5 replies to this topic

[George Lozano]

Any chance of getting the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as an Accordance module? The Accordance Cross-References are good, but TSK has many, many more cross-references, and they are typically tied to certain words in the principal verse. I believe TSK has no copyright.

[Helen Brown]

Our Cross References have more not fewer references than TSK, but I agree that the TSK references are linked to specific phrases rather than to the verse.

TSK is now in the public domain, but the current etext is not, and we have not been able to get a license for it. It would be a very difficult and costly project to etext it again, as the printed copy is tiny and cryptic and there would be many scanning errors.

[Brent Lawrence]

Helen,
Forgive my ignorance, but what qualifies as e-text? Text, html, pdf files available on the internet as public domain, or something different?

Thanks.

[Helen Brown]

Etexts exist in many forms, HTML, ASCII text, word processing or desktop publishing files. PDF files may be text or they may just be images of the pages.

My point is that considerable work is needed to prepare an accurate etext for a volume like this, and those who do so retain the rights to their work. Even when the etext is made freely available on-line for individual users, there are often restrictions on its use for commercial purposes. This is separate from the need to arrange a license to use the contents of a text that is not in the public domain, i.e. still under copyright.

[Brent Lawrence]

Thanks for the insight. I have a bit better understanding of and appreciation for what you do in trying to make new tools available to us.

Let me just say as a fairly new user that I have found both this forum and the new blog invaluable. I find myself reading something here or at the blog and then after going back to Accordance saying to myself "Oh, I see." Notwithstanding my statement above, I still desire certain works, but in time they may come.

Thank you all. I hope I can get to Wheaton. I live in the Chicago area, but I'm just not sure about the timing.

[Robb Brunansky]

As a substitute for TSK, if you have a printed copy, you can compare the printed TSK to the Accordance Cross-References. You'll find that Cross-References does in fact have many more cross-references listed (as far as I can tell it always has all the entries from TSK), and using the printed TSK can put them in their proper context in relation to the verse you are studying. While not exactly what George was asking for, this can give you the best of both worlds: the organization of TSK with the greater number of references in Cross-References.