Zondervan Bible Study Library: Scholar's Edition 5.0 [CD-ROM]

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Publication Date: July 1, 2003 | Series: BIBLE STUDY LIB CD ROM (Book 1)

PACKED WITH RESOURCES YOU’LL FIND NOWHERE ELSE.
Only the Zondervan Bible Study Library is built on today’s most used, most trusted Bible translation, the New International Version (NIV). This is the only software that is a completely NIV-based reference system. It gives you the exact relationship of the NIV word to the Greek or Hebrew, allowing you to conduct thorough original language studies. But don’t think its powerful advantages are only available to NIV users. You’ll find a broad selection of Bible translations and classic study resources—all in an intuitive format that’s designed to make you feel instantly at home, so you can spend your time studying God’s Word, not the owner’s manual.
This is material you’ll actually use, resources you already know, trust, and reach for consistently.
§ Conduct penetrating Greek and Hebrew/ Aramaic language studies with ease.
§ Search out word meanings and etymologies
§ Access archaeological and historical information and in-depth commentary faster, with a fraction of the effort.
§ Obtain a seminary-level education on your computer with language and reference resources that stand up to the exacting rigors of Bible scholarship.
§ Print any verse, chapter, topic, image, or search result.

NIV-BASED. MULTI-TRANSLATIONAL. INTUITIVE.
Study multiple resources simultaneously, including the complete NIV, eight other translations, exegetical commentaries, seminary-level textbooks, multiple dictionaries, encyclopedias, original languages, and much more.

TRANSPARENT
Conduct complex searches without understanding computer-ese.
Designed similar to many sophisticated web search engines you’re familiar with so you can focus on the content, not learning computer language.

POWERFUL
More powerful than a print interlinear! The translation view provides everything you need to understand the relationship between the English word in the NIV and the original biblical language.

Simply right click on any Greek or Hebrew word and see the grammatical form to gain an understanding of syntax and nuance of meaning.

USER-DRIVEN
Write as many personal notes as you need and link them to verses or topics.

INTUITIVE
When conducting an English language word search, the software automatically points out all the words used to translate the Greek or Hebrew. Words in green are aids in translation, words in red combine to translate the Greek word.

FLEXIBLE
Many features are easy to use because they’re designed like programs you frequently use.

Decide how you want to view your search results:
§ Concordance view
§ Book-chapter-verse or a topic
§ In context of full verse or topic
§ In context of entire book

Content You’ll Really Use. Value You’ll Truly Appreciate.

BIBLE TRANSLATIONS
The Holy Bible, New International Version
The Holy Bible, New International Reader’s Version
King James Version with Apocrypha
New American Standard Bible Updated
The Amplified Bible
New Revised Standard Version
American Standard Version
Darby Bible
Holy Bible, New Living Translation

SPECIALTY BIBLES
NIV Study Bible
The New Student Bible, New International Version
KJV/Amplified Parallel Bible*
NIV/KJV Parallel Bible
NASB/NIV Parallel Bible
Comparative Study Bible
The NIV Thematic Reference Bible
Today’s Parallel Bible
KJV/NLT Parallel Bible

STUDY RESOURCES
Zondervan NIV Exhaustive Concordance Second Edition
NIV Unabridged Concordance*
NIrV Unabridged Concordance
KJV Unabridged Concordance
NASB Updated Unabridged Concordance
Amplified Unabridged Concordance
Zondervan NIV Nave’s Topical Bible
Zondervan Study Bible Cross Reference System
Zondervan Study Bible Maps, Charts, Full-Color Photographs
ASV Unabridged Concordance
Darby Bible Unabridged Concordance
NRSV Unabridged Concordance
The Exhaustive Concordance to the Greek New Testament
The Greek-English Concordance to the New Testament
The Hebrew-English Concordance to the Old Testament
All the Men of the Bible
All the Women of the Bible
Fruit of the Spirit Bible Studies: Joy, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Kindness, Love, Patience, Peace, Self-Control
Discipleship Bible Studies: Basic Beliefs, Building Character, Effective Prayer, Knowing Scripture, New Life in Christ, Sharing Your Faith, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Warfare
New Living Translation Unabridged Concordance

DEVOTIONALS
Streams in the Desert
Inspirational Readings

DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS
The NIV Compact Dictionary of the Bible
New International Bible Dictionary
New International Encyclopedia of Bible Words
New International Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties
Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions and the Occult
New International Dictionary of the Christian Church
New International Dictionary of Biblical Archaeology
The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia (5 volumes)

BIBLICAL LANGUAGES
Hebrew Old Testament BHS
Hebrew text behind the NIV
Greek New Testament UBS4
Greek text behind the NIV
The Greek New Testament UBS4 with NRSV & NIV
Hebrew-English Reader’s Lexicon of the Old Testament
Greek-English Reader’s Lexicon of the New Testament
Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar
Complete Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew & Aramaic
The Analytical Lexicon to the Greek New Testament
A New Testament Greek Morpheme Lexicon
Groves-Wheeler Westminster Morphology
Morphology of Biblical Greek
Complete Vocabulary Guide for Biblical Greek
Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics
Biblical Greek Exegesis
New Linguistic & Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament

