The Best Free Bible Software?
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- Which of the 'free' Bible software packages out there is the best? What does it offer? How does it compare to the others? What should you look for in a 'free' Bible software package? We compare Bible Discovery, Bible Gateway, Blue Letter Bible, E-Sword, Laridian PocketBible, and PocketSword from Crosswire.
Hopefully this will encourage you to try one of these packages and help you make an informed choice.
CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction to Best Free Bible Software
00:35 About the Channel
01:05 You Get What You Pay For: Public Domain Material & Copyrights
03:05 Criteria for Evaluating Them
06:35 Bible Discovery
08:25 Bible Gateway
10:15 Blue Letter Bible
12:35 E-Sword
14:05 Laridian/PocketBible
16:20 Sword Project
18:17 My Choice?
Links to their Websites
Bible Discovery -- www.bible-discovery.com/
Bible Gateway -- www.biblegateway.com
Blue Letter Bible -- www.blueletterbible.org
E-Sword -- www.e-sword.net
Laridian/PocketBible -- www.laridian.com
Sword Project -- crosswire.org
Books:
Reading the Bible with Giants: How 2000 Years of Biblical Interpretation Can Shed New Light on Old Texts. Second Edition, Cascade Books, 2015
Print or eBook versions
tinyurl.com/ybkny2zl
Reading the Bible with Giants on Apple Books
An interactive versions with images, video and other features not available in print versions - highly recommended if you have an iPad or Mac. Free sample chapter also.
tinyurl.com/yd7qg74n
The philosophical basis behind reading the Bible in conversation with our tradition:
Reception Theory and Biblical Hermeneutics, Pickwick Publications, 2009.
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Friends:
Edge of Faith: Art & Culture Through a Christian Lens magazine
edgeoffaithmagazine.com
Fuller Theological Seminary
www.fuller.edu
Accordance Bible Software:
www.accordancebible.com
Logos Bible Software:
logos.com/thecaffeinatedbible (10% discount and 5 free resources)
E-sword has been awesome for me. I absolutely love it.
Thanks for your feedback!
Blue Letter Bible is a pretty incredible free resource, especially on the "desktop" version. Thanks for this rundown!
Thanks Joseph, it is always great to have opinions and views from other people - it really helps people make an informed decision.
I have e-sword, BLB, Logos,Olive Tree, Accordance, and I use them all. when I can’t find something in one I simply look to another and yes I am looking to purchase a payed plan of Logos or Accordance just haven’t made a defiant decision yet. Thanks for all the helpful suggestions and advice. Your videos great to watch.
Thanks for letting us know what you’re using. Would love to hear what you decide.
I have had E-Sword for years and is an anazing in my opinion. Ease of us and relevant information can't be beat
Thanks. It is great to hear feedback about how others use and find the software rather than just my opinions.
I do not see you mentioning Bible Analyzer. I find it more powerful than e-Sword and other free Bible software.
My first choice is Logos Basic for free. It is limited to their LEB Bible translation, but you get the Lexham Bible Dictionary, an excellent up-to-date resource, and the Faithlife Study Bible, not well known but usable. A big plus point is that they give a couple of free books every month, some of which are commentaries. All these at no cost. And the free software is excellent on both desktop and mobile.
Second choice is Olive Tree. You get several good modern translations for free, and you can get the very good ESV Global Study Bible for free also. However you are stuck with outdated free Bible dictionaries. This would be the choice to keep things simple. But if you intend on going further, the feature set simply cannot compare to Logos.
As for Accordance, it doesn’t meet the video’s criteria at the free tier.
Thanks for this video with good points made.
Thanks for such excellent and thoughtful feedback!!!
Have a look at Bible Analyzer too, it might just become your go to Bible Software... Paid modules to add is not expensive either.