Review of Scholar's Collection 6 Core Bundle

For biblical scholars and students who are Mac users, there is no need to look further than than the constantly evolving and resolutely powerful Accordance Bible Software from OakTree software.

I have used this product since its inception. It continues to move from strength to strength, providing simple and complex search resources for biblical texts in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek; Second Temple Judaism and post-biblical Jewish texts (including Mishna, Qumran, and the Targums) in Aramaic and Hebrew, and a host of other Bibles and classical sources. Many or most of these are grammatically tagged.

You can also add on modules like the classic Brown Driver Briggs Hebrew-Aramaic lexicon (the famous 'BDB') and the fabulous Koehler-Baumgartner dictionary. I have not even kept up with OakTree Software's recent forays into Bible Atlases and Photo Guides, but I've seen enough to know that I'll be impressed when I do.

As a value added, the good folks at OakTree put on workshops for users, where oohs and ahs are to be heard emanating from users like me who suddenly realize that Accordance can even do *that*!

Perhaps most remarkably of all, OakTree staff actually answer phone calls and emails, promptly, helpfully, and without making you feel like a techno-maggot.

Product Description
Whether you're a pastor, student, translator, or Bible scholar, the Accordance Scholar's Collection gives you everything you need to explore the original Greek and Hebrew texts. Most of the Greek and Hebrew texts available on this CD-ROM are "tagged" with information about the dictionary form of each word, as well as its grammatical analysis. This enables you to examine the original languages of Scripture with unprecedented power and ease. Position your cursor over any word to see its lexical form and parsing. Triple-click to look it up in your favorite lexicon. Search by lexical form to find every inflected form of a word. Access statistical information about how many times a particular grammatical form is used. You can even construct complex grammatical searches using an intuitive drag-and-drop interface! The Core Bundle includes the Scholar's Collection 6.1 and Bible Unlock CD-ROMs with Accordance 6.1.2, KJV and Apocrypha, ASV, six Parallel databases, Greek New Testament NA27, BHS with Westminster Hebrew Morphology, Louw & Nida Semantic Domain Lexicon, Thayer's Greek Lexicon, Brown-Driver-Briggs Abridged Hebrew Lexicon, and your choice of one $30 Bible. Additional grammatically tagged modules available for unlocking on this CD-ROM include the Greek Septuagint, Mishna, Qumran Manuscripts, Targums, Apostolic Fathers, Inscriptions, and Pseudepigrapha. Other add-on modules include Greek and Hebrew lexicons, grammars, and unique scholarly tools.

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