COMMENTARIES
Zondervan NIV Bible Commentary (2 volumes)
Matthew Henry’s Commentary (6 volumes)
New International Bible Commentary
Asbury Bible Commentary
Eadie: Colossians, Commentary on Galatians, Commentary on Philippians, Ephesians
Godet: Commentary on 1 Corinthians, Commentary on John (2 volumes), Commentary on Luke (2 volumes), Commentary on Romans
Lightfoot: St. Paul’s Epistles to the Colossians & Philemon, St. Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians, Notes on the Epistles, Philippians
Westcott: Gospel According to St. John, St. Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians, Epistle to the Hebrews, Epistle of St. John
Hort: The Apocalypse of St. John 1-3, The Epistle of St. James, The First Epistle of St. Peter I. 1-II.17, Prolegomenon to St. Paul’s Epistle

BIBLE INTRODUCTION & CREEDS
Zondervan Quick Reference Series: The Life of Christ, Christian Theology, How We Got the Bible, The Books of the Bible, Early Church History
Understanding the Bible, Revised
Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion
Westminster Confession of Faith
Nicene; Apostles; and other creeds
An Introduction to the Old Testament
Introduction to the New Testament
A General Introduction to the Bible
Is There Meaning in this Text?

* All parallel Bibles and unabridged concordances result from the linking and search capabilities of this software. The ones shown are representative of the many options available to you as you customize your studies.

For the latest information and program updates regularly visit www.zondervan.com/interactive.

System Requirements:
Pentium 166 MHz or higher processor
Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP or Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 6)
32 MB Ram
52 MB of hard disk space minimum (440 MB for a full installation of all books)
CD-ROM Drive
VGA or higher resolution monitor
Windows compatible pointer device
Windows compatible printer

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

PACKED WITH RESOURCES YOU’LL FIND NOWHERE ELSE. Only the Zondervan Bible Study Library is built on today’s most used, most trusted Bible translation, the New International Version (NIV). This is the only software that is a completely NIV-based reference system. It gives you the exact relationship of the NIV word to the Greek or Hebrew, allowing you to conduct thorough original language studies. But don’t think its powerful advantages are only available to NIV users. You’ll find a broad selection of Bible translations and classic study resources—all in an intuitive format that’s designed to make you feel instantly at home, so you can spend your time studying God’s Word, not the owner’s manual. This is material you’ll actually use, resources you already know, trust, and reach for consistently. § Conduct penetrating Greek and Hebrew/ Aramaic language studies with ease. § Search out word meanings and etymologies § Access archaeological and historical information and in-depth commentary faster, with a fraction of the effort. § Obtain a seminary-level education on your computer with language and reference resources that stand up to the exacting rigors of Bible scholarship. § Print any verse, chapter, topic, image, or search result.

NIV-BASED. MULTI-TRANSLATIONAL. INTUITIVE. Study multiple resources simultaneously, including the complete NIV, eight other translations, exegetical commentaries, seminary-level textbooks, multiple dictionaries, encyclopedias, original languages, and much more.

TRANSPARENT Conduct complex searches without understanding computer-ese. Designed similar to many sophisticated web search engines you’re familiar with so you can focus on the content, not learning computer language.

POWERFUL More powerful than a print interlinear! The translation view provides everything you need to understand the relationship between the English word in the NIV and the original biblical language.

Simply right click on any Greek or Hebrew word and see the grammatical form to gain an understanding of syntax and nuance of meaning.

USER-DRIVEN Write as many personal notes as you need and link them to verses or topics.

INTUITIVE When conducting an English language word search, the software automatically points out all the words used to translate the Greek or Hebrew. Words in green are aids in translation, words in red combine to translate the Greek word.

FLEXIBLE Many features are easy to use because they’re designed like programs you frequently use.

Decide how you want to view your search results: § Concordance view § Book-chapter-verse or a topic § In context of full verse or topic § In context of entire book

Content You’ll Really Use. Value You’ll Truly Appreciate.

BIBLE TRANSLATIONS The Holy Bible, New International Version The Holy Bible, New International Reader’s Version King James Version with Apocrypha New American Standard Bible Updated The Amplified Bible New Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Darby Bible Holy Bible, New Living Translation

SPECIALTY BIBLES NIV Study Bible The New Student Bible, New International Version KJV/Amplified Parallel Bible* NIV/KJV Parallel Bible NASB/NIV Parallel Bible Comparative Study Bible The NIV Thematic Reference Bible Today’s Parallel Bible KJV/NLT Parallel Bible

