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It seems to me that Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, while significant in all the gospels, is perhaps most important in Luke’s. It is, after all, the climax of the journey to Jerusalem which has functioned as an organising motif since chapter nine. Luke also adds both some dialogue and details which help shape the narrative differently. By contrast the entry narrative is perhaps least significant in John’s gospel, partly because John has detached the temple incident and placed that story near the start of his narrative, partly because it is drawn into the larger and more significant Lazarus story.

It is then ironic that the day on which the triumphal entry is recalled is so widely known as Palm Sunday. John is the only gospel to specify palms (John 12:13 – τὰ βαΐα τῶν φοινίκων), whereas Luke, far from specifying palms, has even got rid of the branches (Matt 21:8 - κλάδους) or leaves (Mark 11:8 – στιβάδας). In Luke it is cloaks, and cloaks alone, that are spread on the road before Jesus.

written by doug

There are various pieces of software I use a great deal that I need a strategy for. The biggest beast among them is Adobe Creative Suite. This is a big expense, and there’s no way I’m going to be able to afford to upgrade it immediately after buying new hardware. Unfortunately I’m running CS2, so there’s no chance of a cheap/free cross-grade. It makes the small price of either Fusion or Parallels well worth it, just to be able go on running my Windows version seamlessly with newer software, and without rebooting. By the time I can afford the upgrade a) I might be a student again which saves tons of money and b) CS4 may well be imminent. So I put this down as a minor inconvenience. Equally upgrading to Vista has its own inconvenience of “known issues” for CS2.

This is where I’d appreciate some comments from anyone who uses either Fusion or Parallels.

One application I use intermittently is Visual Liturgy, which shows no sign of ever producing anything other than a Windows version. It may, however, well mutate into a Web 2.0 (or 3.0) subscription application in the future. Running this in a virtual machine will be no problem.

The one that does leave me with more of a decision is Bibleworks. I imagine I would end up running this in a virtual machine for a while, before considering my purchasing options. This is one piece of software I would regret leaving behind. Okay, Accordance users. This is where you can contribute to my decision making. It looks to me as though the two packages offer comparable functionality, although Accordance may make it more accessible. On the other hand, compared to what Bibleworks gives you in terms of versions and modules, Accordance looks seriously overpriced. I guess there’s also the forthcoming OS X version of Logos to throw into the decision making mix. I have become a fan of Bibleworks, and I certainly don’t want to do without it or an equivalent.

So, please, this is where I really could do with some constructive comments.

written by doug