Hi Believers blessings in Jesus Christ for all of you.
I am curious about the way you use Bible software, not only for Bible study but also for theological, ministerial and other kinds.
Theoretically there was a comment in a Bible software forum in which a poster said that he considered very important for his students to learn the original languages first (Koine Greek and Biblical Hebrew), before allowing them to get into the theological study.
In such way he seemed to imply that by correct exegesis one would get to the most likely correct doctrinal and theological points that the primary sources present.
Then in a different thread, a person was asking professors and staff to develop methodologies so that students could learn to use well the library.
The author seemed to imply that is key to have students be able to consult tertiary sources to have a developed conceptual framework so they can do better research when coming to the secondary and primary sources.
Yet in another thread some posters were of the thought that it is imperative that students learn to do diachronic studies in the Bible as revelation is progressive and any one doctrine has to take into account the "Whole Counsel of God". In such thread some voiced the concern that many persons doing exegesis in a synchronic way fail to get to the true doctrinal development because do not continue to do cross checking intertextually and diachronically to see how new light is presented with respect that particular topic.
So the inquiry here is manifold: do you consider a particular methodology useful for researching theological / doctrinal / biblical concepts?
E.g. tertiary research to enlarge conceptual framework, secondary sources to check if observations and interpretations are within the orthodox envelope, and primary source research for diachronic validation?
Then what do you consider to be the best Bible software for different parts of research, and how do you go about it.
In my case I have Logos, WordSearch, Olive Tree, E sword, but use mainly Logos for its proximity search capabilities, and the amount of tertiary resources available.
I am curious about the way you use Bible software, not only for Bible study but also for theological, ministerial and other kinds.
Theoretically there was a comment in a Bible software forum in which a poster said that he considered very important for his students to learn the original languages first (Koine Greek and Biblical Hebrew), before allowing them to get into the theological study.
In such way he seemed to imply that by correct exegesis one would get to the most likely correct doctrinal and theological points that the primary sources present.
Then in a different thread, a person was asking professors and staff to develop methodologies so that students could learn to use well the library.
The author seemed to imply that is key to have students be able to consult tertiary sources to have a developed conceptual framework so they can do better research when coming to the secondary and primary sources.
Yet in another thread some posters were of the thought that it is imperative that students learn to do diachronic studies in the Bible as revelation is progressive and any one doctrine has to take into account the "Whole Counsel of God". In such thread some voiced the concern that many persons doing exegesis in a synchronic way fail to get to the true doctrinal development because do not continue to do cross checking intertextually and diachronically to see how new light is presented with respect that particular topic.
So the inquiry here is manifold: do you consider a particular methodology useful for researching theological / doctrinal / biblical concepts?
E.g. tertiary research to enlarge conceptual framework, secondary sources to check if observations and interpretations are within the orthodox envelope, and primary source research for diachronic validation?
Then what do you consider to be the best Bible software for different parts of research, and how do you go about it.
In my case I have Logos, WordSearch, Olive Tree, E sword, but use mainly Logos for its proximity search capabilities, and the amount of tertiary resources available.
