![]() I have been running a scaled-down version of BW10 on an ASUS tablet with Windows 8.1, which I then upgraded to Windows 10. The SOL module for the New Testament includes the apparatus for the Nestle-Aland 28th edition, and the SOL module for the Old Testament has an apparatus for the current Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. It is unclear whether that means each fascicle will be made available as it appears (several have already appeared, e.g., Proverbs) or only when the entire Hebrew Bible is completed. Notably, the Stuttgart Original Languages Module (Old Testament) promises the Biblia Hebraica Quinta at no additional cost to the current price of the module ($149.00). On the other hand, additional modules in BW10 are available for an extra cost. ![]() If upgrading from BW9, activation codes are provided to make these and a few other excluded works available. ![]() Barry Beitzel’s Moody Bible Atlas has been replaced by the ESV Concise Bible Atlas edited by David Barrett and John Currid (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2010). The online help videos on “Comparing Versions and Manuscripts” amount to a basic course in New Testament textual criticism.Ī few items are no longer included in version 10, most notably the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. This apparatus makes it possible to track variants in different manuscripts, even to the point of viewing photographs of some of the manuscripts themselves. Another new feature is a User Lexicon tab that enables one to record notes about individual words in any English version or morphologically tagged Greek or Hebrew database.įor textual study in the Greek New Testament, BW10 now includes a critical apparatus from the Center for New Testament Textual Studies (CNTTS). It opens to precisely the verse under study, uses markers to identify where the verses begin on that page in the manuscript, and may be zoomed up to 300% size for closer inspection. NETS is already available online, but it is convenient to have it in BW10 where it can be compared directly with Rahlfs.Īn exciting new feature for more advanced study in the Hebrew Bible is the color facsimile of the Leningrad Codex. It translates the Göttingen Septuagint based on critical editions that are superior to the Rahlfs edition, providing the student with improved readings and more comprehensive documentation of textual variants. For the Old Testament, the new English translation of the Septuagint in the NETS database is an important tool. ![]() The Nestle-Aland 28th edition is included as the most up-to-date edition of the Greek New Testament. As before, the program is lightning fast.Ī complete list of new features in version 10 may be found on the BW website ( Some new databases will be especially helpful for students and scholars. And for seminary students in particular, it can be a means of helping them keep up on Greek and Hebrew after leaving school. Any version of BW from version 7 to the current version 10, when used properly, would be a significant aid for anyone who works with the original languages of the Bible. My original choice for Bible software was BibleWorks (BW), and I have kept up with this daily companion of mine through the latest versions as soon as they became available. Over the last several decades Bible software has become increasingly sophisticated, so much so that it has become virtually a necessity for the student, teacher, and preacher of the Scriptures. ![]()
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