Creating collections excluding Bibles and Apparatus

Lynden O. Williams
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edited November 2024 in English Forum

I have downloaded most of the denominational collections from here: https://faithlife.com/logos-library-theology-denomination-tags/documents and would like to crate a syntax rule to eliminate the following:

1. All of the Cascadia syntax resources
2. All Bibles
3. All Lexham Greek or Hebrew Resources

This is the collection rule: Author:("Abendroth, Mike", "Akin, Daniel L.", "Allen, David L.", "Allen, Desmond", "Allison, Gregg R.", "Anders, Max", "Anderson, Justice", "Anderson, Kenton C.", "Andrews, Edward D.", "Andrews, Samuel J.", "Andrews, Stephen", "Ankerberg, John", "Archer, Clint", "Armstrong, John H.", "Arthur, J. Philip", "Ashley, Timothy R.", "Awbrey, Ben", "Baban, Octavian D.", "Bailey, Raymond", "Barrett, Matthew", "Bateman, Herbert", "Batten, Samuel Zane", "Bauder, Kevin", "Baxter, Wayne", "Beasley-Murray, George R.", "Beck, David R.", "Benton, John", "Betts, T. J.", "Beville, Kieran", "Bevins, Winfield", "Biddle, Mark E.", "Bisagno, John", "Black, David Alan", "Blackaby, Richard", "Blackburn, Earl", "Blair, Joe", "Blaising, Craig A.", "Block, Daniel I.", "Blomberg, Craig L.", "Boise, James Robinson", "Borchert, Gerald L.", "Boreham, F. W.", "Boyce, James Petigru", "Brady, Gary", "Brand, Chad Owen", "Brandt, Brad", "Brisco, Thomas V.", "Broad, John", "Broadus, John Albert", "Brown, Cheryl A.", "Brown, H. C.", "Brown, Paul E.", "Brown, Ronald", "Brunson, Mac", "Bugg, Charles", "Bush, L. Russ", "Butler, John G.", "Butler, Trent C.", "Cabal, Ted", "Cadenhead, Al", "Campbell, David", "Caner, Emir", "Caner, Ergun", "Capes, David B.", "Carroll, Mark Daniel", "Carson, D. A.", "Carter, James E.", "Carter, Terry G.", "Carter, Tom", "Carver, William Owen", "Case, Shirley Jackson", "Chafin, Kenneth L.", "Chapman, Gary D.", "Chapman, Morris H.", "Charles, J. Daryl", "Childress, Gavin", "Christensen, Duane L.", "Chung, Sung Wook", "Clements, Keith", "Clements, Ronald E.", "Clinard, Gordon", "Clinton, Tim", "Cole, R. Dennis", "Cole, Robert L.", "Collinson, Sylvia", "Colwell, John E.", "Comfort, Ray", "Cooper, Rodney L.", "Copan, Paul", "Corley, Bruce", "Cosgrove, Charles H.", "Cowen, Gerald P.", "Cox, Francis Augustus", "Cox, Steven L.", "Crawford, Timothy G.", "Creamer, Barry", "Criswell, W. A.", "Croft, Brian", "Crosby, Thomas", "Cross, Anthony R.", "Crowson, Milton", "Crowter, Liz", "Crowter, Steve", "Dagg, John L.", "Dale, Robert", "Dallimore, Arnold", "Dargan, Edwin Charles", "Davey, Stephen", "Davids, Peter H.", "Davidson, William F.", "Davis, Barry C.", "Davis, William Hersey", "Dayton, Donald A.", "Demarest, Bruce", "Dembski, William", "Derickson, Gary", "Dever, Mark", "Dickau, Tim", "Dickie, Robert L.", "Dockery, David S.", "Dodd, Damon C.", "Dodson, Joseph R.", "Douglas, Lois McKinney", "Dowd, Sharyn", "Draper, Charles", "Draper, James T.", "Dray, Stephen", "Duduit, Michael", "Due, Noel", "Duvall, J. Scott", "Easley, Kendell H.", "Eaton, Michael