TIP of the day: Summary and modest proposal re: cross-references

Additional cross-reference types from the original sources that lack Logos tools or resources (to the best of my knowledge):

1. Antonyms (words or phrases) - to assist in analyzing figures of speech this category should be expanded to include hyponym, hypernym, meronym, holonym … (see https://community.logos.com/forums/t/106295.aspx for additional reasons we need these.)
2. Illustrative or example cross-references which are passages that are examples of what the passage is speaking of. I know no sources for this. Anyone have suggestions?

Addition cross-reference types that are possible with our computer-assisted Bible study:

1. Shared grammar -  we have a start with Greek Grammatical Constructions
2. Shared syntax – we have a start with Case Frames Guide Section and Semantic Roles
3. Shared micro-form and type scene – the FOTL provides some data
4. 4.       Shared logic e.g. Kal Vahomer – only Searches on commentaries and monograph provide any data in Logos

Some additional possibilities help us identify the context and identify our biases:                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

1. 1.       The Commandments of the Law applicable to the situation i.e. what any Jew of the era was apt to know.
2. 2.       Shared liturgical use (or other applicable relationships) which can be obtained from the PG: Liturgy section
3. 3.       Shared creedal doctrinal support which can be obtained from the PG: Confessional Documents section

What one can do with many copy & pastes into Excel is to identify the multiple relationships that a cross-reference has with your passage. By looking at each cross-reference only once, one can cover many more passages and relationships efficiently. With the multiple attachment point capabilities one can save your observations so that you can review your previous work and not repeat it.

What do I wish Logos would do in support of this very broad “Scripture interprets Scripture” view of cross-references (based on the NTSK and expanded by available Logos coding):

1. 1.       Build me a tool that contains all the identified cross-references.
2. 2.       Allow me to screen those references via faceted screening similar to that provided in the Concordance tool.
3. 3.       Allow me to add user labels that are picked up as cross-references as I come across interesting relationships in my commentaries and monographs.

Do I have a hidden agenda? Only a personal preference to keep my time in personal Bible study divided in a manner that I spend more time in scripture than reading about scripture.

So why don’t I use the cross-reference section – because it loses the detail of words, phrases and verses that are in the source material and because Logos/Verbum tools provide me with so much more data.

 Edit: I have no clue as to why the copy and paste messed with the format ... but its readable so ...