PC Study Bible: Complete Reference Library [CD-ROM]

Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: Biblesoft (May 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565140435
• ISBN-13: 978-1565140431
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.8 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,788,622 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, January 11, 2002

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secondadd "secondadd" (Dublin, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PC Study Bible: Complete Reference Library (CD-ROM)

I don't know whether to recommend this or not. It's functional and somewhat intuitive. It handles system resources sloppily - get more than 4-5 windows open you'll be getting messages about low system resources (fwiw, my machine is has 256M RAM and 30G free space). Problem is alleviated but not fixed in version 3.1. Note to Biblesoft: This is an inexcusable handling of resources.

That said, as a program I've found it useful, especially for studying specific verses or chapters. It's much easier to search these dictionaries than hardcover ones; ditto for word studies and commentaries. You pull up a verse, and dictionary, commentary, and other cross-referencing is a click away. The supplied Matthew Henry commentary is superb, a "must have" no matter what program you get. The Barnes' Notes are mostly excellent too. These two commentaries make a good team. Now if they'd just get all the Banner of Truth commentaries in there, we'd be in commentary heaven.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best!, March 8, 2001

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Steve Lucas (Frisco, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PC Study Bible: Complete Reference Library (CD-ROM)

The PC Study Bible (PCSB) is the most powerful Bible software available. Because of its "Smart References" PCSB goes beyond the ordinary "search" to provide relevant, indexed cross references to every passage of Scripture, including all commentaries, maps, language tools, etc. In addition, PCSB now includes the Bible Authoring System, which allows you to create your own Bible study materials that are immediately included in the powerful indexing system unique to PC Study Bible.

By using the Bible Authoring System, I can make a few simple modifications and my sermon transcripts become a searchable, indexed part of by Bible software. My illustrations, graphics, notes, devotions--everything!

The PC Study Bible is also incredibly easy to use. It is intuitive and does not demand any training to operate. However, the HELP feature includes detailed articles and instructions for using the most powerful applications in ministry-relevant ways.

PCSB is so useful, powerful and complete, that I now use it exclusively as my sole means of sermon preparation. Where was it when I was in Bible college?