A.", "Ellenburg, B. Dale", "Elliff, Tom", "Ellis, Daryl", "Ellis, Robert Ray", "Ellisen, Stanley A.", "Ellsworth, Roger", "England, Archie", "Erickson, Millard J.", "Estep, William R.", "Evans, Craig A.", "Evans, James Harington", "Evans, Paul T.", "Everett, Gary H.", "Evers, Stan K.", "Fant, Clyde E.", "Fasol, Al", "Finamore, Stephen", "Fish, Roy", "Fitts, Leroy", "Fogle, Lerry W.", "Forlines, F. LeRoy", "Fortner, Don", "Frankland, Dinelle", "Fuller, Andrew", "Gaines, Donna", "Gaines, Steve", "Garland, Anthony C.", "Garland, David E.", "Garrett, Duane A.", "Garrett, James Leo", "George, Timothy", "Gill, John", "Gingrich, Roy Edward", "Grenz, Stanley J.", "Griffin, Stanley C.", "Grisanti, Michael", "Grogan, Geoffrey W.", "Gromacki, Robert", "Groothius, Douglas R.", "Guthrie, George H.", "Hamer, Colin", "Hamilton, James M.", "Han, Nathan E.", "Hankins, David E.", "Harris, Greg", "Harris, J. Gordon", "Harrison, Paul V.", "Hawkins, Ron", "Hawley, Wendell C.", "Haykin, Michael A. G.", "Hays, J. Daniel", "Heisler, Greg", "Hemphill, Ken", "Henderson, Betty", "Henry, Carl F. H.", "Henry, Jim", "Herbster, Carl", "Hess, Richard S.", "Hester, Hubert I.", "Hinton, John Howard", "Hixson, J. B.", "Hobbs, Herschel", "Holmes, Michael W.", "Hoskins, Paul M.", "House, Paul R.", "Howell, J. Dwayne", "Howerton, Kenneth", "Hoyt, Wayland", "Hubbard, Robert L.", "Hunt, T. W.", "Jamieson, Alan", "Jebb, Stanley", "Jefford, Clayton N.", "Johnson, Matthew V.", "Jones, Ian F.", "Jones, Timothy Paul", "Jordan, Clarence", "Judd, Alec", "Kahler, Clay A.", "Keach, Benjamin", "Keathley, Kenneth", "Keaton, Mark", "Keener, Craig S.", "Kelley, Page H.", "Kellum, L. Scott", "Klein, George L.", "Klopfenstein, W. O.", "Koller, Charles W.", "Kostenberger, Andreas J.", "Kramp, John", "Larkin, Clarence", "Lawson, Steven J.", "Lea, Thomas D.", "Lemke, Steve W.", "Leonard, Bill J.", "Licona, Michael R.", "Lightner, Robert P.", "Linares, Joe", "Lovejoy, Grant I.", "Lowery, Doug", "Lucas, Ernest", "Luter, A. Boyd", "MacArthur, John F.", "MacLaren, Alexander", "Marberry, Thomas L.", "Martin, Albert N.", "Martin, Glen", "Martin, Ralph P.", "Martin, Steve", "Mathewson, Steven D.", "Mattoon, Rod", "McBeth, H. Leon", "McCabe, Bob", "McCune, Rolland", "McCurdy, Leslie", "McDill, Wayne", "McKinion, Steven A.", "McKnight, Edgar V.", "McLean, Archibald", "McMickle, Marvin A.", "McRaney, Will", "Melvin, Billy A.", "Merrill, Eugene H.", "Meyer, F. B.", "Mihaila, Corin", "Miller, Calvin", "Milne, Bruce", "Mitchell, Eric", "Mobley, Kendal P.", "Mohler, R. Albert", "Montgomery, Helen Barrett", "Morgan, Christopher W.", "Moritz, Fred", "Morris, Gerald", "Morris, John H.", "Muller, Carl", "Mullins, E.Y.", "Murphy, Matt", "Nash, Ronald H.", "Naylor, Peter", "Neal, Jerusha Matsen", "Nettles, Tom J.", "Newton, Phil", "Nicole, Roger", "Nida, Eugene", "Norman, R. Stanton", "Northcutt, Jesse J.", "O’Donnell, J. D.", "Oates, Wayne E.", "Olford, David", "Olford, Stephen", "Olson, Roger E.", "Olyott, Stuart", "Osbeck, Kenneth W.", "Osborn, Edwin Faxon", "Outlaw, Stanley", "Parsons, Michael", "Parsons, Mikeal