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The Göttingen Septuagint in Logos Bible software
Göttingen. Not just a city in Germany, but a word that instills awe and fear in the hearts of every student of the Septuagint who must eventually consult the set of Old Greek editions by that name. Okay, that’s maybe a bit dramatic. I do suspect, however, that if one finds it challenging to learn … Continue reading
How to Read and Understand the Göttingen Septuagint: A Short Primer, part 2 (Apparatus)
The one who is serious about getting at the earliest attainable text of the Hebrew Bible will eventually find herself or himself face-to-face with a page like this: The Göttingen Septuagint is the largest scholarly edition of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. Its full title is Septuaginta: Vetus Testamentum Graecum Auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis … Continue reading
Creating your own commentary in Accordance 10 (or just taking notes)
I’ve just this week gotten into a particular feature of Accordance Bible Software: the User Notes. As I’m doing some research and writing in the book of Romans right now, recording and storing my notes in Accordance itself is very easy–and fun. I didn’t write about User Notes when I reviewed Accordance 10. It’s a … Continue reading
Vocabulary list for Greek Isaiah (via Accordance 10)
I’ve already gotten some good response to my last post about reading through Greek Isaiah in a year. More on that again soon. For now, to whet all our appetites, I’ve just been able to use Accordance Bible software to generate this list. VOCABULARY IN LXX ISAIAH (Rahlfs) (PDF) It lists all the words in Isaiah, … Continue reading
Which Bible software program should I buy? Comparison of BibleWorks, Accordance, and Logos
Which Bible software program should I buy? It’s an important question for the student of the Bible, especially if she or he is on a limited budget. Having now reviewed BibleWorks 9 (here), Accordance 10 (here) and Logos 4 (here) and now 5 (here), I want to compare the three programs and offer some suggestions … Continue reading
“Sharpen Your Search Skills” in Accordance 10 (VIDEO)
Here is a new podcast from Accordance Bible Software on how to “Sharpen Your Search Skills.” It’s at the “intermediate” level. Watching it is a good way to expand how you do searches in Accordance, if you aren’t sure you’re using the search engine to its fullest capability.
Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) in Accordance 10
The next generation of the Biblia Hebraica Stutttgartensia (BHS) is the Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ). I’ve written more generally about scholarly editions of the Hebrew Bible, and have reviewed the BHS module in Accordance already. In this post I review BHQ in Accordance. Some excellent scholarly treatments of the BHQ have already appeared. Anyone serious … Continue reading
BHS module in Accordance 10, reviewed
Oddly enough, the biggest challenge for me in my Hebrew exegesis classes was not to do with the Hebrew language itself. Instead, learning how to decipher the abbreviations and sigla in the “critical apparatus” of a scholarly Hebrew Bible stretched me most. I recently wrote a brief introduction to the available scholarly editions of the … Continue reading
BHS, the Göttingen Septuagint, and other critical editions: a basic orientation to what they are
Most students of the Hebrew Bible who read Hebrew know of the premier scholarly edition, the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS, here on Amazon). The BHS is now being updated by the BHQ (Q=Quinta), about which you can read more here. Both the BHS and BHQ are “diplomatic” editions of the text, which means that they … Continue reading
My Accordance 10 review: all six parts (plus Beale/Carson module review)
Here, collected in one place, are all six parts of my review of the Bible software program Accordance 10, as well as my two-part review of the Accordance module for Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, edited by G.K. Beale and D.A. Carson. Part 1: In which I finally try out Accordance Bible … Continue reading
