like to hear about some of the Collection ideas that you find most helpful in your work.

    Earlier, I made a Collection I call "A Quick Look".

    My thinking: whenever I study a topic, I can quickly generate lists of Scriptures on that subject by searching this Collection.

    It consists of 7 resources: Collins Thesaurus of the Bible, New Naves, Vines Expository...Topic Finder, MacArthur Topical Bible, The ThematicBible: Topical Analysis, Zondervans Dictionary of Bible Themes and M-W Collegiate Thesausus. (Can you suggest others?)

    TIP - I tried this once and it seemed to work pretty well: Type a word into the Mirriam-Webster Collegiate Thesaurus and copy a group of synonyms into the search box - with A Quick Look selected as the Collection in which to search. I like getting quick access to piles of Scripture. (I know Logos can do this a number of other ways, but this is something that gives me some more control. I don't know if Logos is more / or less comprehensive in their approach, so for now ...)

    Any other Collection ideas?

    That's a great idea!

    I have have collections and set them up in my custom passage guide.

    My collections that I do this with are:

     

    • Journals (I also have a few of my favorite journals broken out into individual collections and added to passage guide)
    • Favorite authors (this is a collection for authors who write expository sermons/texts on a passage that would be good to interact with: Spurgeon, Baxter, Piper, Ryle, Bridges; these and some other authors have their own individual collections inserted into passage guide as well)
    • Favorite commentaries
    • Counseling (good pastoral counseling references for application to myself and my ministry)
    • Systematic Theologies

     

    I am then able to quickly see all references to the passages I'm studying within each subset of texts. I can also take notes within the passage guide on which resources are particularly helpful along with summaries for reference when I come back to this passage in the future.

    Jacob Hantla
    Pastor/Elder, Grace Bible Church
    gbcaz.org

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 55,549

    I have created many small collections so that I can deal with resources in my passage guide in manageable unites:

    • apocrypha, Qumran and Dead Sea
    • lectionary based resources
    • hymns
    • lists
    • thematic, outline and summarized bibles
    • top study Bibles
    • top commentaries
    • studies of books or topics (most monographs)
    • narrative analysis
    • patristics
    • rabbinic writings
    • medieval writings
    • top journals
    • top monographs
    • Jewish sources
    • Messianic Judaism sources
    • IVP dictionary
    • archeology, history and culture
    • creeds and catechisms
    • top theology
    • dictionary - theological and historical
    • form analysis
    • rhetorical analysis
    • socio-historical analysis
    • Lexham discourse/ high definition
    • homiletic
    • lay study guides
    • hermeneutics
    • Bible dictionary - general, names, thesaurus etc.

    As my collection grows I keep refining the divisions with the goal of
    being able to work through a section in a single sitting rather than
    leaving a section partially done. I want to know where to pick up.[;)]

    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."

  • NetworkGeek
    NetworkGeek Member Posts: 3,813 ✭✭✭


    It consists of 7 resources: Collins Thesaurus of the Bible, New Naves, Vines Expository...Topic Finder, MacArthur Topical Bible, The ThematicBible: Topical Analysis, Zondervans Dictionary of Bible Themes and M-W Collegiate Thesaurus. (Can you suggest others?)

     

    Great idea, thanks Ron!

    With regard to other resources, based on your idea, I did some quick looking and added to your 7 New Naves Topical Textbook (I assume you meant their Topical Bible), and Vines Old and New Testament Words (I assume you meant the Topic Finder).

  • Ron Corbett
    Ron Corbett Member Posts: 860 ✭✭✭

    With regard to other resources, based on your idea, I did some quick looking and added to your 7 New Naves Topical Textbook (I assume you meant their Topical Bible), and Vines Old and New Testament Words (I assume you meant the Topic Finder).

    Yes, you are right. Thanks.

    After reading MJ's post, I have added 3 more: Wilmington's Book of Bible Lists, Nelson's Topical Bible Index and (could be interesting - ) The Pulpit Commentary - Index.

