Purpose:
To support Seventh-day Adventist Theological education in the majority world by providing Bible software tools that enrich the study of the Bible through university libraries.
Sponsors:
- Foundation for Adventist Education
- Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Andrews University
- James White Library, Andrews University
- Department of Education, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
- Adventist Theological Society
The Sponsors have already provided 51 licenses (one per school) of Accordance Bible Software 13 with selected additional resources to majority world countries that have completed a license application. There are nine additional licenses available for nine additional majority world schools who submit an application. The list of titles available in this Accordance library package is attached. There is no cost to the participating libraries for the software.
Eligibility:
An eligible university is located in a country identified by Accordance as having less than $20K per year family income. A list of countries can be found here.
Instructions for Submitting the Grant:
Complete and submit this form by email to: [email protected]
Expectations:
- A plan for implementation of the Accordance library in the curriculum will be provided with the application.
- One faculty/staff person will be named on the application and tasked with becoming the campus expert in using the Accordance library and providing support.
- First term 2021 classes that will benefit from the Accordance library will be listed on the application.
Some of the highlighted resource materials included:
- Nine titles from Andrews University Press
- The Ellen G. White Collection -(over 400 resources)
- Word Biblical Commentary -61 Volumes
- NA28 and BHS texts tagged with apparatuses
- Interactive Bible atlas, timeline, and archaeological photos
- Zondervan Illustrated Bible Background Commentary -10 Volumes
- New American Commentary -42 Volumes
- Rahlf’s tagged LXX with apparatus
- BDB Complete
- A Greek-English Lexicon of the NT -(BDAG)
- Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament -(HALOT) -5 Volumes
- Louw and Nida Semantic Domain Lexicon
- Greek Grammar -Beyond the Basics -(Wallace)
- Intro. into Biblical Hebrew Syntax -Waltke/O’Connor
- IVP Dictionary Set -8 Volumes
- Anchor Bible Dictionary -6 Volumes
- Apostolic Fathers -Greek and English
- Numerous Interlinear and reverse Interlinear Bibles
- NASB, ESV, NKJV, KJV, NRSV, and more Bibles
Click Here to hear Dr. Roy Gane describe his use of Accordance Bible Software for both classroom and personal use. He calls Accordance “the most indispensable tool for everything I do.” Regarding other Bible software platforms, Dr. Gane says, “There is no comparison for how intuitive Accordance Bible Software is.” Also, don’t miss Dr. Gane’s praise of the new ETCBC Syntax for the Hebrew Bible in Accordance. You can’t miss Dr. Gane’s excitement about Accordance. He says that he would never consider doing any serious Bible study without it, and he says that “Every serious student of the Bible—and even the non-serious ones—should get Accordance!”
Read a review of Adventist materials in Accordance by Dr. Gane here.