tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38395214971137667462024-02-18T17:43:51.428-08:00Tyndale TechElectronic resources for Biblical StudiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-62832788261239830502015-07-23T01:38:00.000-07:002018-10-22T04:51:38.742-07:00BW10
BibleWorks 10 for PC & Mac
BibleWorks is my go-to Bible software. I have Accordance & Logos, and of course I usually use STEPBible.org, but when I need to
check something, I use BibleWorks. It is fast, accurate, and super-easy to
display everything you want simply by typing in a reference. And it is
very competitively priced.
It now has an Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-83262830833100007162013-11-16T07:34:00.000-08:002020-01-07T11:22:54.149-08:00Accordance for PC
Accordance for PC
Accordance is my favourite Bible software for Hebrew and
Aramaic, because it has more tagged texts in the area of Targums, Rabbinic
& Qumran texts than others. It is also beautiful, fast, and easy to
use (once you get used to its idiosyncratic ways).
Up to now it has only been available on Mac operating systems,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-72520794729304177442013-01-16T00:00:00.000-08:002020-01-07T11:23:42.834-08:00Old Testament Studies
Old Testament Studies
Computers and Hebrew now work together very well, and
you no longer need to be a geek to succeed. The
following resources reveal a wealth of Old Testament Studies on
the Web and many useful tools to aid research.
Mac or PC
Unicode
Bible Software
Web treasures
Lexicons
Finding books
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-60339894236961510592011-11-14T07:44:00.001-08:002020-01-07T11:27:07.619-08:00Perseus Greek Texts free on Logos
Perseus in Logos (free!)
The Perseus collections: 1750 free books (1370 important for
the NT) with awesome search software from Logos.
These scholarly resources are invaluable for any contextual
word studies in the Greek Bible.
Greek background is easy to study when you have these texts
available. Hands-on working examples in this reviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-59108404924104727662011-09-27T02:03:00.000-07:002018-10-22T08:35:15.003-07:00Getting the most out of BibleWorks 9
Significant Advances in BibleWorks 9
BibleWorks 9 is out, though a lot of people are happy with older
versions. Is it worth upgrading?
NT variants are fuller and easy to investigate and NT manuscripts
are fully visible - and you can even manipulate the images like a
pro!
The new cross references produced Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-62850650484516059232011-05-13T11:30:00.000-07:002018-10-22T08:27:22.485-07:00Rabbinic Texts to Read and Search
Rabbinic Texts to Read and Search
It is now
easy to look up most of the early rabbinic legal texts. The rabbinic texts
were among the first to be digitised and there are some wonderful tools,
but the good ones cost a lot of money and aren't very friendly. So I made
a web-based tool for myself which is quick to use and more powerful than
most.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-44185291300617501592011-01-28T08:08:00.003-08:002020-06-03T07:11:17.973-07:00Indexing semi-automatically
Semi-Automated Indexing
Everyone has a book in them, but when you've finished it,
the publisher will email you asking for an Index by yesterday. This will
show you how to index semi-automatically. You can create a Subject index,
a Scripture index (with everything in the right order) and any additional
indexes in Word, without reading your book, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-26479610265252798732010-12-07T04:48:00.000-08:002018-10-22T08:28:26.180-07:00Accordance Tips
Getting the most out of Accordance
Accordance is native to the Mac, though it is arguably the
best Bible software for Biblical Studies on any platform. Logos packs in
more books and BibleWorks gives you more for less money, but Accordance is
easy to use and it has more scholarly Biblical texts than any other
package - and it is beautiful.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-6672918591074156532010-11-10T13:03:00.001-08:002018-10-22T08:29:08.857-07:00Finding and Reading Online Books & Periodicals
Finding and Reading Online Books & PeriodicalsDec 2010: added note re Calameo.
Online
books are becoming more accessible, but not as fast as we want. It is
still difficult to find the books and articles, and there are annoying
restrictions, some of which can be got round.
Tyndale Toolbar
Tubingen Article Search
Theological Journal Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-32132367851769937252010-11-10T13:02:00.001-08:002018-10-22T08:29:34.686-07:00Translating online - ancient and modern languages
Translating online - ancient and modern languages
We
spend a lot of time with foreign texts - some ancient and some modern -
that computer help can save days of work. Getting good help is hard to
find, as they say, but here is the best which is available for free. And
it is getting pretty good!
Tyndale Toolbar
Perseus Lexicon
2LetterLookup
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-61303453391173817292010-11-10T13:00:00.001-08:002018-10-22T08:30:02.723-07:00Writing Greek & Hebrew on a computer
Writing Greek & Hebrew on a computer
In the
old days, a font only had as many characters as a keyboard, so when
you made a Hebrew font, the A was Aleph, B was Beth etc.
Now we have Unicode, which is much easier to use, but a little more
difficult to implement. This will show you how to install and use
Unicode easily on your computer.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-60763496262670296592010-11-10T12:59:00.000-08:002018-10-22T08:30:28.422-07:00Surviving the death of your Hard Drive
Surviving the death of your Hard Drive
Backup is a nice idea which people usually try to implement
in retrospect.
(In recognition of this, one very good backup software is
called Retrospect)
Your hard drive will certainly die before you do,
and probably before your present project
* after 2 years or so, modern
harddrives Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-89888267041085348642010-11-10T12:58:00.000-08:002018-10-22T08:37:53.422-07:00Research you can re-Search
Research you can re-Search
I've
made lots of notes I'll never read again, because they are on paper and I
can't search them.
There are now lots of tools for recording research
and searching it. Here are my favourites.
