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Scholar's Library not only provides you with a massive electronic library, but it is also powerful and easy to use. Logos Bible Software 4 is robust enough for seasoned pastors and scholars, but accessible to Bible students of all levels. With its powerful, intuitive tools, Logos Bible Software 4 gets you into the Word. Logos 4 is a powerful, fast, high-end web application. It automatically updates itself and makes sure you have the latest and greatest.
Fast and Intuitive. With one click you can go to your Home Page, open your library, search for words or phrases, and more. As soon as you launch a search, Logos 4 searches you entire library and returns your results in seconds. Whether you’re searching your entire library or performing a complex morphological query, it’s all under one search tab.
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Every Book Opened to the Right Page. Tell the Passage Guide what you want to study, and in seconds it brings back commentaries, cross references, images, maps, handouts, topics, sermon helps, and more—all opened to the right page.
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Greek and Hebrew for Everyone. Logos 4 makes Hebrew and Greek study accessible to English Bible students. The Exegetical Guide analyzes your passage word by word in its original language and displays definitions from dictionaries. Get insight from leading grammarians. See where biblical manuscripts differ. Observe the structure of the text.
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Faster, Smarter Searching. Logos 4 indexes your entire library, so you can search thousands of books in less time than it takes to pull one print book off your shelf. More than 100,000 hits for holiness in less than 1 second means more time studying and less time searching.
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Visualize the Bible. Learn about and share the Bible with thousands of beautiful maps, infographics, diagrams, charts, and graphs.
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Personalized for You.With Logos 4, you can tag your books. Create and share lists. Set your own reading plans. Logos 4 is tailored to your needs and fully customizable.
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Our bestselling library just got better! Scholar’s Library is newly expanded for Logos Bible Software 4, with almost 475 books and commentaries worth almost $8,000.00 in print—an incredible value!
Scholar’s Library is a massive library for serious students and scholars of the Bible, with hundreds of books at over 92% off the equivalent print editions. It is a value-priced collection of books, texts, tools, and more for serious Bible study using Greek, Hebrew, and English resources. It’s a giant library designed with the needs of serious students of the Bible in mind—combining the books you need with the fast, intuitive design of Logos Bible Software 4.
Scholar’s Library contains almost 475 resources:
- Over 40 English Bibles and interlinears
- Around 65 volumes of Bible commentaries
- Nearly 50 volumes of grammars, lexicons, and original language helps
- 20 texts in the original languages, like the NA27 and BHS
- Thousands of high-quality maps, photos, infographics, and other media
- A dozen volumes of theological reference books
- Nearly 30 books on preaching, teaching, and ministry, including 10,000+ sermon illustrations, quotations, and other helps
- A 70+ volume ministry resource library, with books on everything from youth ministry to small groups
- Nearly a dozen volumes on Bible history, culture, exegesis, and interpretation
- To see the full list of almost 475 titles in Scholar's Library, view the Comparison Chart.
Electronic Books Included
English Bibles
With Scholar’s Library, you have instant access to over twenty Bibles. All major modern English translations are found in Scholar’s Library: Gold, including the ESV, NIV, ASV, NRSV, and many more. You’ll also find contemporary translations like the Message, and classic translations like the KJV and the Douay-Rheims.
Get into the Word every day with a customizable Bible reading plan tailored to your schedule. Compare versions visually. Click cross-references. With Logos 4, any Bible reference in any book automatically opens to your preferred translations. The words of Scripture are now at your fingertips!
View the complete list of English Bibles in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Interlinear Bibles
Reverse interlinears are built directly into many English Bibles in Scholar’s Library, allowing you to see the Greek or Hebrew behind your text. Highlight a portion of the text in one interlinear, and Logos 4 will highlight the corresponding text in your other open Bibles. Scholar’s Library contains reverse interlinears for the ESV, NIV, NASB, NRSV, and more.
The Logos folks have done a great job of putting tools together, such as the integrated reverse interlinear and enhancements to tools like the Exegetical Guide, and the new ability to sync layouts, notes, highlighting, bookmarks, and settings makes it easy for me to stop working at the office and continue at home right where I left off. Version 4 of Logos Bible Software will be a great asset to many pastors.
