BibleWorks for Windows 2.2 (BWorks) has a significantly
different user interface than most other Windows programs.
However, once one adjusts to this way of working, BWorks proves
to be a powerful tool which can easily reveal information that
is difficult or impossible to find with other programs.
BWorks 2.2 includes a good range of texts, including KJV, ASV and
RSV English versions (some with Apocrypha),
morphologically-tagged Greek NT (UBS3/Friberg text), tagged LXX
(with Apocrypha), tagged Hebrew Bible (BHS, Westminster
corrected BHS and Westminster tagged text) and Latin Vulgate.
It also includes the UBS Greek lexicon, Englishman's-Strong's
numbering and dictionary, and the Treasury of Scripture
Knowledge (for cross-references and topical studies). Scalable
Greek and Hebrew fonts in TrueType and PostScript/ATM Type 1
formats are included. (The Bible Works 3.5 CD-ROM includes numerous additional
Bible texts and reference works).
The screen is organized into three parts:
- The Command-Center Window includes a command line for
entering searches, a movable icon bar and a "pick-list" of
words. It shows search statistics and a list box of verse
references matching the search criteria.
- The Results Window displays the matching verses or a selected
passage
in several Bible versions at the same time.
- The Editor Window presents a powerful, multiple document,
multilingual editor. There is great flexibility in the arrangement of
the three windows.
The Results Windows can display multiple Bible versions at once,
automatically linked to display the same passages. This
arrangement simplifies the linking problems that can occur with
other programs which display Bible versions in separate
windows. Version 2.2 adds the ability to display multiple Bible
text and search result windows. This makes it easier to
compare several passages such as NT citations of the Hebrew
Scriptures. Windows can be easily synchronized to compare
different translations to the original-language text.
The procedure for using BWorks is to run a search, then select a
verse from the list of matching verses. The first verse in the
list is automatically displayed in the selected versions.
Browsing search results is easy. Simply click on a spin button
or a verse number in the match list. To switch to the context
of a verse, click on an icon button.
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Written June 20, 1996. Updated June 22, 1997
Copyright © 1995-1997 Harry Hahne
