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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter�1.�Introduction</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.1"><meta name="keywords" content="Qt4, bibletime, sword, crosswire, help dialog"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The BibleTime handbook"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The BibleTime handbook"><link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="The BibleTime handbook"><link rel="next" href="hdbk-term.html" title="Chapter�2.�Starting BibleTime"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter�1.�Introduction</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a>�</td><th width="60%" align="center">�</th><td width="20%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="hdbk-term.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter�1.�Introduction"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="hdbk-intro"></a>Chapter�1.�Introduction</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="hdbk-intro.html#hdbk-intro-about">About <span class="application">BibleTime</span></a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="hdbk-intro.html#hdbk-intro-works">Available works</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="hdbk-intro.html#hdbk-intro-motivation">Motivation</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1" title="About BibleTime"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="hdbk-intro-about"></a>About <span class="application">BibleTime</span></h2></div></div></div><p><span class="application">BibleTime</span> is a Bible study tool with support for
different types of texts and languages. Even large amounts of works
modules are easy to install and manage. It is built on the
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.crosswire.org/sword" target="_top"><span class="application">Sword</span></a> library,
which provides the back-end functionality for <span class="application">BibleTime</span>, such
as viewing Bible text, searching etc. <span class="application">Sword</span> is the flagship product
of the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.crosswire.org" target="_top"><span class="application">Crosswire Bible Society</span></a>.</p><p><span class="application">BibleTime</span> is designed to be used with works encoded in
one of the formats supported by the <span class="application">Sword</span> project. Complete
information on the supported document formats can be found in the
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/develop/index.jsp" target="_top">
developers section</a> of the <span class="application">Sword</span> Project, <span class="application">Crosswire Bible Society</span>.</p><div class="sect2" title="Available works"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="hdbk-intro-works"></a>Available works</h3></div></div></div><p>Over 200 documents in 50 languages are available from the
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.crosswire.org" target="_top"><span class="application">Crosswire Bible Society</span></a>.
These include:
</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Bibles</span></dt><dd><p>The full Bible text, with optional things like
Strong's Numbers, headings and/or footnotes in the text.
Bibles are available in many languages, and include not
only modern versions, but also ancient texts like the Codex
Leningradensis ("WLC", Hebrew), and the Septuagint ("LXX",
Greek). This is the most advanced section in the library of
the <span class="application">Sword</span> project.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Books</span></dt><dd><p>Books available include "Imitation of Christ", "Enuma
Elish", and "Josephus: The Complete Works"</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Commentaries</span></dt><dd><p>Commentaries available include classics like John
Wesley's "Notes on the Bible", Matthew Henry's commentary
and Luther's "Commentary on Galatians." With the
<span class="emphasis"><em>Personal</em></span> commentary you can
<a class="link" href="hdbk-op-parts.html#hdbk-op-parts-desk-write" title="Editing your own commentary"> record your own
personal notes</a> to sections of the Bible.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Daily devotionals</span></dt><dd><p>Many people appreciate these daily portions from
God's word. Available works include Daily Light on the
Daily Path, and the Losungen.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Lexicons/Dictionaries</span></dt><dd><p>Lexicons available include: Robinson's Morphological
Analysis Codes, Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon and the
International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia. Dictionaries
available include Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary,
Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary, Webster's Revised
Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language 1913, Nave's
Topical Bible.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2" title="Motivation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="hdbk-intro-motivation"></a>Motivation</h3></div></div></div><p>Our desire is to serve God, and to do our part to help
others grow in their relationship with Him. We have striven to
make this a powerful, quality program, and still make it simple
and intuitive to operate. It is our desire that God be praised,
as He is the source of all good things.</p><div class="blockquote"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="blockquote" summary="Block quote"><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">�</td><td width="80%" valign="top"><p>Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from
above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there
is no variation or shifting shadow.</p></td><td width="10%" valign="top">�</td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">�</td><td colspan="2" align="right" valign="top">--<span class="attribution">James 1:17, NASB</span></td></tr></table></div><p>God bless you as you use this program.</p></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a>�</td><td width="20%" align="center">�</td><td width="40%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="hdbk-term.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">The <span class="application">BibleTime</span> handbook�</td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">�Chapter�2.�Starting <span class="application">BibleTime</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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