Organizing commentaries in terms of view points - Help please?
I currently have Logos 4.5 Scholar Silver with the Anchor's Yale Dictionary. I like the commentaries and dictionaries that came with this package. I just have one problem. How do I categorize them in terms of viewpoints? I've already learned what is meant by exegetical commentary (scholarly and detailed) and expositional. Yet, what is meant by a "concise" commentary?
I like to have a balance in terms of views espoused by such sources. This is largely because I've been in some churches that were heavily conservative or charismatic and felt like it was overkill. Yet, I rejoice the the positives I've seen in the Pentecostals churches, Baptist, United Methodist, Vineyard and Catholic. I was raised as a nominal Catholic so I've an appreciation but not an endorsement.
How do I organize my existing commentaries and dictionaries to reflect the different views so I can be more effective in my study of Scripture? My interest in Scripture is to fuel my writings on my blog site. The site feature encouraging stories with a Christian worldview but it's not a theological or an apologetic site. I'm also not a pastor or a seminary student.
Any ideas?
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Good question, though earlier posters have had the same issue. Indeed 'concise' normally means 'short and not much there' but most 'concise' commentaries (and dictionaries) get to the point faster, which can be good when you've just about had all you can take of permutations.
Plus of course, even a commentary that appears 'liberal' like Hermenaiea, sometimes darts into conservative territory. And my favorite commentary is Catholic but oddly enough it's quite neutral until the end of the articles when it notes how it fits within Catholic doctrine. I like that.
Good luck!!
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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Nicholas B Brindisi said:
Any ideas?
Welcome [:D]
Thread => Tip: Categorize your commentaries has some classification and collection ideas. Threads => My Tags and => Helpful Tags have insights about tagging your Library. Note: using My Tags also includes automatic collection creation.
Personally use a mix of Logos metadata and My Tags (especially for information not in Logos metadata) for my collections. Wiki Getting Started with Logos has => Collections with Tips and links.
My favorite commentary series is the UBS Handbooks (included in Scholar's Gold); wiki Logos Resource Reviews has => UBS New Testament Handbook Series and => UBS Old Testament Handbook Series that includes link to => Logos 4 Blog: Quickly Access the UBS Handbooks (prioritization could be used to include a commentary or two in your Top 5 Bibles so right click in a Bible, click reference includes a commentary or two).
Currently, my second highest prioritized commentary series is => The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (58 vols.) that is currently not in any base package.
Keep Smiling [:)]
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Thanks for the explanation on concise, exegetical and expository.
I just looked up that commentary that you mentioned and "Yike!" I was surprised by the price tag of $1200. That thing would be way too expensive and I could not justify the cost of such a purchase.
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The best way to buy resources like Cambridge is to bid on them while they are in community pricing. The best way to get the UBS series is with a base package as was pointed out.Nicholas B Brindisi said:I could not justify the cost of such a purchase.
"For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power"
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You might find this helpful
http://www.logos4training.com/documents/suggested-commentary-tags/
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Hi Keep Smiling,
I just have the Silver edition of Scholar's and don't have the fund to jump to either Gold or Platinum. I'm just trying to find out how to categorize what I already have. The BHS does sound interesting, though.
I'm thinking that it would help to name what is in my collection. I'll just stick with the Dictionary and commentaries:
- Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 11th ed.
- Easton’s Bible Dictionary
- Eerdmans Bible Dictionary
- Harper’s Bible Dictionary
- New Bible Dictionary
- Anchors Yale Bible Dictionary (separate purc.)
- Bible Exposition Commentary (23 Vols.)
- Bible Knowledge Commentary
- Commentary Critical and Explanatory on Whole Bible (JFB)
- Holman Concise Bible Commentary
- Holman New Testament Commentary (12 Vols.)
- Keil and Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament (10 Vols.)
- Commentary on the Bible by Matthew Henry
- New American Commentary (37 Vols.)
- Open Door on John
- Open Door on Mark
- Opening Up Commentary Collection (30 Vols.)
- The Pulpit Commentary (77 Vols.)
- Teacher’s Commentary
Here is a link to the rest of what's in Silver: http://www.logos.com/contents/silver#biblereference
As I asked earlier, how do I classify these in terms of view points? Aside from the ones that says "Concise" which commentaries are what?
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Just visited Mark's site and the tags did make things a little easier. It alsoserved to help me discover Bob Utley's commentaries "Bible Lessions". For me, it feels like an exegetical commentary than anything else.
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