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| | SwordSearcher Bible Software Version 5 For Windows With Theology,Maps,Commentary: King James, Wycliffe, Darby,Textus Receptus, Luther, Easton, Fausset, Hitchcock,Strong,Spurgeon,Albert Barnes,Burkitt Clarke, Jamieson-Fausset-Brown,Keil and Delitzsch,Newell,Poole,Scofield,Spurgeon,John Wesley,Larkin, and more |  | From: StudyLamp Software Category: Software
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Eureka July 31, 2006 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
First I would like to thank the 4 people who wrote reviews for this software, it was based on this that I bought the tool. And the tool is more than I've dreamed of. I'm writing a book based upon my experiences with Christianity and now I've got an excellent companion reference than enables me to go as deeply into the Greek as I care to. I've only had Sword Search for a day but I feel like a kid on Christmas. In the past I've had to dive into the Greek alphabet in order to look up words in my Greek Dictionary. Now I can read my bible,work on the novel and if I have a question I get it quickly answered. Sometimes, there are things I've suspected in the NT such as things that were out place, or just didn't fit: I'm now able to easily reconcile these sorts of things. Anyway, I'm very pleased with this tool.
Incredible Bible Software July 18, 2006 5 out of 5 found this review helpful
SwordSearcher is a treasure trove of Bible and Bible study resources. I get a real blessing every time I use this product. I would recommend it to everyone. I DO recommend it to everyone! Easy and fun to use, it makes the perfect gift for yourself and the people you love.
SwordSearcher can be used by Bible scholars as well as the average Jane and Joe. Just want a quick dip? Try the Daily Devotional. Want to delve into the original Greek? It's there, too, along with commentaries, dictionaries, several languages... the list goes on and on. Want to take notes or write your own commentary? You can do that, too!
One of the neatest features in the program is that when you see a reference to a verse or passage of scripture, you can rest the cursor on the reference and the verse or passage will pop up so you can read it on the go.
Try it! You'll like it!
Excellent Bible Study Software February 26, 2006 12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I ordered this product via the Amazon.com site, but it was shipped from the retailer. I had it shipped at the slow 5 to 9 day rate, but it was still delivered two days after I ordered it. Apparently, the retailers, Study Lamp, provide excellent customer service.
The software itself is outstanding. There are a variety of Bibles and even Hebrew and Greek interpretation. Plus, there are numerous reputable concordances and commentaries on Biblical text. It makes doing Bible research both easy and enjoyable.
What I also liked about this software is that you can install it directly on your hard drive, and then store the CD away. I always hated having to hunt down the CD and pop it in the CD-Rom every time I wanted to access a program.
I would not hesitate to purchase from these vendors again. Thanks Study Lamp and thank you Amazon.com.
Excellent Bible Software January 9, 2006 13 out of 13 found this review helpful
In my personal categorization of Bible Software there are three main classes - First, you have the commerical "bigwigs" - Logos, QuickVerse, Bibleworks, etc. Some of these are good, some are bad. Most cost hundreds of dollars.
Second, you have "commercial but affordable software", usually written by one person or a small group of people. There are actually very few Bible software packages that fall into this class that I could find, though SwordSearcher is one of them.
Third, you have freeware and shareware packages, also usually written by a small group of people. Packages in this class range from awful to very good, with the best one being eSword.
In my experience, for the average lay person wanting to engage in a deeper study of Scripture, the quality of software in the latter two classes often rivals that of the big commercial hotshots. I found out the hard way. After spending $200 on one of the big packages I found myself continuously frustrated attempting to do even the basics - searching, cross referencing, storing of my own notes, etc. I held out longer than I should have simply because I spent so much money on the dumb thing. But in the end the pain won out and I sold it to some poor soul on eBay.
But now what to do? SwordSearcher to the rescue! For the money, SwordSearch is one of the best values out there. It's strengths are its clean and efficient interface and its search options. The effectiveness and ease of Swordsearcher's various search and indexing features simply wipes the floor with any other package I've used, freeware, shareware, or commercial. Its the only product I found that allows you to search for a specific word, topic, or verse reference across all Bibles, books, commentaries, and personal study notes with one fell swoop.
Another nice feature is it's Verse List, which consolidates all the verses from a search, or from a particular book entry, into its own pane. This allows you to actually do more with the verses without losing sight of the original list or having to work around a search results popup window.
It comes with a wide range of commentaries, dictionaries, and books, some more useful than others. However, the software is KJV-only, so if you're looking to compare various translations you won't find it here. This may or may not be a negative for you. The only other real negative that I could find is the included maps and images - they are old and archaic, and seem very out of place in such an otherwise fine product. This is easily remedied, however, by visting the swordsearcher_help yahoo group and downloading some updated maps and images. These are the only two reasons it did not garner a 5-star rating from me.
Even though I am not a "KJV-only" person, I have found SwordSearcher to be such a compelling product that I use it almost exclusively for my day-to-day study and collection of my personal commentary, notes, and illustrations. I usually only hop out of SwordSearcher to eSword when I want to do a translation comparison with some modern translations.
All in all, I highly recommend SwordSearcher.
