Arcing’s Optional Relationships
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March 21, 2024
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Besides the 18 Logical Relationships we teach in the Arcing and Bracketing course, there are four other relationships that you can use to label the logic of a text. We call those “extended relationships” in the Biblearc ecosystem.
You can see them in the Arc/Bracket module by toggling the “Include extended relationships” button.
Would any of these relationships be helpful to you? Read the examples below, and decide for yourself!
Coordinate
Both-And
Definition: “Two propositions that are emphasized to both be true or both be false”
Conjunctions: both…and, neither…nor, καί, τέ
Explanation: With this relationship, you can be more precise than Series. Both propositions are coordinate, so neither is supporting the other, but there is an element of emphasis with this relationship. Usually there will be no verb in the propositions, as often happens with Series when there is a list.
Examples:
Ezekiel 30:22
Acts 26:23
Subordinate—Restatement
General-Specific
Definition: “A proposition stating a whole and a second stating one or more parts of that whole”
Conjunctions: such as, for example
Explanation: From this definition, you may be able to tell that it is a more specific replacement for Idea-Explanation. So if you use this optional relationship, some of your Idea-Explanations will be more precisely labelled.
Examples:
Phil 1:30
1 Cor 12:27
Fact-Interpretation
Definition: “A statement and its interpretation”
Conjunctions: that is, which is, meaning
Explanation: One major difference between this relationship and Idea-Explanation is that the Interpretation proposition clarifies the meaning of the other proposition by interpreting it—either a single word or the whole proposition. It doesn’t just give more information, but more clearly defines what was being said.
Examples:
1 Kings 6:17
1 Cor 10:4
Anticipation-Fulfillment
Definition: “A promise along with its accompanying fulfillment”
Conjunctions: and so
Explanation: This is perhaps the easiest optional relationship to understand, based solely on its name. It isn’t seen very often, though.
Examples:
Matt 1:21-23
Matt 2:14-15
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