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Logos Bible Software: A Review
By Brandon | April 23, 2008
Last week I gave in and purchased Scholar’s Library: Gold from Logos Bible Software. What a great purchase it was! I am loving it!! I use it every single day, and it greatly aided me in writing a recent paper for Grad School. Although I am still a novice when it comes to using the software, I am slowly learning all the tricks and tools found in this program.
Three Things I love about Logos:
- Power. This thing is powerful. Within one minute, I can search my entire electronic library of hundreds of books. The paper I had due last Monday was on 1 John 2:12-17. I type in the reference and hit search, and within seconds I was getting information back from all kinds of sources. The same type of research in a physical library would have taken me hours (and likely not as in depth).
- Language Tools. I am just wrapping up my first year of Greek studies. Before that, I took Hebrew in undergrad. This software has taken all that I learned in those two years and made them instantaneous. Rather than taking a great deal of time and effort into parsing a verb, I simply hover the mouse over a Greek/Hebrew word, and the parsing is shown. Then you can double click on the word, and the lexical form and definition appear. So easy.
- Notes. This was one part of Logos that I was not expecting: how useful the notes would be. If I am reading a text, and want to add my own comment, question, idea, or reference, I can. It is as simple as 2 mouse clicks away. These notes appear as a little yellow graphic at the start of each verse. When clicked, these graphics take me to pages and pages of notes, previously scattered throughout a few Bibles and books, but now brought together under one roof. I find myself marking and noting things more on Logos than I do on my thin-margined physical Bible.
Now I don’t think that Logos will ever replace all of my books (I am still getting used to reading whole books on a computer screen, and my favorite commentary, EBC, is not on Logos). However, if a book is available on Logos, I am now more likely to buy it from them instead of a physical copy. Logos is perfect for research, writing, and general Bible studying. It is an ideal tool for youth workers as they prep for a lesson (my primary use). Next update for me is the Sermon Builder Addin.
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