Apr 30 2006
Logos 3 More Search Options
The last post gave a broad overview of the conception of LBS3 and a description of the basic passage search (See Logos 3 Concept & Basic Search).
The End of Print
The answer to the question of whether this software (or some other similar offering) could replace a traditional print scholarly library is yes. When? Soon. A few months ago, I posted several lists of books a young scholar needs to have (How to Spend Your First $200). Each of these volumes (or comparable resources) can be found along with many other titles on the Logos Original Languages Library for about $200 (w/ the academic discount). Several of the recommended volumes not included in the initial library can be purchased as add-in modules (e.g. Joüon-Muraoka Grammar and Waltke-O’Connor Grammar; included with the Scholar’s Silver is van der Merwe, et al and GKC Grammar).
Advance Search
I will explore the more advanced searches by right clicking on a word in the Hebrew text (upper right) and choosing to do a search on the lemma of ?????? in the Hebrew resource library.
When the Bible Word Study window finishes generating, information from my pre-selected lexica and the Logos concordance is provided. After clicking on the BDB reference, the appropriate unabridged article opens in the lower right. Notice that the concordance search can be listed by grammatical category and word form (similar to the Even-Shoshan Concordance). Also, the graphic at the top next to the definition gloss is shows the lemma usage in canonical order of the entire MT. If the curser hovers over each bar, a book name and number of usages therein is given on a small dialogue box.
In the picture above, several colors of hyperlinks are viewable. Words in Red are “hard” links that link to a particular passage in a certain book. Blue links are “soft” as in Bible references which could lead to a different book (NASB, ESV, NRSV) depending on the user’s preference. Thirdly, hovering over the Green words provides a popup with an explanation of the terms or abbreviations. The hyperlinking functionality even extends to standard black text. Any word, regardless of color, can be doubled clicked resulting in a quick search of preferred tools (Merriam-Webster’s dictionary by default). If no entry can be found a deeper search of the entire library or an automatic Google query is suggested by a dialogue box.
The final picture demonstrates the aforementioned hover-over feature. The only requirement to see this display is to briefly pause over a colored scripture or book passage. In the picture below, I have circled the word over which I paused.
Other searching features included are a quick search, a morphology search (powered by Gramcord in Greek), an exegetical query (includes lexica and grammar searches for a range of verses) and a graphical search interface for advanced word/phrase searched not easily typed on a line (similar to the graphical query of BW).
Next Feature:
Anderson-Forbes Semantic Database & Search
