OXFORD BIBLE COMMENTARY

by Oxford University Press

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• Item Weight: 7 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• ASIN: B000RPGAW0
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,042 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 28, 2006

Product Description

Platform:  WINDOWS 98/ME/2000/XP Publisher:  OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Packaging:  JEWEL CASE Rapid access to the best in current biblical scholarship.  The Oxford Bible Commentary is a landmark reference work which is both modern and ecumenical bringing together the work of over 70 leading biblical scholars. In addition to the texts of the major Christian traditions it also covers important non-biblical texts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and early Christian literature.A truly stunning work of biblical scholarship The Oxford Bible Commentary will be an invaluable resource for anyone who seeks a clearer perspective on a text that has been held in reverence for thousands of years. The commentary takes the historical-critical method as its base and draws on the insights of more recent critical approaches to make the best of contemporary biblical scholarship easily available.Find relevant information instantly! The CD-ROM format enables you to search read cross-refer annotate and export any of the material in the commentary. Search the text by word in English Greek or Hebrew or by Bible reference. Or use advanced searching tools for analytic study. It's also easy to navigate to specific sections using the reference browser. The Oxford Bible Commentary gives detailed verse-by-verse commentary. It can be used with any modern version of the Bible. and include major introductions to every book with extensive bibliographies.Intelligence at your fingertips! Cut and paste extracts open multiple windows at once and add your own notes linked to the text.Setup Panel Use on its own or integrate with any Bible texts published in the Logos Library System format.System Requirements: 386 processor or higher Windows 98 2000 Me XP 12 MB RAM 20 MB free hard disk space SVGA display 16-bit color 4X CD-ROM drive Printer keyboard mouse

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Newish Commentary, Old Software, January 16, 2008

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Peter Besenbruch - See all my reviews
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This disk uses the Logos (version 2.1) reader for religious texts. I run it on Windows 98 SE running as a Qemu image under Linux. It is the only Windows software I continue to use. Logos supported a wide variety of religious texts, before it was replaced by the Libronix system (which still can access the older Logos format). Logos claims it runs on Windows 98 through XP (it was published well before Vista came out). Its roots go much further back, however. You can see it in the program's refusal to recognize "c:\program files" ("c:\progra~1" anyone?). As a result, the interface is somewhat dated. On the other hand, the powerful search features are easier to find than on the replacement Libronix system), and the program runs much, MUCH faster.

The book itself impresses. Not only does it cover Old and New Testaments, but also the Apocrypha, and early Christian writings like the Didache, the letters of Ignatious and Clement, and the Shepherd of Hermas. Toss in introductions to the New Testament Apocrypha, and you have a commentary of broad reach.

Long introductions are accompanied by long commentaries on the texts in question. The authors are not literalists. You see that in the standard separation of creation accounts in Genesis 1 and 2, the comparison of Genesis to the accounts of other cultures, and even more interesting, to other creation accounts scattered throughout the Old Testament.

I'm not familiar with the book version. The computerized version is basically text only, with the exception of maps. These are a decent subset of the well done maps from the Oxford Bible Atlas. These are presented in their colorful, and pretty accurate glory. The disk also supplies the NRSV Bible translation.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The (CD) Oxford Bible Commentary is outstanding, October 15, 2007

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Bobby B. Hinton - See all my reviews
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The Oxford Bible Commentary is excellent. The discussion includes the interpretations of a variety of viewpoints and allows the reader to use choose the favorite interpretation. It is fast and easy to use. I highly reccomend it.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sorry to purchase this CD, March 9, 2010

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Nabil Sobhy Wissa - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OXFORD BIBLE COMMENTARY (CD-ROM)

I was shocked to know that it has this too little study resources , it contains only a commentary ( a general overall one without details or verse by verse ) . It has no bible text , there is a New Revised Standard Version

that can be unlocked by paying 40 $ !!!!!!!!! do you believe it

I felt really cheated . I do not recommend this for anyone