Word Outline
PBWorks Wiki
Zotero
FoxIt
FileLocator
Acrobat OCR
EverNote
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-3579565018466503312010-11-10T12:56:00.000-08:002018-10-22T08:38:19.629-07:00Writing a book or thesis
Writing a book or thesis
We
make plans before a long journey, and we need to plan how to write a long
document just as carefully - it will save a lot of time in the long run.
Word Processors
Word Versions
Styles
Heading
Formatting
Navigating
Planning
Tracking
Speed tips
Replace tips
Chapters
.
Which Word processor?
Open
OfficeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-9411039971811491892010-05-17T09:47:00.000-07:002018-10-22T08:38:47.603-07:00New ways to Study the Bible
Bible software is so wonderful and plentiful, you can get lost in a toyshop full of wonders.
This list is based on what I like, which is the original texts with lots of English tools & translations.
New stuff is listed first, and then a round up of the best, listing my favorites first.
A host of new online tools have been released Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-47243217795600398052009-09-25T10:19:00.000-07:002018-10-22T08:39:10.477-07:00Getting the best out of Bible software: Logos
Logos Scholar's Library - Guides, tips and treasures
I have a lukewarm relationship with Logos. I love the power and the resources, but I can't get used to the interface. This doesn't stop me from recommending Logos for anyone who wants to integrate secondary literature with Bible tools, because they have the price right and the technology works, and&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-7338405767284312292009-07-01T07:46:00.000-07:002018-10-22T08:39:31.432-07:00Forget nothing and work anywhere
Imagine a world where everything you read is searchable so you can re-view any page containing a word or reference; where your computer is accessible from any other computer; and where you can instantly find any file you want. You can do all this now, with your present computer, for free.
This posting will show you how, at zero cost, you can:
have an Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-23284100457415257092009-06-01T02:20:00.001-07:002018-10-22T08:40:05.914-07:00Getting the best out of Bible Software: BibleWorks 8
Getting the best out of Bible Software: BibleWorks 8
BibleWorks 8 - Guides, tips and treasures.
If you don't know BibleWorks, this will show you what you're missing. If you're already a fan, here are some tips and treasures you may have missed. Version 8 has many new features, and these guides often depend on them.
The new Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-26775941840765196002009-03-25T11:48:00.000-07:002011-04-30T04:15:49.393-07:00Keeping up with reading, onlineFinding books and articles online is getting easier. There are more titles availableand fewer places which need searching, thanks to huge aggregated indexes.The best indexes are now available from the Tyndale Toolbar, so everything's in one place.Online versions are better than paper because you can usually search them,and take notes by copy and paste. Now all we need is time to read them.1) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-58522173991385012592008-12-17T09:55:00.000-08:002018-10-22T08:41:29.112-07:00New Essential Research ToolsThe key to research is taking notes and being able to find them again. This used to be done on 5x3 library cards. Now it is best done on the web.A former flatmate kept his PhD notes in two large trash sacks in a wardrobe.To find a reference, he'd pour them on the floor, rummage, then stuff them back.I don't think he ever completed. My system was better - I used a cardboard box.With computers and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-41651372093918841152008-11-05T03:48:00.000-08:002018-10-22T08:41:59.040-07:00The Future of the BookThe inventor of the book was probably a Christian because all theearliest codexes contain Christian writings. Too poor to buy large piecesof papyrus or leather scrolls, they joined together lots of small scrapsof papyrus to create a 'codex’ and wrote on both sides to maximise space.Will our generation see the demise of the book? This has been predictedas often as the ‘paperless office’. It may Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-57741680132972844052008-08-08T12:06:00.000-07:002018-10-22T08:42:31.318-07:00Searching Ancient Greek LiteratureMinor updates 11 April 2011
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The bread and butter of New Testament studies is finding out how a word is used elsewhere. Usually this means looking it up in a good lexicon, but a real scholar does a word search. This has recently got a whole lot easier. TLG and Perseus are still the best sources, but now there are new ways to use them, including instant lexical help which Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-52487016313994286592008-04-22T10:19:00.000-07:002018-10-22T08:43:01.096-07:00Maps & Geography in Biblical StudiesSatellites surround the earth, and Google Earth can zoom in to individual houses.
Bible maps have now been adapted to take advantage of this amazing facility,
especially the Bible Geocoding project which links 800 places and 10,000 photos.
Traditional maps are still very important, especially for explaining specific events.
And photographs bring the places alive, especially when linked to a map.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-35347398281050530352008-03-06T09:44:00.000-08:002018-10-22T08:43:24.407-07:00Tyndale Toolbar for Bibles, languages, bibliography & news
Time is too short to keep opening programs or hunting for web pages for simple things
like looking up a Bible text or finding bibliography.
So I wrote the Tyndale Toolbar to save time. It works on PC (Firefox & IE) and Mac (Firefox & Safari).
It isn't the prettiest toolbar on the planet, but for Biblical scholars it is the most useful.
Speaking of pretty things, are you artisticUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839521497113766746.post-78466591106353190732008-02-19T06:01:00.000-08:002017-05-09T01:25:11.619-07:00Qur'an, Arabic and Islamic theologyAt Tyndale House we regularly have Christian scholars who are researching Islam,
and occasionally Islamic scholars who are studying the Bible.
A few years ago we welcomed a delegation from the Cairo's Al-Azhar University.
The Qur'anic commentary on the Gospels we presented to them is now online.
Most Muslims have a great reverence for the Bible and this was a treasured gift.
The following linksUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1