—Chris Roberts, pastor, Florida
View the complete list of Interlinear Bibles in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Bible Commentaries
Scholar’s Library contains 65 volumes of Bible commentaries. It includes the Pulpit Commentary, Matthew Henry’s Commentary, the Bible Exposition Commentary, and much more. With Logos 4, you also get the most advanced tools anywhere for using your commentaries. Searching for a text automatically returns your favorite commentaries in the Passage Guide—all automatically opened to the correct page.
View the complete list of Bible Commentaries in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Bible History and Culture
Scholar’s Library contains the resources to help you understand the history and culture of the Bible. From classics like Edersheim’s Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah and A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians to modern studies of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, and much more. These resources provide important insight on the people, places, and events of the Bible.
View the complete list of Bible History titles in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Bible Reference
Bible dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference books are essential for understanding the topics described in Scripture. Scholar’s Library is packed with an entire bookshelf of Bible reference resources—around 30 titles! Scholar’s contains important reference works like Easton's Bible Dictionary, Harper's Bible Dictionary, the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary, The Eerdmans Bible Dictionary, and much more.
In Logos 4, references are extensively linked, which means you can navigate thick volumes at the click of a button. No more scanning indexes looking for the right article, or losing your place while you track down a cross-reference. With the speed of Logos Bible Software 4, you can put your reference library to work.
View the complete list of Bible Reference titles in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Bible Introductions and Surveys
Logos 4 is committed to helping you dig deep into the Bible. That’s why Scholar’s Library: includes around 40 introductory volumes on the key people, places, and events in Scripture. Gold contains the book you need to help you understand the Bible, whether you’re a teacher, a Bible study leader, or a student of God’s Word.
View the complete list of Bible Introductions and Surveys in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Biblical Studies
Scholar’s Library is packed with over 20 volumes of in-depth studies, topical monographs, and the latest from the field of biblical scholarship. It includes the Bible Lessons International Collection, the New Testament Studies Collection, and more. Whether you’re encountering the Bible for the first time or finishing your dissertation, Gold contains important resources for your research and study.
View the complete list of Biblical Studies resources in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Taking advantage of web-based services, an updated interface, and thoughtful cross-references, it raises the bar for Bible-study software. It goes beyond even the most complex searches . . . to allow simple, intuitive and powerful links across an entire Bible study library. This is an entirely different way of digging into Scriptural texts and reference works. In just a few clicks, the system presents meaningful summaries complete with graphics. With just a few clicks more, you can drill down to the sources. And you can customize the connections to present the research results in a way that fits the way you work. This changes everything.
—Steve Kaminski, Ph.D., South Carolina
Maps, Photos, and Media
Learn about and share the Bible with thousands of beautiful maps, infographics, diagrams, charts, and graphs. Logos 4 pulls information from one-of-a-kind databases and renders it visually like you’ve never seen it before. Apply filters. Graph your text. View thousands of images from the Holy Land. Export your graphics to your handout or PowerPoint presentation at the click of a mouse.
View the complete list of media resources in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Preaching and Teaching
Make your sermons engaging and thought-provoking with thousands of sermon illustrations. Capture your church’s attention with a well-placed quotation. Hone your delivery skills with practical advice from today’s top preachers.
Scholar’s Library provides you with nearly 30 resources on preaching and teaching—giving you all the tools you need to preach and teach from God’s Word every week. It contains 8 resources of sermon outline ideas, 2 volumes of quotations, 7,700 sermon illustrations, and much more. Whether you’re looking for the perfect sermon illustration, or simply want to learn how to become a more engaging preacher, Scholar’s Library contains the resources right for you.
View the complete list of Preaching and Teaching resources in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Ministry
Scholar’s Library presents you with an entire library of ministry resources. With more than 70 volumes on ministry topics available in Scholar’s Library, you’ll find material small group ministry, prayer, discipleship, education, youth ministry, worship, and more. Whether you’re a pastor, a lay leader, or someone seeking to become more involved in your church, Scholar’s Library gives you the books to equip you and your church for life-changing ministry.
View the complete list of Ministry resources in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Counseling
The Bible has much to say about healing and restoration. Scholar’s Library contains resources to help you in your ministries of counseling and pastoral care. It contains classic titles, like Classical Pastoral Care (4 Vols.), plus contemporary studies of pastoral care.
View the complete list of Counseling resources in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Devotionals
Logos 4 is designed to get you into the Word every day. Scholar’s Library provides you with more than ten devotionals to help you meditate on God’s Word. From classics like Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest and Charles Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening to contemporary devotionals, Scholar’s Library: Silver has something for everyone.
