Lighting the Lamp
Our popular podcast feed is available through iTunes, but for the convenience of those who cannot access them in that way, we will maintain an index with direct links here.
The podcasts are listed in reverse chonological order. See the Topical Index below.
You can also subscribe to a direct RSS feed of the podcast.
[Intermediate] For those of us who haven't been able to spend the years in training to read greek or hebrew, key number texts help bridge the gap between translation and original language. Accordance offers a variety of texts with key numbers and provides a suite of powerful capabilities to bring you ever closer to the original texts in your studies. This podcast will show you some of these capabilities and demonstrate them in action. (9:34 minutes)
[Basic] One of the first and most important tools you should add to your bible text is a good Bible Dictionary. Dictionaries provide a quick way to investigate the background of a passage, book, person, or event. In addition, since they are usually written by a team of scholars, they are generally significantly less biased than a commentary. Accordance offers a variety of dictionaries and integrates them seamlessly into your workflow. This podcast will go over some of the basics, helping you get more out of your study. (9:40 minutes)
#23) Hebrew Construct Searches
[Hebrew] For those that want to dig deeper into the original Hebrew or other Semitic resources, the Construct Window provides a powerful, but fast and intuitive way to define your searches, regardless of your level of study. This podcast will walk you through building useful morphological searches in Hebrew to help you study specific root, lexical and inflected terms, exact grammatical forms, and complex phrases. (9:58 minutes)
[Basic] If you own Accordance, there is a good chance that your purchase came with a choice of a free Bible to unlock. Even if it didn't, perhaps you want to unlock additional modules from your DVD in the future. This podcast will help walk you through this process, so you can easily access all of your content and integrate it into Accordance. (8:22 minutes)
[Greek] Now that you've spent so many years working with the Greek language, why not use a program that lets you easily put all of that knowledge to good use? Accordance's construct searches begin to realize their full potential while exploring the Greek language. This podcast will walk you through building useful morphological searches in Greek to help you study specific root, lexical and inflected terms, exact grammatical forms, and complex phrases. (9.05 Minutes)
[Basic] At its most basic level, Accordance lets you read any any of your content. However, it brings so much more to the table than just a simple text viewer. This podcast will show you how Accordance improves even the initial act of reading, through more customization choices, supplemental materials, hyperlinks, and more. (9:40 minutes)
[Intermediate] Accordance's Construct Search is an immensely powerful way to graphically define a search. By just dragging and dropping items, you can define complex word relationships and quickly find their location in the text. This podcast will walk you through the basics of the construct window and how to use it to define simple searches. Future episodes will cover the more powerful greek and hebrew grammatical searches. (8:56 minutes)
Accordance Bible Software has established itself over the years as the Scholarly Standard for Biblical Research. With a wide range of Greek and Hebrew research grade texts and the very best in academic resources, Accordance offers scholars speed, precision and flexibility. Study the Dead Sea Scrolls, find all inferences to the gospels in the Pseudepigrapha, or investigate thoughts in Hermeneia or Word Bible Commentary - all in just seconds. (7.33 minutes)
[Intermediate] Just like sitting in your favorite chair, under your favorite lamp, with your favorite people, Accordance can be customized so you feel as comfortable as possible while working with your resources. This podcast will help walk you through creating a Custom Workspace, with the appropriate texts and tools, arrange how you want them, to let you jumpstart any study of the Bible. (9:58 minutes)
#17) The Essential IVP Reference Collection
[Basic] The Essential IVP Reference Collection, featuring the content of 17 books, is one of our most popular bundles. Many people find it a surprisingly rich starting point for their Accordance library; others find value in the numerous themed dictionaries, such as the Dictionary of Biblical Imagery. This podcast will help you decide if the collection is right for you. You'll get an overview of the different books included in the package in addition to samples of the actual content. (9:25 minutes)
#16) The Accordance Philosophy
[Basic] You may notice that at Accordance, we tend to operate a little bit differently. This podcast helps to explain the Accordance Philosophy: What we do and why we do it. You'll see how this philosophy affects our interface, resources, sales, and support. (13:48 minutes)
[Basic] The Graphics DVD Bundle is an incredible tool for bringing the biblical world to life. The bundle includes three unique visual resources: The Bible Atlas, which is a fully customizable, high resolution map of the ancient world; The Bible Lands PhotoGuide, which features over 1600 high resolution pictures of most of the locations in the ancient world; The Timeline, a fully customizable timeline of many of the events, people, and writings of the time. This podcast will highlight each of the resources and walk you through a sample presentation on the storied city of Bethlehem. (16:59 minutes)
#14) Accordance News December 2009
[News] December 2009: This podcast features a recap of new releases and program updates throughout the year, plus coverage of this year's ETS/SBL Annual Meetings. Finally, you'll get a window into one of the free Training Seminars we host regularly around the world. (13:57 minutes)
[Basic] Accordance 8.4 is another free upgrade to Accordance 8, providing numerous new features, refinements, and bug fixes. Among these features are two powerful and important enhancements: Automatic Bibliographic Footnoting and Smart Searching. Now, when copying as a citation out of a tool, Accordance will automatically include the tool's bibliographic information as a footnote, in a variety of styles. Smart Searching is Accordance's way of embracing the now popular keyword style searching, helping a user transition from a Google or Spotlight based method to Accordance's exact searching more easily. Both of these features are demonstrated in this podcast. (14:37 minutes)
