When opening BibleWorks yesterday evening, I couldn’t believe what I saw on the splash screen (actual screen shot): With a little searching in the BibleWorks forums, I found that in BW7, there are four different splash screens that display according to the time: I was told that these are some sort of “potato tarts.” This… Continue Reading
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BibleWorks Edges Out Accordance in Instant Details
I spent most of my Saturday at an Accordance seminar. A bit of background: I purchased the program about a year and half ago after using BibleWorks and Libronix for a few years (I converted to mac and won’t go back). One of the newer features in Accordance has potential but left me disappointed. When… Continue Reading
Social Media and Scholarship
James McGrath points out an informative article in the Chronicle For Higher Education regarding pros and cons of social media for doctoral students. There’s nothing surprising about the article, though my thoughts on the issue seem to be confirmed. Content is King! Continue Reading
Accordance Seminar – Any questions?
Accordance will be giving a seminar at my institution in a few days, so I will be spending the day with them on the computer. I have a few particular questions regarding the availability of modules as compared to other competing software programs, the graphic interface, and customization. Are there other questions I should be… Continue Reading
Accordance or BibleWorks?
Joel Willitts at Euangelion is beginning a series of posts in which he will “describe” Accordance. It seems he wants to provide the readers with an ‘alternative’ to Bird’s posts on BibleWorks. The first post (linked above) deals with Willitts’ history of experience with Bible software (limited mostly to Accordance and Gramcord). He does mentions… Continue Reading
Old School Biblical Scholarship in a Digital World
In a previous post, Media Trends and the Future of Biblical Scholarship, I suggest that “advances in technology can become crutches which lead to the atrophy of intellectual muscle.” While I think such ‘atrophy’ is possible, I don’t think it is inevitable. In any case, the old school had something I admire. They possessed something I have yet to… Continue Reading
Yet More Free Biblical Studies Resources Online
The newest additions of links to Pauline books and articles have been posted here (at the NT Gateway). Yet another example of scholarship in a digital world. More thoughts on this tomorrow. Continue Reading
A Biblioblogger and SBL Affiliation Formed
Jim West makes the announcement with Kent Richards, Executive Director of SBL: Bibliobloggers as a group have become affiliated with the Society of Biblical Literature. We look forward to partnering at our North American and international meetings every year. This partnership will make possible the fostering of biblical scholarship and communication among members of both groups.… Continue Reading
Brill Releases Papyri Database on CD-ROM
(Thanks to G.W. Schwendner at the Papyrology blog for the heads up.) Brill has made the Berichtigungsliste der Griechisen Papyruskunden aus Ägypten available on CD-ROM. They say: Now it’s easier than ever to start from the latest insights at the outset of any study of Greek papyrus documents. With the advent of the CD-ROM edition… Continue Reading
Aland's Kurzgefasste Liste and Scholarship in a Digital World
A couple of days ago, the TC blog announced some welcome news: Ulrich Schmid of the INTF just announced in a comment to a previous post that a database version of the Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments (ed. Kurt Aland) will be published on-line soon, perhaps by the end of September. I’m glad to see… Continue Reading