How many commentaries are to many?
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Some of the individual packages have academic discount, though not all do. Also, the mega bundle does not have AD.
L2 lvl4 (...) WORDsearch, all the way through L10,
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Lee said:
The reason i started this post is that after the L6 upgrade i find that 40 - 50 commentaries for each book of the Bible.. I have 50 for Romans.
I checked the passage guide shows 59 commentaries in my L6. Many commentaries say the same thing, but some odd commentaries may say something interesting occasionally.
It would be nice if the user could tag the commentaries in a hierarchical way and use them to show up only those commentaries that are needed for a certain job: sermon, debate, or research etc.
Gold package, and original language material and ancient text material, SIL and UBS books, discourse Hebrew OT and Greek NT. PC with Windows 11
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Veli Voipio said:
It would be nice if the user could tag the commentaries in a hierarchical way and use them to show up only those commentaries that are needed for a certain job: sermon, debate, or research etc.
Are you aware that you can put commentaries (and other resources) into collections and then set up a custom Passage Guide so that when you are looking up commentaries in them you can group them as you wish?
https://community.logos.com/forums/t/88829.aspx shows a very helpful set of rules from Mark Barnes
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Thanks Graham, I'll follow your advice. Currently I use layouts having selected commentaries, but it is good to learn new tricks!
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Veli Voipio said:
It would be nice if the user could tag the commentaries in a hierarchical way
In addition to Graham's comment on collections, I give commentaries star ratings. Then created collections: 5 stars = Primary, 4 stars = Secondary, 3 stars = Tertiary.1 star = practically worthless. I then set up a custom passage guide for these commentary collections.
If you need additional information, just ask. (I did not rate any commentaries as 2 star because 2 stars is reserved for unrated resources)
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Graham Criddle said:
Are you aware that you can put commentaries (and other resources) into collections and then set up a custom Passage Guide so that when you are looking up commentaries in them you can group them as you wish?
https://community.logos.com/forums/t/88829.aspx shows a very helpful set of rules from Mark Barnes
My passage guide (using those rules and a little tagging), looks like this. During sermon prep I tend to work down a section at a time - using the technical commentaries early in preparation to understand the passage, the more expository ones to help with illustration and application. The later ones I keep for special occasions! I don't follow Jack's method of using ratings to separate out my commentaries, because I use prioritisation to ensure my favourite commentaries appear at the top of each section.
Without this categorisation, I couldn't keep on top of everything. I have 255 commentaries that cover Romans (partly due to this).
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Jack Caviness said:
I give commentaries star ratings. Then created collections: 5 stars = Primary, 4 stars = Secondary, 3 stars = Tertiary.1 star = practically worthless. I then set up a custom passage guide for these commentary collections.
Why don't I see a "Commentaries, Practically Worthless" section in your PG? [:p]
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What's the rule for "Practically worthless?" That would be useful.
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Mark,
Would you post your rule for Christocentric commentaries please?
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Alan Charles Gielczyk said:
Mark,
Would you post your rule for Christocentric commentaries please?
I don't know that many commentaries that qualify, so it's just: type:bible-commentary (title:("preaching christ", christological,"christ-centered"), series:("Discovering Christ", "The Gospel according to the Old Testament"), mytag:commentary-christocentric)
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Gao Lu said:
What's the rule for "Practically worthless?" That would be useful.
Basically, that is a very subjective judgment call on my part. When I feel that a commentary presents non-sustainable positions with little or no support, it gets one star. I am certain that others would disagree.
While I have tremendous respect for Mark Barnes, his classification system did not fit my study habits [:D]. But then, most of my 5-star commentaries tend to be technical in nature.
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Jack Caviness said:
While I have tremendous respect for Mark Barnes, his classification system did not fit my study habits
.There's still time for the old dog to learn new tricks [:P]!
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Going back the thread a ways...
In defense of Classic commentaries, I am presently going through the Classic Commentaries on Psalms and loving them. What a loss if I had passed up all that treasure! They are as good as the new stuff every whit.
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Mark Barnes said:Jack Caviness said:
While I have tremendous respect for Mark Barnes, his classification system did not fit my study habits
.There's still time for the old dog to learn new tricks
!I probably have socks older than you are [:P]
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Cynthia Tucker said:William Gabriel said:
Regarding CCCB, there's got to be a good way to get a deal on this. The are all public domain works (no licensing to pay), and Logos already paid for their production through CP. That should mean that they can give very deep discounts if they're so inclined. I haven't seen it happen that way yet, but it might be worth working a sales person if you're able. Every dollar they get from you on that bundle is pure profit--hopefully they'd be willing to move significantly. FYI, it was introduced for $2590 when it was new.
I really want the set, but maybe I'll wait until I'm back in school and can get the academic discount. In the meantime, I might pick up the ones on the Pentateuch since that's what I'll be studying over the next few months.
FYI, the set is currently on sale for $2800 for Boxing Day.
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