Category: Bible
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Searching a Phrase in Accordance Across all Greek Texts
I want to demonstrate a particularly useful, quick search method in Accordance. It’s particularly noteworthy because of of the combination of how easy it is to run and how significant and useful the results are. This morning, I was reading Luke 21, and a couple words stood out to me. Here’s the verse: Luke 21:22 […]
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The World’s Oldest Alphabet in Accordance
Last week, Accordance released a few new Hebrew-related modules. You can read my post here about one those new modules, Ada Yardeni’s Understanding the Alphabet of the Dead Sea Scrolls. In this post, I want to highlight Douglas Petrovich’s The World’s Oldest Alphabet: Hebrew as the Language of the Proto-Consonantal Script, published by Carta with […]
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Multiple Posts: Anchor Yale Bible Commentary in Logos
In these three posts, I describe what it looks like to access and use the Anchor Yale Bible Commentary in Logos. Some people are apprehensive about how easy it is to actually use and read digital editions, but I hope these posts give you a feel for just how helpful the Logos editions can be. […]
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Using the Anchor Yale Bible Commentary in Logos on a Mobile Device
For this final post on the Anchor Yale Bible Commentary in Logos, let’s take a look at how you can use the series on a mobile device. You can find two other recent posts on AYB here. Scenario Perhaps at church, or in conversation with a friend or at work, the topic of “the mark […]
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OT Anchor Yale Bible Commentary in Logos
In a previous post, I demonstrated what it looks like to access and use the NT Anchor Yale Bible Commentary (AYB) in Logos Bible Software. In this post, I want show you how and why I modify my layout when using the AYB Old Testament and Apocrypha volumes. We’ll also take a look at some […]
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Accessing the Anchor Yale Bible NT Commentary in Logos
The Anchor Yale Bible Commentary (AYB) is a phenomenal reference resource, and having a digital edition makes it even more useful. With a digital edition, you don’t have to wait until the next time you are at your theological library to look for answers to your question; it’s on your laptop or in your pocket […]
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Understanding the Alphabet of the DSS in Accordance
Today, Accordance released Ada Yardeni’s Understanding the Alphabet of the Dead Sea Scrolls for only $10.99. It is a part of the Savings in Full Bloom sale. The print book is only 40 pages, but it includes over 80 awesome pictures. If you have ever seen a picture of the Dead Sea Scrolls and wished […]
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Selected Works of Origen in Accordance
Accordance has released Greek and English editions of select works of Origen. There is one important thing to know about what sets this module apart from other digital editions: The Greek text has been hand tagged by Rex Koivisto of Multnomah University. Rex is behind many of Accordance’s tagged Greek text. His work is always […]
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The Ideal Concordance
I find myself using the Word Usage live-click feature of Accordance more and more over the past couple weeks. In this simple 3-column (2 zone) workspace, I have it in the right-hand tool zone along with lexica and a verse lookup live-click tab. A single click on a word shows me all the occurrences of […]
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Wearing “Disclosure” and “Truth” Before the Lord
Exodus 28:30 You shall place on the breastplate of judgment ‘disclosure’ and ‘truth,’ (τὴν δήλωσιν καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν) and it will be on Aaron’s chest when he enters into the holy place before the Lord. That’s how the Septuagint says it. The Vulgate is similar: You shall put on the oracle of judgment ‘instruction’ and […]
Brian W. Davidson 