Over the summer I did a series of posts about different ways of reading Greek and Hebrew. I said that my the summer time tools of the trade are a print text and a print lexicon. During the school year, however, I am rarely able to read in my home office. To continue reading with … Continue reading Reading with a Print Text & Digital Lexicon
Category: Accordance
Obstacles to Going iPad Only
Apple’s 2017 hardware and software releases helped me make significant progress towards going iPad-only, but I’m not quite there yet. I now only carry my laptop one or two days a week. What has to change for me to go i-Pad only? There’s two prongs on this fork, but both have to do with one … Continue reading Obstacles to Going iPad Only
New Greek Resources in Accordance
Whether you are in Boston or not, for the next twenty-four hours you can pick up two new Accordance Greek resources at an introductory discount. These are a part of their SBL/ETS sale. The best part: both are very affordable! Gregory of Nyssa’s Great CatechismThe Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity states that Nyssa wrote The Great … Continue reading New Greek Resources in Accordance
Reading & Digital Notetaking
I’ve read with paper and pen, but these days if I am taking notes while reading, I use GoodNotes and a 9.7” iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil. I don't know how many times I've been working with someone and wanted to check my notes but didn't have the right little notebook with me. That's … Continue reading Reading & Digital Notetaking
Comparing OT Texts in Accordance
After saving a workspace, you can launch it with just a couple clicks. This is one of my favorite features in Accordance. As I show below, it only takes a minute to set up, and a second or two to launch. I regularly use this feature to quickly see several ancient versions of the Old … Continue reading Comparing OT Texts in Accordance
Göttingen Job in Accordance
“The Septuagint says …” You can’t responsibly finish that sentence without checking a Göttingen edition. If there is no Göttingen edition for a particular book, then we usually turn to Rahlfs, but his edition was never intended to be the last word on the Old Greek (“Septuagint”) text. Why Göttingen?This point is not widely understood, … Continue reading Göttingen Job in Accordance
Accordance Lite & Logos Basic
I highly recommend Accordance Bible Software. The company prioritizes the development of original language resources and works hard to produce quality, reliable software the first time. I no longer recommend Logos Bible Software. I loved it for years, was frustrated with it for years, and finally sold all of it I could. Logos has some … Continue reading Accordance Lite & Logos Basic
TDOT for Accordance Bible Software
The Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament (TDOT) stands out from other Old Testament lexical works in at least three important ways: TDOT provides a responsible discussion of the etymology and ancient Near Eastern background of most biblical Hebrew words — it doesn't just list related words (cognates). TDOT is much more thorough than the similar … Continue reading TDOT for Accordance Bible Software
Accordance Unicode Font
Accordance has a new unicode font in the works. It includes characters for English, Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, and more — even DSS transcription like you see listed here. And it includes bold, italic, and bold-italic. They announced this on the Accordance forums. Unfortunately you need a forums account to see the page. Here are a … Continue reading Accordance Unicode Font
Matthew 1-8:1 – Text & Vocab
This PDF includes the text and vocab of Matthew 1-8:1. Each line of the text has enough room to write parsing notes or a translation below it. Vocab is listed alphabetically in the back and includes words that occur 30 times or less in the New Testament. Finishing the second half of Croy's Greek grammar and … Continue reading Matthew 1-8:1 – Text & Vocab
