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The Scofield Reference Bible is a widely circulated study Bible edited and annotated by the American Bible student Cyrus I. Scofield, which popularized dispensationalism at the beginning of the 20th century. Published by Oxford University Press and containing the entire text of the traditional, Protestant King James Version, it first appeared in 1909 and was revised by the author in 1917.[1]
The Scofield Bible had several innovative features. Most important, it printed what amounted to a commentary on the biblical text alongside the Bible instead of in a separate volume, the first to do so in English since the Geneva Bible (1560).[2] It also contained a cross-referencing system that tied together related verses of Scripture and allowed a reader to follow biblical themes from one chapter and book to another (so called "chain references"). Finally, the 1917 edition also attempted to date events of the Bible. It was in the pages of the Scofield Reference Bible that many Christians first encountered Archbishop James Ussher's calculation of the date of Creation as 4004 BC; and through discussion of Scofield's notes, which advocated the "gap theory," fundamentalists began a serious internal debate about the nature and chronology of creation.[3]
What has been irritating though is that these books are referenced a lot - and when I click on a link to the books in Logos4 , I'm reminded that I don't own these books so I cannot use them ....I can buy them of cause from Logos.
Recently I experienced the problem on faithlife study bible. These books are again referenced a lot - and they're locked to me.
However this time I noticed that the books in my library are called: revised
I went to the ftp-pages to see if there was another version of the books here. There was. I downloaded the files to Libronix - and it worked. These books are not locked anymore
I think this was the only thing technical service didn't suggest to me - I guess they weren't aware of the 2 versions of the books.
However the problem is alive and well because there are obvious several versions of some books and if you don't have the version of the reference in faithlife study bible or the one that is used in a Logos4 reference, you cannot open the book directly from the reference.
I noticed the same problem with Dictionary of Biblical Images (which is used A LOT in FSB) I have the book in my library but cannot open the reference.
I would suspect that some other people that bought Word at the same time as me (summer 2010) would have this problem. Maybe you haven't noticed because you don't use Libronix - but the references are locked.
My suggestion is that Logos open the books that are used for the references to the owners of the titles (if you have the title(s) in your library) - or make the references useable to both original and revised versions.
Note that the first time you identify a biblical book in your paper, the book name is spelled out fully. Any subsequent reference to that biblical book should be abbreviated with no period after the abbreviation (ex., Rev 20:4-5).
If you refer in your paper to the commentary-style notes in a study Bible, you should credit the author of the notes. There will typically be a list of contributors in the book's front matter, which will identify who wrote the introduction and notes to each biblical book. Here is an example of a first footnote and subsequent footnote for
For your bibliography, assuming you are using that version of the Bible for all the biblical references in your paper, you only need to cite the version of the Bible -- you do not need a separate bibliographic entry for the author of the study notes.
Dispensationalism teaches that the Jews will have their special window of revival during the end times. This is because they believe in a literal, 7 year tribulation, a rapture and that God still has a separate and special purpose for Israel after the cross. We will examine all of these points, but first it is important to remember that the bible warns of apostasy, not revival, in the end times:
Dispensationalism insists that modern day Israel will obtain the land of Canaan and become a glorious nation. This is actually a Zionist paradigm, and Zionism is an extremist Israeli nationalist view that strives for Jewish superiority and political supremacy. But what does the bible have to say about these things?
The Jews lost their glorious empire because they lost their relationship with God, yet God used it all for the good because the ultimate promise, that Abraham would be a blessing to all nations, was actually fulfilled in Christ. The gospel, which reconciles all humanity back to God, is the ultimate promise. The bible is not about lineage, race or political status. It is about the ultimate relationship mankind can have which is through Jesus Christ.
Those who are focused on fleshly, worldly things will stumble over and over again because the bible testifies of spiritual things. This is why dispensationalism is more in alignment with Zionism and Judaism than it is with Christianity. The messianic idea, according to Jewish philosopher Gershom Scholem is:
In Revelation 12 we see a classic picture of the body of believers through the woman giving birth to the Messiah. This woman is not Mary, like the Catholics insist, but rather Israel because they were the chosen people to bring about the Messiah. Yet an important point is overlooked here that deserves discernment and attention.
After the birth of the Messiah the woman flees from the dragon, which is a reference to the persecution the body of believers experienced at the hand of Satan through the Roman empire and later through the Roman Catholic System. The important thing to grasp here is that the woman is the same person before the birth of the Messiah and after the birth of Messiah: she is the body of believers.
Dispensationalism ignores spiritual truths in the bible because it is too focused on literal, physical realities. Fleshly circumcision was a physical type and shadow for circumcision of the heart, which simply means to be born again. Animal sacrifices all pointed to the ultimate sacrifice, which was in Christ. Physical birth pointed to the necessity of spiritual birth and physical warfare was a shadow of the true spiritual warfare that has been waging throughout time. The high priestly and kingly roles of the Old Testament were there to point and shape out the character of the ultimate King and Priest who is Jesus. The sanctuary the Jews had in the wilderness pointed to Christ and to the gospel. The physical chosen people were a prototype and shadow for the ultimate reality of a chosen people through Christ, which is the body of believers who are redeemed from sin and death because of their faith in Him.
Dispensationalism is a false teaching that deceives you into reading the bible with fleshly eyes. It aligns more with Zionism and Judaism than it does with Christianity because of its heavy focus on the identity politics of the modern state of Israel rather than our identity as one body of Christians in Jesus. Nevertheless, dispensationalism is not supported by the teachings of the apostles nor Christ Himself, and we must remember that these ideas are only about 200 years old and arose during the same time period where history produced Mormonism, Charles Darwin, Theosophy, Communism, Seventh-Day Adventism and many other antichrist and erroneous belief systems.
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