Category: Accordance
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Accordance Workspaces for Comparing OT Versions
As you read the Old Testament, sometimes you can’t help but wonder what the other ancient versions might have for certain words. In this post, I’ll show you three ways to compare the ancient versions of the OT in Accordance. This post is part of the Accordance Workspaces series. The series focuses on workspaces that […]
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Finding Similar Wording with Accordance’s INFER Command
What do you do when you want to find passages with similar wording, but your cross references are no help? Accordance’s INFER search is very helpful here. The INFER command is the kind of searching tool behind works like Biblical Quotations and Allusions in Second Temple Jewish Literature, a reference resource that is basically a […]
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Accordance Workspaces Series
In this series, I demonstrate how to use Accordance as an ideal reading companion. The series focuses on workspaces that will be helpful for those reading the Bible in its ancient versions. An Accordance Workspace for All The Things Hebrew-Greek Equivalents with the TEXT command in Accordance Searching for Similar Words with Accordance’s INFER Command […]
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An Accordance Workspace for All the Things
Many people think of Accordance, and Bible software in general, as a place to go in order to perform a complicated specialty search in the biblical text. Accordance can, however, be much more than that if you can easily shift between workspaces. Comfortable workspaces are the key. If you try to use the same workspace […]
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Hebrew-Greek Equivalents with the TEXT command in Accordance
When reading the Hebrew Bible or Septuagint, these questions naturally arise: What does the LXX usually do with this Hebrew word? What Hebrew words does this Greek word normally translate? Emmanuel Tov’s Hebrew/Greek parallel tool allows users to answer these questions with just a few clicks. In decades past, one had to pull the massive […]
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Two Posts: Anchor-Yale Bible Commentary in Accordance (90 volumes)
There are now two posts on this site overviewing the Anchor-Yale Bible Commentary in Accordance Bible Software. The entire series is currently 50% off. The Anchor-Yale Bible Commentary is beneficial to all students and scholars looking for insight into the Bible’s historical, social, and literary dimensions. I hope these posts give you a better feel […]
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OT/Apocrypha Anchor-Yale Bible Commentary in Accordance
The Anchor-Yale Bible Commentary (AYBC) is highly respected across faith traditions and theological fault lines. It appeals to a broader range of scholars and students than perhaps any other biblical commentary. Since the early 1960s, the series has sought to make the highest level of biblical scholarship accessible to all interested readers. John J. Collins, […]
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Old Testament Library in Accordance
Accordance currently has the OT/NT Library series on sale for over fifty percent off. In this post, I want to highlight four things I love about the Old Testament Library series: It covers the entire Old Testament. The format is straightforward. The series strikes a nice balance between brevity and thoroughness. Buying the entire series […]
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Etymological Dictionary of Greek in Accordance
This week, alongside the Brill Dictionary of Classical Greek, Accordance has released Robert Beekes’ Etymological Dictionary of Greek (2 vols.). In the preface, Beekes describes his work as “the first comprehensive etymological dictionary of Greek in the English language … incorporating the most recent scholarly literature on Greek etymology” (p. vii). I’ve used a hardback […]
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New Testament Library in Accordance
Accordance has a fantastic sale right now on the Old Testament and New Testament Library series (OTL and NTL) by Westminster John Knox Press. OTL and NTL are longstanding pillars in biblical scholarship, regularly appearing on best commentary lists like this one by Scot McKnight. The contributors are regularly insightful and helpful to anyone interested […]
Brian W. Davidson 