[B-Greek] Logos Scholar's Library Silver and complex language searches

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Tue Apr 19 11:58:59 EDT 2005


On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:26:40 -0700 (PDT) Eric Weiss
<papaweiss1 at yahoo.com> writes:
> I'm looking at the Logos Scholar's Library Silver because it includes 
> the Early Church Fathers 
> Edinburgh, English text - 38 vol. series), which I need to do some 
> lengthy reading and 
> studying in, as well as original languages software (something I 
> don't yet own in any form). 
> This, rather than buying just the Early Church Fathers as a 
> stand-alone, and maybe a less-
> expensive language tools program like GRAMCORD.
>  
> I've heard that the language tools on the Silver edition are capable 
> of complex language 
> searches like others I've looked at (e.g., GRAMCORD), and that the 
> capabilities of the 
> language searches on the Silver edition are not just the same but 
> perhaps better than those of 
> the Original Languages Library or the Scholar's Library (that 
> doesn't seem to be stated at 
> Logos's site, though).
>  
> Are the language search capabilities in Logos Scholar's Library 
> (regular or Silver) pretty close 
> to what I could achieve with GRAMCORD? Has anyone here 
> experienced/used the latest 
> Logos Original Language Library and/or the Scholar's Library 
> (regular or Silver) so as to 
> comment?
>  
> Thanks!
>
> Eric S. Weiss
> 
> 
> __________________________________________________
>

I have the Original Languages library with many additional items.  I
would not be interested myself in the Scholar's Library since it has a
lot of material I simply don't care to have (though I suppose one isn't
required to install those items).  I would recommend the SESB which is an
additional purchase

http://www.logos.com/products/details/1981

as well as BDAG (likewise additional) -- need I say anything about this?

http://www.logos.com/products/details/1687

and Tischendorf's critical apparatus

http://www.logos.com/products/details/1775

The SESB is the only electronic edition of the NT to have the critical
apparatus of the NA-27 and Tischendorf has everything that hasn't been
discovered since his time.

You could also add the UNABRIDGED Liddell-Scott-Jones with the
supplement.

As regards searching, I don't do many complex searches so I really can't
say whether you would be satisfied.  It finds what I want to find.  If
you are graphically oriented, I understand that the graphical query is
supposedly better, but I don't like pictures much -- not even
international symbols.  If you get it, you will find that the Logos
people are usually very responsive and are continually improving the
program.

george
gfsomsel
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