C.", "Paschal, H. Franklin", "Pate, C. Marvin", "Patterson, Paige", "Patterson, Richard D.", "Pattison, R. E.", "Payne, J. D.", "Pearcey, Nancy", "Pennington, Jonathan T.", "Perry, Fred", "Philpot, J. C.", "Picirilli, Robert", "Pidge, J. B. Gough", "Pinson, J. Matthew", "Pinson, William M.", "Piper, John", "Plummer, Robert L.", "Polhill, John B.", "Price, Dilwyn", "Pue, Carson", "Pugh, Gwyn L.", "Pura, Murray Andrew", "Purves, Jim", "Radmacher, Earl D", "Rainer, Thom", "Rauschenbusch, Walter", "Ray, William", "Reeves, Rodney", "Reid, Alvin L.", "Reitman, James S.", "Richards, E. Randolph", "Richison, Grant C.", "Riley, William B.", "Robertson, Archibald T.", "Robinson, Haddon", "Robinson, Torrey W.", "Rooker, Mark F.", "Runge, Steve", "Russell, Brian A.", "Ryrie, Charles C.", "Sabou, Sorin", "Sawyer, Thomas", "Schreiner, Thomas R.", "Scorgie, Glen G.", "Scotland, Nigel", "Seifrid, Mark A.", "Senn, William J.", "Shackelford, David G.", "Shaddix, Jim", "Shaw, Craig D.", "Shelton, Bob", "Sherman, Cecil", "Simpson, Douglas J.", "Sloane, Andrew", "Smith, Ebbie", "Smith, Gary V.", "Snell, Jeff", "Spencer, F. Scott", "Spurgeon, Charles H.", "Staats, Gary", "Stallard, Michael", "Stallings, Jack Wilson", "Stanley, Charles F.", "Stein, Robert H.", "Stephenson, John Wallace", "Stewart, Robert B.", "Stiver, Dan R.", "Stob, William S.", "Stone, Brian", "Stow, Baron", "Strassner, Kurt", "Strauss, Mark L.", "Strong, Augustus Hopkins", "Summers, Ray", "Talbert, Charles H.", "Tan, Randall", "Tate, Marvin E.", "Taylor, James", "Taylor, Mark E.", "Taylor, Michael", "Tenney, Merrill Chapin", "Terry, John Mark", "Thomas, Curtis C.", "Thompson, John A.", "Thompson, W. Oscar", "Thornbury, John F.", "Tidwell, Charles", "Toney, Carl N.", "Towns, Elmer L.", "Toy, Crawford H.", "Trahan, Kerry", "Trites, Allison A.", "Trull, Joe E.", "Tucker, Dennis", "Utley, Bob", "Van Pelt, Miles", "Vedder, Henry C.", "Walker, Austin", "Walker, Larry L.", "Wallace, Lynn", "Warren, Rick", "Warren, William F.", "Watkins, Steve", "Watts, Graham J.", "Weber, Stuart K.", "West, Jim", "West, Ralph Douglas", "Westbury, Josh", "Weymouth, Richard Francis", "Wheeler, Andrew", "Whitcomb, David", "White, James R.", "Whitney, Donald S.", "Widstrom, Brad", "Wieland, George M.", "Wiersbe, Warren W.", "Wilder, Michael S.", "Wilder, Terry L.", "Williamson, Paul", "Willias, Avery T.", "Wilmshurst, Steve", "Wilson, Jim L.", "Wilton, Don", "Winkler, Edwin T.", "Wise, Kurt P.", "Wood, Charles R.", "Worrall, B. G.", "Wragg, Jerry", "Wretlind, Dennis", "Wright, Eric E.", "Wright, Nigel", "Wright, Richard M.", "Wright, Shawn D.", "Wright, Stephen I.", "Yates, Gary", "York, Hershael", "Youngblood, Ronald F.", "Zurheide, Jeffry R.") OR Publisher:("B&H", "Baptist", "Baptist Bible College", "Central Baptist Theological Seminary", "Detroit Baptist Seminary", "Holman", "Multnomah", "New Orleans Baptist", "Randall House", "Reformed Baptist Theological Review", "Review and Expositor", "Roger Williams Heritage Archive", "Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary", "Southern Baptist Theological Seminary")

