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Psalm 85.11 – Translation Comparison
Psalm 85.11 (English verse 10) is the kind of verse in comparing parallel translations that could drive a sane man crazy. Five different translations and three different renderings of the word hesed and three different renderings of the verb tenses. Parallel Comparison of Psalm 85.11 Here are the parallel translations in BibleWorks: Notice that the…
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Psalm 1.1 – Translation Comparison
The Responsorial Psalm for today is Psalm 1 as you might have gathered from my previous post. In reading through Psalm 1 in the New American Bible (=NAB), I felt like it obscured the progression to be found in verse 1, so I took a look at the verse in parallels. It turns out that…
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Isaiah 41 – An Interesting Translation Issue
I was reading the lectionary passage this morning from Isaiah 41 and came across an interesting translation issue in verse 14. The issue revolves around the translation of the word mªtey (sorry couldn’t find a superscript “e” in my special characters). So, I checked out the text in parallel versions. Isaiah 41.14 in Parallel Versions…
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Psalm 98 and Assonance
I glanced at the lectionary readings earlier in the day, but spent a little more time with them tonight, especially the response, which was Psalm 98. I wanted to point out one feature of verse 1 in particular that struck me, and this is one of the types of things I think we miss in…
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BibleWorks 8 Overall Evaluation
I have recent versions of both BibleWorks 8 and Logos on my laptop as well as an older version of Accordance. Of these three programs, my two favorites are BibleWorks 8 and Accordance, though I cannot speak to soundly on Accordance for reasons I’ll make clear below. I realize that a significant amount of this…
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Another Excellent Post on Ancient Hebrew by John Hobbins
John Hobbins has written another excellent post on Ancient Hebrew entitled “Biblical Terms for the Language of the Land of Judah.” Many people refer to the language of the Hebrew Bible in a variety of ways; however, this post looks at how the language is referred to in the Biblical texts themselves. He then takes…
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John Hobbins' Plea for a Broad Definition of Ancient Hebrew
For those interested in learning about “Biblical” Hebrew, though not necessarily in learning the language, check out John Hobbins’ recent post concerning Ancient Hebrew. Since the post is called a plea it goes without saying that not everyone would agree with all of the information found therein. However, it is a helpful overview for the…
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Daily Hebrew and Greek in BibleWorks 8
Probably the feature that I was most excited about when I found out I would have the opportunity to review BibleWorks 8 was the Bagster’s Daily Light feature, which allows this resource to be viewed in the language of one’s choosing whether, English, Greek/Hebrew, or otherwise. I run my website and blog related to the…
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BibleWorks 8 Functionality on My Mac
Perhaps the first thing on many people’s minds when they see me reviewing BibleWorks 8 is “Isn’t BibleWorks a Windows program? And, aren’t you a Mac user?” The answer to both questions is “yes.” However, programs for running a Windows OS and Windows programs on a Mac have come a very long way with offerings…
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Received My Review Copy of BibleWorks 8
Yesterday evening I received a review copy of BibleWorks 8. Be on the lookout for a number of forthcoming posts. The first will come very shortly and deal with the install for a Mac user, namely me. In addition, there are a lot of features that I’m really, really looking forward to taking a look…