    BTW - Thank you Martha for all your helpful input :)

    I wish there was a way to search only indexes. I would then like to add to the search (for example) Chafer's Systematic Theology: Subject Index. There are probably many more interesting indexes in our Logos Libraries that would yield strong results.

    Why a Subject Index search rather than a regular search ? More comprehensive yes, but if the publisher, editor or author thought it important to list an entry in the Subject Index, it may lead to a more significant entry on that topic. Just a guess. If I am right, it could save time.

  • Bootjack
    Bootjack Member Posts: 732 ✭✭

    MJSmith - this is very interesting. Obviously, you've been doing more than your homework. Thanks for this pointer!!!   

  • George Somsel
    George Somsel Member Posts: 10,150 ✭✭✭

    How do you streamline your work in Logos? ie-  What Collections work best for you?

    I make my collections based on areas I might wish to search


    Anchor Bible: commentaries
    ANE: ANET, Context of Scripture, etc
    Ante-Nicene Fathers
    Aramaeans: 3 vol World of the Aramaeans
    Aramaic Grammar
    Archaeology
    Aune: 3 vols on Revelation
    Barth: Church Dogmatics
    Calvin: Writings
    Calvin (Subject)
    Calvin (Tracts and Letters)
    Church Fathers (all)
    Commentaries (all)
    Coptic
    DSS Biblical Scrolls
    DSS discussion
    DSS Sectarian Mss
    Encyclopedia (all)
    FOTL: Forms of Old Testament Literature
    Göttingen LXX
    Greek: texts
    Greek Grammar
    Greek Lexica
    Harvard Classics
    Hebrew Grammar
    Hebrew Lexica
    History of Jerusalem
    ICC
    Images
    JBL
    Jewish Origins
    JHS
    Journals (2nd tier -- Galaxy)
    JPS Tanak Commentaries
    Judaism and Christianity
    Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
    NIGTC
    Non-biblical dictionaries (English & foreign)
    Pentateuch History and Origins
    Schürer (History of the Jewish People)
    Second Temple Judaism
    Semeia
    Targums
    Textual Criticism
    Ugaritic
    Word Biblical Commentaries

    george
    gfsomsel

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  • Ron Corbett
    Ron Corbett Member Posts: 860 ✭✭✭

    I appreciate some of the ideas already listed. I can use some of them to refine mine. [:)] 

    Here are (most of) my Collections:

     00 - Hebrew Grammars

    01 - Greek Grammars

    01 - Favorite Dictionaries

    01 - Texts: Dead Sea Scrolls

    A  Biblical Theologies Collection

    A Quick Look

    A Systematic Theologies

    A1 Greek Tools

    All Commentaries

    All Grammars

    All Jewish (embedded collection)

    All Journals

    All My Favorites

    Ancient Texts

    Apologetics

    Apostolic Texts (English)

    Background Tools

    Biographies

    Brown, Jewish Apologetics

    Church Fathers

    Commentaries Academic (these 4 from Mark Barnes)

    Commentaries Expository

    Commentaries Intermediate

    Commentaries on Paul's Writings

    Counseling

    Devotional

    Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Handbooks

    Eschatology

    Gospels 01 - Matthew (these 4 from Mark Barnes)

    Gospels 02 - Mark

    Gospels 03 - Luke

    Gospels 04 - John

    Hard Sayings / Bullinger Figures

    History

    Illustrations

    IVP Dictionaries

    Jewish

    JNT and JNT Commentary

    JPS - Torah Commentaries

    Lexicons Theological

    Messianic

    Messianic Prophecy

    Midrash (Ginzberg & other English Texts)

    Ministry

    OT Collection

    NT Introduction

    Outlines (collections like these I use in the Cited By)

    Pastoral

    Paul

    Psalms Pseudepigrapha

    Sociological Sphere

    Studies in Dogmatics

    Temple Studies

    UBS Commentaries

    Word Pictures

     

    [I also have several Authors Collections, and assorted  individual books classified as Collections so I can use them in 'Cited By']