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  • Lynden O. Williams
    Lynden O. Williams MVP Posts: 9,016

    A total of twelve resources. That includes the open text syntax.

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  • Lynden O. Williams
    Lynden O. Williams MVP Posts: 9,016

    Bump. Trying to eliminate unnecessary collections from the Bible search menu, when changing versions.

    Mission: To serve God as He desires.

  • 1. All of the Cascadia syntax resources
    2. All Bibles
    3. All Lexham Greek or Hebrew Resources

    Library filter of Cascadia finds three resources:

    Noted collection rule includes Author:"Tan, Randall" but not "Wu, Andi"

    Filtering library by Author:Tan -Title:(Cas,Lex,Ope) is one way to exclude all resources by "Tan, Randall"

    By the way, two alternative filters are:

    • Author:Tan ANDNOT Title:(Cascadia,Lexham,OpenText)
    • Author:Tan -Author:Randall

    Another option is removing "Tan, Randall" from list of included authors.

    Collection rule observation: assumes author and institutions kept a consistent position over lifetime of writing.  For example, the history of "Denver Seminary" includes a time when the name was "Denver Baptist Seminary".  Noticed author list includes a current professor at Denver Seminary.

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  • Lynden O. Williams
    Lynden O. Williams MVP Posts: 9,016

    Thanks, Ks4J. I would prefer to exclude the categories, in case one of the authors were to write a monograph or something of the sort. Any idea to to exclude by type or subject? That is where I was focusing my energy.

    Mission: To serve God as He desires.

  • Wiki has => http://wiki.logos.com/Canonical_Commentary_Collections and => http://wiki.logos.com/Example_Collections with a variety of examples, including a list of Types to include in a collection rule: e.g. Type:(Commentary,Monograph)

    Personally prefer to exclude by Title since Type and Subject can apply to many authors.  Simple approach is positive match for resources while minimizing exclusions.  While revising Canonical Commentary Collection rules, found a number of false positive resources that matched old rule, but lacked content for that canonical book.  For example, Titles containing Revelation includes resources for other Biblical books.

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  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 36,207

    Thanks, Ks4J. I would prefer to exclude the categories, in case one of the authors were to write a monograph or something of the sort. Any idea to to exclude by type or subject?

    It gets more complex with subject, so try adding this to your rule:-

    -title:(Cascadia, Lexham, Syntactic) -type:bible

    This also excludes OpenText syntax resources + Glossary of Morpho-Syntactic Database Terminolgy

    Dave
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  • fgh
    fgh Member Posts: 8,948 ✭✭✭

    would like to crate a syntax rule to eliminate the following:

    1. All of the Cascadia syntax resources
    2. All Bibles
    3. All Lexham Greek or Hebrew Resources

    Trying to eliminate unnecessary collections from the Bible search menu

    For that purpose -type:(bible,clause) should be enough.

    Mac Pro (late 2013) OS 12.6.2

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 36,207

    would like to crate a syntax rule to eliminate the following:

    1. All of the Cascadia syntax resources
    2. All Bibles
    3. All Lexham Greek or Hebrew Resources

    fgh said:

    For that purpose -type:(bible,clause) should be enough.

    That leaves a few Lexham resources which belong to category 3?

    Dave
    ===

    Windows 11 & Android 13

  • fgh
    fgh Member Posts: 8,948 ✭✭✭

    That leaves a few Lexham resources which belong to category 3?

    In my library it only leaves one, and that is Rick's Apostolic Fathers, which shouldn't make a collection turn up in the Bible Search dropdown anyway. (All other Lexham Hebrew or Greek resources I've got are either Bibles or Clause Visualizations.)

    Mac Pro (late 2013) OS 12.6.2

  • fgh said:

    For that purpose -type:(bible,clause) should be enough.

    Noticed two encyclopedias with glossary articles are not excluded:

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  • fgh
    fgh Member Posts: 8,948 ✭✭✭

    Those wouldn't make a collection turn up in the Bible Search dropdown either.

    Mac Pro (late 2013) OS 12.6.2