Morris Proctor's Tips & Tricks

As you probably know, the goal of Bible study is to transport ourselves back to biblical times seeking to understand a passage the way the original author intended it for his original audience. This can be difficult at times because our culture is different from the biblical culture. Obviously they lived, spoke, and wrote differently than we do.

One book that helps bridge this cultural gap is New Manners and Customs of the Bible which appears in most Logos base collections. As with all manners and customs books, this resource explains the lifestyles of people in the Bible. Here, however, is one point you may not know. This book is versified not topically indexed! This means you can link it to a Bible so that if your verse under study is mentioned in Manners, it will jump right to it! Also, as you scroll through your commentaries with the left and right arrow keys this book is included in the loop!