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- 273,578 Free NET Bible Downloads and CountingSeptember 19 2008
- Earlier today I happened to check one of the administrative pages for the NET Bible website and added up the downloads for all the various free versions of the NET Bible available from the bible.org website: the HTML version, the Word doc version, e-Sword version, etc. I was surprised and pleased to note that in just under two years 273,578 free copies of the NET Bible in various forms have been downloaded.
- Back After a Long, Long SummerAugust 12 2008
- Hopefully I will be able to start posting again after a 3-month pause. This pause was due to (1) my wife's recovery from major surgery in mid-May, and (2) 5 summer school courses in 10 weeks, including one D.Min. course on Computer Tools and Internet Resources for Biblical Exegesis, a course I have taught for some 6 years now with my friend and associate Matt Blackmon, now on the faculty of Lancaster Bible College in Lancaster, PA, who for the last two years has flown to Dallas for a week to teach the course with me.
- Does a Literal Translation Matter with a Digital Bible?April 30 2008
- Over the past several decades there has been a lot of debate over the philosophy of translation of various recent English versions of the Bible. Generally this has centered around the two extremes of literal or word-for-word on the one hand (which has also been called "formal equivalence") and paraphrase on the other hand (formerly known as "dynamic equivalence," though today terms like "idiomatic translation," "closest natural equivalent," or "functional equivalence" are often used instead).
- Logos Bible Software for the Mac -- Alpha ReleaseMarch 25 2008
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Last week Logos Bible Software announced the alpha release of the Mac version of their software. It is now available for download at http://www.macbiblesoftware.com/. Because this is an alpha release it's not recommended for downloading to your primary machine, and no support is provided, but for those who just simply can't wait and must be on the bleeding edge of technology, it's now available.
- New Tyndale Toolbar -- a great browser addin for Bibles, languages, bibliography, and moreMarch 13 2008
- A great timesaver for Bible students who want to find things quickly on the web has been posted by Dr David Instone-Brewer, Senior Research Fellow in Rabbinics and the New Testament at Tyndale House, Cambridge, UK. Check it out at www.tyndalehouse.com/toolbar. This toolbar is a free addin for IE or Firefox for PC and Firefox for Mac (no other browsers supported yet).