View the complete list of Devotionals in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Theology
Scholar’s Library contains a wealth of theological material. It includes Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion, Hodge’s Systematic Theology, and much more.
View the complete list of resources on theology in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Church History
Study the Bible with the great thinkers of the history of the Church. Scholar’s Library contains literature on every era of the church’s history. Study the development of theology. Read biographies of the great leaders of the church. Understand the development of Christian symbols. Discover’s God’s revelation for today by drawing from the wisdom of the past.
View the complete list of resources on church history in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Apologetics
SScholar’s Library gives you a comprehensive collection of books on apologetics, with resources from today’s top apologists. Discern the tough ethical issues of our day, such as abortion and euthanasia. Confront modern skeptics. Clarify your beliefs about the resurrection and miracles. Understand and articulate what you believe about God, the Bible, and the world. Scholar’s Library gives you the tools to define and defend your faith.
View the complete list of resources on apologetics in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Lectionaries
Scholar’s Library contains 7 lectionaries to aid your sermon preparation and worship planning. View next Sunday’s readings in full. Re-read the lectionary texts from last Sunday. Study future readings—next week, next month, next year. Stay in step with the liturgical year. In addition to the ecumenical Revised Common Lectionary, you’ll also find lectionaries for Catholic, Lutheran, and United Methodist churches.
View the complete list of lectionaries in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Parallel Passages and Harmonies
Learn how various sections of the Bible combine to form a unified narrative. With parallel passages and harmonies, you can discover the similarities and differences between sections of Scripture. Scholar’s Library contains a dozen parallel passages and harmonies. You’ll find classics harmonies, like Aland’s Synopsis of the Four Gospels as well as harmonies available exclusively in Logos, like Rick Brannan’s harmony of the Pastoral Epistles.
View the complete list of parallel passages and harmonies in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Ancient Language Texts and Morphologies
Read the Bible in the original languages. Study extra-biblical literature. Scholars and students of the ancient languages now have access to a collection of Greek and Hebrew texts. Scholar’s Library contains all major Greek and Hebrew texts, such as the Nestle-Aland 27 and the Biblia Hebraica Stuggartensia. It contains the Targums, the 1624 Textus Receptus, Rahlf’s Septuagint, the Westcott and Hort Greek text of the New Testament, the Scrivener 1881 Greek text of the New Testament, and many more. Many texts also come with morphological tagging and searching for in-depth linguistic and textual study.
View the complete list of ancient language texts and morphologies in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Ancient Texts in Translation
Read the key texts from the ancient world in English. Study the cultures of Jesus’ time by reading Josephus. Understand the influence of ancient Jewish philosophy on Christianity with the works of Philo. Scholar’s Library includes fresh English translation of important ancient texts, like the Armana Letters, the works of Josephus, the works of Philo, and more.
View the complete list of English translations of ancient texts in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Original Language Grammars and Tools
Scholar’s Library provides you with an impressive compilation of 15 of the most important reference grammars and ground-breaking tools for understanding the original languages. Scholar’s Library contains the Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar, the Syntax of the Moods and Tenses in New Testament Greek, Clausal Outlines of the Greek New Testament, and much more, plus databases and advanced syntax and morphology tools.
I'm awed by the new exegetical guide. It now offers to find whatever I have in my library on visualizations, apparatus (Nestle-Aland, etc.), grammars, as well as the word-by-word access to every lexicon I have that treats the word.
—Bill Stonebraker
View the complete list of original language grammars and tools in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Original Language Lexicons
Study etymological history. Learn the pronunciation of Greek and Hebrew words. Find usage examples. With over 20 lexicons available in Scholar’s Library, you have all the dictionaries and lexicons you need to study the ancient languages. Scholar’s Library contains the Liddell & Scott Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, the Unabridged Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, and much more.
View the complete list of original language lexicons in Scholar's Library in the Comparison Chart.
Scholar's Library
- Incredible Value. Get nearly 475 books at over 90% off retail.
- Easy Download. Begin using your library today.
- Payment Plans. Spread the cost over an entire year.
- No Risk. 30-day money back guarantee, no questions asked.
- Easy to Use. Logos 4 is fast, intuitive, and easy for you to use.
- Updates Itself. Get the latest and greatest with automatic updates to your books while you sleep.