[Basic] As intuitive as Accordance is to use, installation can be a little tricky. This podcast will walk you through installing from our Primary DVD, explain each of the options, and show you how to enter all the codes you have purchased. You'll also learn how to set up automatic updates and get help via the help menu. (10:08 minutes)
[Greek] This podcast continues the series on basic greek searching. Discussed are two simple, but powerful methods of expanding your studies. You'll learn how to specify a grammatical tag to combine with any root, lexical, or inflected search. Additionally, you'll see how to amplify a greek word by looking it up in other texts or any tool. (16:24 minutes)
[Greek] One of the clearest ways in which Accordance sets itself apart is in original language capabilities. This podcast begins discussion of basic greek searching. You'll learn to enter root, lexical, and inflected form searches in a variety of ways. You'll also see how Accordance quickly and easily handles these searches, helping you work with the original greek texts. (21:00 minutes)
[Basic] This podcast will show you how to setup and effectively use Accordance's powerful slide show mode. With an Accordance slide show you can effectively use any of your resources through a customizable and dynamic presentation, featuring live scrolling, instant details, cross highlighting, and more. (14:33 minutes)
#9.2) Inductive Bible Study, Part 2: The Literary Context
[Basic] Inductive Bible Study (IBS) is one of the most important methods of Bible study, as the reader can dig into the passage without requiring the use of a commentary, teacher, or other guide. Accordance can help make this study easier, faster, and more effective. Part 2 continues the use of Accordance to explore the literary context of the passage. (15:13 minutes)
#9.1) Inductive Bible Study, Part 1: The Historical Context
[Basic] Inductive Bible Study (IBS) is one of the most important methods of Bible study, as the reader can dig into the passage without requiring the use of a commentary, teacher, or other guide. Accordance can help make this study easier, faster, and more effective. Part 1 shows how to use Accordance to explore the historical context of the passage. (21:11 minutes)
[Basic] Even as the development teams are constantly releasing new content, such as Hermeneia and the ESV Study Bible, the Accordance program itself is also being constantly improved. The free upgrade to version 8.3 is a perfect example of how we will regularly add a variety of features, bug fixes, and enhancements, many of which are requested by our users. This podcast will discuss some of these new features and show how to use them. (18:24 minutes)
[Basic] This podcast introduces one of our newest releases, Hermeneia. Hermeneia is a top level exegetical commentary, featuring the writings of fifty of the world's top biblical scholars. This podcast will show you what sets Hermeneia apart from other commentaries, demonstrate how it integrates smoothly with Accordance, and provide some samples of Hermeneia's content and how that can effect the understanding of a passage. (22:00 minutes)
[Basic] In this podcast you will see fun ways to display the Bible text to make it more readable or to catch attention. You will also learn how to apply default settings to your open and saved windows. (26:49 minutes)
#3.3) Commands & Symbols, Part 3: Stand-alone Commands
[Intermediate] Part 3 of the series on commands and symbols covers some special commands. For example, you'll learn how to do a fuzzy search, a Key number search, or a search for words that occur a certain number of times. (21:20 minutes)
[Basic] This week, Lighting the Lamp covers the Resource Palette, one of the oldest and most important aspects of Accordance. Whereas the Library Window helps you find and open new any of your modules, the Resource Palette helps you instantly search that module. Its very fast, powerful, and simple to pick up! Watch this podcast to find out how. (19:10 minutes)
[Basic] The Library Window was introduced in Accordance 8 and quickly became a vital window for many users. It helps you keep track of your entire collection, or locate a specific module quickly. In addition, it is where you can organize your modules, helping to customize *your* Accordance library. This podcast will enable you to do all of the above and show you some tips and tricks to speed up the process. (16:35 minutes)
#3.2) Commands & Symbols, Part 2: Search Symbols
[Intermediate] This is part 2 of the series on commands and symbols. You'll become familiar with every one of Accordance's symbols, from asterisk (*) to question mark (?) to at sign (@), and how they can help you focus your study of the bible. (24:50 minutes)
#3.1) Commands & Symbols, Part 1: Connecting Commands
[Intermediate] This podcast is the first in a series of episodes covering all of the Commands and Symbols Accordance has to offer. Connecting Commands are commands that 'connect' two words or phrases together. You'll learn what each command does, how to easily insert them, and why they can be useful for more advanced Bible study. (10:38 minutes)
[Basic] This episode of Lighting the Lamp will discuss how you can effectively use the ESV Study Bible and all of its resources. It will show what resources are included with the package and why they are helpful, how these resources directly integrate with the ESV, and how to easily combine everything into a single, effective, workflow. Though specific for the ESV Study Bible, these techniques can also be applied to any of our other Study Bibles. (21:04 minutes)
#1.2) Searching the Bible, Part 2: Searching by Word
[Basic] This is Part 2 of our two-part series on Searching the Bible. This podcast will cover the basics of one of Accordance's most powerful features - searching by word. You'll learn how to use word searches to help you find a particular verse you are trying to remember, study how a word is used throughout the Bible, or to learn more about a specific passage. You'll also be introduced to the basics of wildcard searching and utilizing other available resources within Accordance. (21:05 minutes)
#1.1) Searching the Bible, Part 1: Searching by Verse
[Basic] This is Part 1 of our two-part series on Searching the Bible. This is an excellent introduction to the Accordance interface and will show you all of the capabilities of verse searching and reference lookup. Part 2 will cover basic word and phrase searches. (11:13 minutes)
This demo walks you through the general features and capabilities of Accordance Bible Software. Featuring an overview of the workspace, searching by word, searching by verse, and all additional resources, it provides an excellent introduction to Accordance. (14:51 minutes)
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