
Exploring the Discourse Dataset for Bible Study
August 7, 2026
Dr. John Fallahee’s Logos training webinar (Part 2/3) shows how the Discourse Dataset helps readers identify structural features in Scripture through visual tags like over-specification and tailhead linkage. These tags, enabled via Formatting > Reformat > Discourse Features, highlight narrative patterns without requiring language expertise—making it easier to see how authors organize thoughts. For example, Genesis 1:30’s ‘every green plant’ is marked as over-specification, while Matthew 1:12 links ‘at the time of the deportation’ to ‘after’ through tailhead linkage, revealing thematic shifts. Tags also flag metacomments (e.g., ‘I say to you’ in Matthew 3:9) and emphasize key phrases like ‘in his own image’ (Genesis 1:27), guiding deeper study by pointing to authorial intent.