Huge Bible study library May 6, 2005 30 out of 32 found this review helpful
Bible Texts: King James Version Optionally displays words of Christ in red lettering. King James Version with Strong's Lexicon Links Each English word is linked to definitions for Hebrew and Greek words from Strong's Concordance. King James 1611 Edition The 1611 edition retaining original spellings. Wycliffe Translation The first complete English translation ever made, by John Wycliffe. Completed in 1382 and revised in 1388, taken from an 1850 printing retaining the original form of English used. Tyndale Translation The first English New Testament translated from Greek by William Tyndale. Also includes Tyndale's translation of the Pentateuch and Jonah. Retains the original form of English used. Geneva Bible Another early translation that was a precursor to the KJV. Bishops Bible Published in 1568. American Standard Version John Darby's Translation World English Bible Young's Literal Translation King James 2000 Textus Receptus Greek New Testament Greek New Testament, Stephens 1550 edition with Scrivener 1894 variants as footnotes. Critical Greek New Testament Greek New Testament, Wescott & Hort 1881 edition with NA27/UBS4 variants as footnotes, included for comparison purposes. Reina-Valera Spanish, 1909 Luther Bible German, 1912 Louis Segond French, 1910 Statenvertaling Dutch, 1637
Dictionaries: American Tract Society Dictionary of the Holy Bible M.G. Easton's Bible Dictionary Third edition. Includes 277 maps and illustrations. Fausset's Bible Dictionary By the co-author of the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown commentary, Andrew Robert Fausset. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary International Standard Bible Encyclopedia One of the largest Bible encyclopedias. The King James Bible Companion Defines over 500 words as used in the King James Bible. Morrish Bible Dictionary Published by George Morrish, 1899. Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language Over 60,000 word definitions, frequently using Scripture as examples. Far more useful in Bible study then more recent editions. Smith's Bible Dictionary The complete work as prepared by William Smith. "Every subject, place and event mentioned in the Bible-- carefully identified and accurately defined." Strong's Hebrew and Greek Lexicons James Strong's popular lexicon of Hebrew and Greek. Used in connection with the KJVSL SwordSearcher Bible text, linking each definition to the English words. Books: Rightly Dividing the Word Including 55 charts and illustrations. Clarence Larkin, 1920. Andrew Miller's Church History by Andrew Miller (1810-1883), published circa 1881. Osborn's Biblical History H. S. Osborn's Classbook of Biblical History and Geography. Bounds on Prayer Necessity of Prayer, Essentials of Prayer, Reality of Prayer, Purpose in Prayer, Weapon of Prayer, Power of Prayer, and Prayer and Praying Men. By Edward M. Bounds (1835-1913). Charles Finney's Systematic Theology Lectures by Charles Finney Crowned With Glory The Bible from Ancient Text to Authorized Version, by Dr. Thomas Holland. Traces the history of the Bible from inspiration to translation. Great Preaching of the Faith 458 sermons and 450 subject indexes, from Calvin, Edwards, Finney, McCheyne, Moody, Morrison, Sunday, Torrey, Wesley, and Whitefield. Spurgeon Sermons Over 700 sermons preached by C.H. Spurgeon. Fox's Book of Martyrs The classic work chronicling slain believers throughout the history of the Church. Edited by William Byron Forbush. Seven Books by Sir Robert Anderson The Coming Prince, Forgotten Truths, The Gospel and its Ministry, The Lord from Heaven, Redemption Truths, The Silence of God, and Types in Hebrews. By Sir Robert Anderson. Books by Alfred Edersheim Sketches of Jewish Social Life and The Temple: Its Ministry and Services Commentaries: John S. C. Abbott and Jacob Abbott's Commentary on the New Testament Albert Barnes' Notes on the New and Old Testaments By Albert Barnes, published 1832-72. William Burkitt's Expository Notes on the New Testament By William Burkitt, 1703. Calvin's Commentaries Verse-specific commentary from the Calvin Translation Society edition of John Calvin's Commentaries. Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible By Adam Clarke, 1826. John Darby's Chapter Synopses A commentary focusing on each chapter, rather than each individual verse, of the Bible. By John Nelson Darby. Family Bible Notes Geneva Bible Commentary Commentary from the 1599 edition of the Geneva Bible. John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible By John Gill (1690-1771). Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, and David Brown; Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871. Keil and Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary By Karl Keil and Franz Delitzsch, 1866. Larkin's Commentaries on Daniel and Revelation The Book of Revelation, 1919; The Book of Daniel, 1929. Clarence Larkin. Includes 61 charts and illustrations. Lightfoot's commentary on the Gospels Gospel commentaries in From the Talmud and Hebraica by John Lightfoot. Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary The entire commentary by Matthew Henry. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary Matthew Henry's smaller devotional commentary. Newell's Romans, Verse by Verse The People's New Testament Commentary New Testament Explanatory Notes by B. W. Johnson. (Published originally in two volumes, 1889 and 1891.) Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Bible English Annotations on the Holy Bible, by Matthew Poole, 1685. C.H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening Devotional Quite possibly the best daily devotional ever published, by C. H. Spurgeon. Scofield Reference Bible Notes Published in 1917, C. I. Scofield's commentary on the Bible. The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts McGarvey and Pendleton's Gospel commentaries, and J.W. McGarvey's commentary on Acts. C.H. Spurgeon's Treasury of David C. H. Spurgeon's mammoth seven-volume commentary on the Psalms, unabridged version. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 500,000+ cross-references, specially designed for understanding the Biblical usage of words. A. T. Robertson's New Testament Word Pictures John Wesley's Bible Notes By John Wesley. Topical Bible Guides: Harmonies and Chronologies Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia A. S. Johnson, 1896. "Designed for those who have but little time for study." Thompson Chain Topics Possibly the most popular topical Bible ever published. Nave's Topical Bible R.A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook by Reuben Archer Torrey, 1897 The Fundamentals Edited by R.A. Torrey, published 1917. Various essays on Biblical doctrines.
Maps and Illustrations: 30 Color Maps From J. L. Hurlbut's Historical Geography of the Bible. 100+ Illustrations by Clarence Larkin Included with Rightly Dividing the Word and Larkin's Commentaries on Daniel and Revelation, by Clarence Larkin. 277 Maps and Illustrations from Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary Included with the text of the third edition of Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary.
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