We would also like to know what books of the Bible that person may have written. Other things we’d like to know about people in a “quick reference” context window which are not yet defined in MetaV are: official title, occupation, name meanings, or even a brief summary of the person’s life. Unless and until this is defined at word-level detail many of these verses would not appear in search results for “Matthew” (or another disciple for this example) meaning the search would not return some pertinent references. even though they are not discussed by name. would be a reference to Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, etc. Any place which references the “disciples”, “apostles”, “the twelve”, etc. A good example would be Jesus’ disciples. It is time we recorded that knowledge in order to build upon it.īy including that level of detail in MetaV, we will be able to find verses which refer to a group of people but never mention them by name. We know they describe a person and can usually identify that person through normal exegesis. Even more ambiguous are personal pronouns (him, hers, we, they, ours). These may include possessive forms (like “Aaron’s”) or in many cases where the name of a person is also used to describe a place (like Israel). To that end, some work remains in identifying names which are not always easy to process programmatically. Or, the opposite problem may occur in which one person goes by more than one name such as Paul (originally Saul) or God himself who goes by many names. MetaV makes it clear whether that passage is talking about the well-known prophet or one of the other 25. As an example of the latter, consider that there are 26 unique individuals in the Bible named Zechariah. MetaV provides that context with family relationships, some basic biographical information, and explicit identification of the person named. When we study the Bible and come across a person, we’d like to know a few basic things about that individual which provide some background for understanding his life and how his experiences relate to the story we’re reading. It does not include any timelines for completion of these ideas. This roadmap provides a thorough understanding of the improvements I currently envision. There are gaps to be filled in, new data to add, and (most importantly) applications to be developed which aid in data exploration. This is the first in a series of posts outlining the roadmap for MetaV, a database of people, places, passages, and periods of time found in the Bible. Much work has gone into developing it, but there is much work left to do.
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