David Instone-Brewer (also here and here), the Technical Officer and Senior Research Fellow in Rabbinics and the New Testament at Tyndale House, has posted his review of version 2 of the Stuttgart Electronic Study Bible (SESB). Here are some selections from his section “Overall Usefulness: much better than paper”:
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My NT Logos Workspace
A friend recently asked me how to get the most out of some of the great resources in SESB (now in version 2). My response was that he should create two workspaces—one for OT studies and one for NT studies—and integrate the texts and apparatuses with his other language tools. That led me to revisit […]
Logos vs. BibleWorks: A Brief Comparison
Someone recently asked me for my opinion about Logos vs. BibleWorks. I posted this at the Bible.org Forum in response to a discussion there. I’m reproducing it here (with some very minor changes) in case there are others who are trying to decide what Bible software to buy and use. This is by no means […]
Bible Geography Meets Google Earth
The folks at OpenBible.info have done a real service to the Christian community by tagging every identifiable location in the Bible for Google Earth. You can download the KMZ file and explore any place in the Bible. They even give you all of the passages where each location occurs—hyperlinked to the ESV. I love being […]
Thoughts on Proverbs 31:6–7
“Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress; let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.” —Proverbs 31:6–7 Someone recently asked me about this passage—specifically whether it condones the consumption of alcohol as a remedy for depression. Read flatly, the text seems […]
The Spirit Communicating: Logos Syntax Search
My Bible reading plan had me in Acts 13 the other day (I’m following Carson’s slight variation of the M’Cheyne plan). Verse 2 reads, “While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’” Curious about the […]
Gal 6:16, the Israel of God, and the Use of καί
This passage has been the subject of no small controversy in recent centuries. I don’t intend to solve it all with a brief blog post. But I would like to make a few comments on the use of καί and its implications for the possible interpretations. A friend asked me a question about it, so […]
Academic Discount Offer for Bob Jones University
Logos Bible Software is offering there academic discount pricing on their major collection (e.g., Gold, Silver, Scholar’s) to students, faculty, and staff of Bob Jones University from October 16–30. To place an order, go here or call Academic Sales at 1-800-878-4191. Logos discounts their collections 40% for students and 50% for faculty and staff. I’d […]