Bible Software Review Weblog » Blog/Article Watch http://www.bsreview.org/blog News, articles, and reviews of Bible software Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:25:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Logos versus Accordance http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2012/01/logos-versus-accordance.html http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2012/01/logos-versus-accordance.html#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:12:22 +0000 Rubén Gómez http://www.bsreview.org/blog/?p=2196 If you are a Mac user, I recommend you take a look at Donovan Palmer’s article on “Logos versus Accordance” and the short follow-up “More about Accordance versus Logos.” I can sympathize with many of the things he says, and it makes for some interesting reading. Check it out!

 

]]> http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2012/01/logos-versus-accordance.html/feed 0 Bible Software Shootout 2 http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2011/11/bible-software-shootout-2.html http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2011/11/bible-software-shootout-2.html#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:03:15 +0000 Rubén Gómez http://www.bsreview.org/blog/?p=2116 A new Bible Software Shootout session took place yesterday, at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)  in San Francisco, CA. I had the opportunity of following the highlights in real time via Twitter, but today you can read a fairly exhaustive analysis by fellow blogger Mark Vitalis Hoffman.

This year the focus was on applying Bible software to the classroom setting. As usual, the contenders were Logos, Accordance and Olive Tree. I was rather surprised to discover that BibleWorks was not included. In fact, last week I tweeted the following: “I wonder why BibleWorks does not participate in Bible shootout 2 at #sblaar. They have some excellent classroom tips! http://bit.ly/vfvNba.”

Should more articles appear on this session, I’ll try to add a link here.

UPDATE:

Rick Mansfield’s This Lamp
Antoine RJ Wright’s Mobile Ministry Magazine

]]> http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2011/11/bible-software-shootout-2.html/feed 0 Accordance Users’ Conference http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2010/10/accordance-users-conference.html http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2010/10/accordance-users-conference.html#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:17:46 +0000 Rubén Gómez http://www.bsreview.org/blog/?p=2008 This is not an announcement of the first ever Accordance Users’ Conference held September 24-25, 2010, but rather a summary of what went on. If you want to know, here is an official comment from David Lang, as well as good summaries and observations by Rick Mansfield, Mary Hinkle-Shore and Kerry Magruder.

]]> http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2010/10/accordance-users-conference.html/feed 0 New Bible Software Site http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2010/10/new-bible-software-site.html http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2010/10/new-bible-software-site.html#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:04:52 +0000 Rubén Gómez http://www.bsreview.org/blog/?p=2005 A new Bible software website has been launched. BibSoft is a promising project run by Sean Reed, a student at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University. The first review to be published is on Accordance 9 (PDF file – 7MB  - LINK UNAVAILABLE). I wish him the best of luck in his endeavors.

]]> http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2010/10/new-bible-software-site.html/feed 3 Videos are the in thing http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2010/10/videos-are-the-in-thing.html http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2010/10/videos-are-the-in-thing.html#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:53:31 +0000 Rubén Gómez http://www.bsreview.org/blog/?p=2002 LaRosa Johnson, lead book developer for WORDSearch Bible Software, is posting a series of videos on Advanced Bible Study with WORDSearch 9. The first two installments are already available.

James M. Tucker, of Biblical Exegesis & Interpretation is producing some videos on Syntax searches in Accordance and Logos. You may want to check out his YouTube channel, or watch his Syntax comparison on vimeo.

Have you ever wondered how a BibleWorks training seminar looked like? Watch this presentation by Jim Barr.

]]> http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2010/10/videos-are-the-in-thing.html/feed 0 Solving Greek Questions with Bible Software http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2010/03/solving-greek-questions-with-bible-software.html http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2010/03/solving-greek-questions-with-bible-software.html#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:54:51 +0000 Rubén Gómez http://www.bsreview.org/blog/?p=1979 Mark Vitalis started it on his blog, and David Lang followed suit. Now we know how to go about it with BibleWorks and Accordance, respectively.

These kinds of exercises could well become a classic after this past SBL Bible Software Shootout.

Update (March 25): And here is how to do it with Logos Bible Software.

]]> http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2010/03/solving-greek-questions-with-bible-software.html/feed 0 BibleReader and Logos: Side-by-Side http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2010/03/biblereader-and-logos-side-by-side.html http://www.bsreview.org/blog/2010/03/biblereader-and-logos-side-by-side.html#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:40:27 +0000 Rubén Gómez http://www.bsreview.org/blog/?p=1972 Mark Barnes has posted an excellent review comparing OliveTree BibleReader and Logos for the iPhone/iPod Touch. This is one of the most exciting areas right now for Bible software, and I’m sure it will be even more so when the new iPad is launched. It’s definitely worth a read.

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Últimamente no he tenido mucho tiempo para escribir en el blog. Una de las razones es que OakTree Software me pidió que escribiera un artículo sobre la Biblioteca Hispana de Accordance para el Accordance Blog. Aquí está el artículo.

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Alongside the official screencasts, here are two more sources that I consider to be extremely helpful:

Mark Barnes, from the ephesians 4:14 blog, has posted some excellent and very informative videos which I highly recommend. They can be found on his blog, but you may prefer to check out his Vimeo page.

John Fidel, who runs the Bible Software Newsletter and Comments blog, has also contributed some great tutorials with lots of practical tips and ideas. Again, they are available on his blog or, if you like, check them out on YouTube.

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Mike Heiser explains some of the kinds of searches that can be performed with Logos’ syntactical databases. A few of the examples are geared towards scholars, while others are suited for more general uses. There are also short videos on how the searches were carried out.

David Lang points to a practical use of the INFER command in Accordance. He includes a download link to Robert Marineau’s paper presented at the past ETS meeting held in New Orleans, LA.

Rick Bennet, talks about how to use Accordance to search for nomina sacra in early papyri, and Tommy Wasserman, over at the Evangelical Textual Criticism blog, shares his own experience in conducting searches like these.

Glenn Weaver, in one of his excellent Classroom Tips, shows how to search for Hebrew weak verbs with BibleWorks. You may recall that this was one of the challenges posed at the SBL Bible software shootout session.

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