Logos crossgrade from bibleworks
- #LOGOS CROSSGRADE FROM BIBLEWORKS SOFTWARE#
- #LOGOS CROSSGRADE FROM BIBLEWORKS PC#
- #LOGOS CROSSGRADE FROM BIBLEWORKS PROFESSIONAL#
My only critique of this new, flagship feature (which is executed really well) is that there’s not a keyboard shortcut to zoom in and out of the codex images. Note, too, the nifty blue and yellow color scheme in the image above. One other really cool feature–by hovering over the verse reference in the codex, you bring up a pop-up window showing you multiple versions: Now you can navigate the Leningrad Codex using the sidebar at left. Or you can open it in its own window, like so: It’s possible to zoom in and out of the image at far right to get a closer look at the manuscript detail if you desire. You can see in the image above that I can view the Leningrad Codex (with verse markers) in tandem with BibleWorks’s Search Window (far left), Browse Window (second from left and showing multiple versions of my choosing), and Analysis Window (second from right, here featuring lexical data that automatically appears as I hover over words in the Browse window).
You can toggle verse markers off if you want to read through with no help.Ĭlick image or open in new tab to enlarge There are even verse markers so you know where you are in the manuscript. pdf.īibleWorks 10 offers Leningrad images, fully integrated with the rest of the software’s texts.
#LOGOS CROSSGRADE FROM BIBLEWORKS SOFTWARE#
(See here, for example.) But users of Bible software still have hoped for something more integrated and easier to use than a. Images of Codex Leningradensis, as it is also known, are available freely online. BHS is what’s called a diplomatic edition–it uses Leningrad as the best available text with a critical apparatus at bottom. Leningrad is the earliest complete Masoretic manuscript still available to us, dating from the 11th century. Public Domain via Wikimedia CommonsThe Leningrad Codex is the basis for the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS), the critical edition of the Hebrew Bible. “Leningrad Codex Carpet page e” by Shmuel ben Ya’akov. Thanks be to God and to the staff for the many years of ministry and good programming BibleWorks has offered! There is some ambiguity remaining with the program’s future, although founder Michael Bushell has since elaborated on a forum post here. It looks like either open-sourcing BibleWorks or selling it are not on the table.īibleWorks has been a big part of my ongoing journey through the Bible via Hebrew and Greek, so like many others, I am sad to see it close. In the meantime, BibleWorks 10 is set to receive support for existing users for the foreseeable future, and until June 15, you can purchase it at $199, by far the lowest price the program has ever been.
#LOGOS CROSSGRADE FROM BIBLEWORKS PC#
The BibleWorks transition to Mac has been a little bumpy, so I haven’t used it nearly as much in the last couple years, although I still remember buying a used PC laptop for the sole purpose of having a machine to run BibleWorks on! From there I reviewed Accordance and Logos, culminating in this 2012 comparative review, which is by far the most-visited post at this blog. One of my very first blog posts was this one on BibleWorks and the Septuagint, followed by a post called “ BibleWorks in the Pew?” That led to a six-part review of BibleWorks 9, followed by some posts on BibleWorks 10, the 2015 and most recent release. BibleWorks was my first foray into Bible software and always will hold a special place in my heart. The use of Bible software has been integral to my sermon preparation and teaching and small group leading these last five years. We know that you will have many questions going forward and we will do our best to answer some of them here. We make this announcement with sadness, but also with gratitude to God and thankfulness to a multitude of faithful users who have stayed with us for a large part of their adult lives. Accordingly as of JBibleWorks will cease operation as a provider of Bible software tools. But it has become increasingly apparent over the last few years that the need for our services has diminished to the point where we believe the Lord would have us use our gifts in other ways.
#LOGOS CROSSGRADE FROM BIBLEWORKS PROFESSIONAL#
I was surprised and saddened to receive an email the other day announcing that BibleWorks is closing:īibleWorks has been serving the church for 26 years by providing a suite of professional tools aimed at enabling students of the Word to “rightly divide the word of truth”.