Last week, we released the CSB Study Bible notes for Accordance Bible Software. Our users have eagerly awaited the release of these study Bible notes since they were first released in print. Naturally, Accordance users who already have the HCSB Study Bible notes in their libraries will want to know what’s different in the new […]
We are pleased to announce the release of the Christian Standard Bible (CSB) for the Accordance Library, available immediately. The Christian Standard Bible captures the Bible’s original meaning without compromising clarity. An optimal blend of accuracy and readability, this new translation helps readers make a deeper connection with God’s Word and inspires lifelong discipleship. The […]
Today, in lieu of our regular Throwback Thursday post, we’re pleased to present this guest post by James F. Davis, PhD. Part of the translation and editorial team of the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB), James reflects on how their use of Accordance helped them develop a completely new translation (as opposed to a revision […]
In preparing for a Sunday School class, I was reading the account in Genesis 3 of God’s interrogation and sentencing of Adam, Eve, and the serpent. I’ve read this passage many times before and am pretty familiar with it, but the English translation I was reading helped me notice something new. After Adam lays the […]
For several years now, I’ve been using the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) as my primary translation. At the risk of offering an overly simplistic evaluation, I find it offers good, readable English while still preserving much of the wording and structure of the underlying Greek and Hebrew. Another thing I like about the HCSB […]
Today on Twitter a friend of mine from seminary posted this question: “can I get a list of frequent words from a passage of scripture?” The question was for a particular class where the professor assigns different biblical passages for which the student must apply his hermeneutical method. I tried a couple quick searches for […]
Over the weekend we released the newest key number tagged-text in our arsenal, the Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSBS). With this release, we now offer seven key number texts; the greatest number offered by any Bible software company. The HCSBS key number tagging was completed by its publisher, but optimized for use within Accordance to […]