Comments on: Have you used LOGOS?

By: Calvin

Calvin — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:12:56 +0000

So, it’s now clear, if it wasn’t before, that Art is a Mac fanboy.

Seriously though, here at GCTS Doug Stuart, Jeffery Neihaus, Tom Petter, Donna Petter, Richard Lints, and many other profs all use Macs. My recommendation would be to ask some of the profs wherever you end up going, in your field, what they use. I’m 99% sure it will be a Mac.

By: art

art — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:32:54 +0000

I almost forgot to mention, the entire Dead Sea Scroll project decided early on that Accordance was the best software available, so they switched the entire project to Mac, which, as you can imagine, was no small undertaking.

Wow. I just realized that Accordance should probably pay me…or at least hit me up with some free mousepads or coffee mugs!

By: art

art — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:57:41 +0000

Earl, I’m a Mac freak, so Calvin is correct: I use Accordance. Pound for pound, it’s the best Bible software in the world. Biblical scholars such as Emmanuel Tov, Martin Abegg, James Kugel, Daniel Wallace, Richard Hess, (and the list goes on and on) have actually switched to Mac in order to use it.

The only thing that comes close to its equivalence on Windows in BibleWorks, just like Calvin said. I know that is what Dr. Snyder used and I know that is what every Windows using person at WTS uses.

By: Earl Barnett

Earl Barnett — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:33:28 +0000

Mandy- Thank you.

Calvin-
1) thanks for the lecture.
2) I’ll look into those two
3) see #2
4) haha, you’re going to have to validate the statement with some evidence for me to buy into it.

- Earl

By: Calvin

Calvin — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:29:44 +0000

First, if you let your Hebrew and Greek (especially Greek!) get rusty, you will make a horrible historical scholar. Beyond that, if you want to help the church to interact with scholarship, move forward, etc, you need to know Hebrew and Greek. Probably Latin too, at least as far as historical theology goes. So, letting them get rusty isn’t an option. Any PhD program will require at least Greek, Latin and German in your area, so get used to it. But, I do understand how languages can get rusty, so I empathize with you.

Second, I’m not really that impressed with Logos. It’s not horrid, and I got it for free so it was more than worth it. But you are correct, 90% of the scholar’s library is close to worthless. I’d recommend Bibleworks or Accordance over it (and I’m pretty sure Art will recommend Accordance as well).

Third, I think that even if you aren’t going to get a PhD in Hebrew Bible or New Testament that Accordance would be worth while.

Fourth, Libronix doesn’t run on a Mac, and if historical theology is anything like Biblical studies you should really get yourself a Mac.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:25:10 +0000

The Scholar’s Library is okay. I use it mainly for easy searching and lookup in the Hebrew text. I’ve had occasion to use a few of the reference books but honestly the ones they give you are mediocre. But, having reference books electronically is nice for easy of search. As far as regular books, I’m with you, I’d rather have a hard copy. Though, if you build up the library of ancient sources, once again, ease of search is nice.