STUDY RESOURCES Zondervan NIV Exhaustive Concordance Second Edition NIV Unabridged Concordance* NIrV Unabridged Concordance KJV Unabridged Concordance NASB Updated Unabridged Concordance Amplified Unabridged Concordance Zondervan NIV Nave’s Topical Bible Zondervan Study Bible Cross Reference System Zondervan Study Bible Maps, Charts, Full-Color Photographs ASV Unabridged Concordance Darby Bible Unabridged Concordance NRSV Unabridged Concordance The Exhaustive Concordance to the Greek New Testament The Greek-English Concordance to the New Testament The Hebrew-English Concordance to the Old Testament All the Men of the Bible All the Women of the Bible Fruit of the Spirit Bible Studies: Joy, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Kindness, Love, Patience, Peace, Self-Control Discipleship Bible Studies: Basic Beliefs, Building Character, Effective Prayer, Knowing Scripture, New Life in Christ, Sharing Your Faith, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Warfare New Living Translation Unabridged Concordance

DEVOTIONALS Streams in the Desert Inspirational Readings

DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS The NIV Compact Dictionary of the Bible New International Bible Dictionary New International Encyclopedia of Bible Words New International Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions and the Occult New International Dictionary of the Christian Church New International Dictionary of Biblical Archaeology The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia (5 volumes)

BIBLICAL LANGUAGES Hebrew Old Testament BHS Hebrew text behind the NIV Greek New Testament UBS4 Greek text behind the NIV The Greek New Testament UBS4 with NRSV & NIV Hebrew-English Reader’s Lexicon of the Old Testament Greek-English Reader’s Lexicon of the New Testament Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar Complete Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew & Aramaic The Analytical Lexicon to the Greek New Testament A New Testament Greek Morpheme Lexicon Groves-Wheeler Westminster Morphology Morphology of Biblical Greek Complete Vocabulary Guide for Biblical Greek Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics Biblical Greek Exegesis New Linguistic & Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament

COMMENTARIES Zondervan NIV Bible Commentary (2 volumes) Matthew Henry’s Commentary (6 volumes) New International Bible Commentary Asbury Bible Commentary Eadie: Colossians, Commentary on Galatians, Commentary on Philippians, Ephesians Godet: Commentary on 1 Corinthians, Commentary on John (2 volumes), Commentary on Luke (2 volumes), Commentary on Romans Lightfoot: St. Paul’s Epistles to the Colossians & Philemon, St. Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians, Notes on the Epistles, Philippians Westcott: Gospel According to St. John, St. Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians, Epistle to the Hebrews, Epistle of St. John Hort: The Apocalypse of St. John 1-3, The Epistle of St. James, The First Epistle of St. Peter I. 1-II.17, Prolegomenon to St. Paul’s Epistle BIBLE INTRODUCTION & CREEDS Zondervan Quick Reference Series: The Life of Christ, Christian Theology, How We Got the Bible, The Books of the Bible, Early Church History Understanding the Bible, Revised Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion Westminster Confession of Faith Nicene; Apostles; and other creeds An Introduction to the Old Testament Introduction to the New Testament A General Introduction to the Bible Is There Meaning in this Text?

* All parallel Bibles and unabridged concordances result from the linking and search capabilities of this software. The ones shown are representative of the many options available to you as you customize your studies.System Requirements: Pentium 166 MHz or higher processor Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP or Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 6) 32 MB Ram 52 MB of hard disk space minimum (440 MB for a full installation of all books) CD-ROM Drive VGA or higher resolution monitor Windows compatible pointer device Windows compatible printer

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• CD-ROM
• Publisher: Zondervan; Software edition (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310230543
• ISBN-13: 978-0310230540
• Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 9.9 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,853,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

77 of 85 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Exciting, Well Produced Product - Absolutely Tops, October 26, 2003

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Harold McFarland (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zondervan Bible Study Library: Scholar's Edition 5.0 (CD-ROM)

This is quite simply the most complete and exciting Bible study program on the market today. With over 70 different books in the Scholar's edition it is a tremendous resource for anyone engaged in serious Bible Study. The various Bible translations can be linked to each other creating the ultimate parallel translation covering up to 10 versions (New International, King James, New American Standard, Amplified, New Revised Standard, American Standard, Darby, New Living, Hebrew, and Greek ).

Because this library is based on the New International Version there are additional Study Bibles such as the New International Reader's, NIV Study Bible, New Student Bible, and New International Thematic Reference. In addition there are several commentaries, seminary-level textbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference books. It includes the ability to do complete research on word meanings and etymologies, archaeological and historical information. Print, search, save study, add notes, make bookmarks, you can do it all easily with this system. With its ease of navigate and ease of use this is one of the most powerful tools available for serious Bible students.

There are currently four versions available (Family, Leader's, Professional, and Scholar's). As you move up the version list each one included the prior level plus additional books. To give you an idea of what you are getting, the Family Version includes all of the following books: NIVBible, NirV Bible, KJV Bible, KJV Apocrypha, NAS Bible, Amplified Bible, NIV Study Bible, NIV New Student Bible, Comparative Study Bible, NIV Nave's Topical Bible, Zondervan Study Bible Cross Reference System, Study Bible Maps, Charts, Full-Color Photographs, Streams in the Desert, Inspirational Readings, Zondervan Quick Reference Series, and The NIV Compact Dictionary of the Bible. Plus you effectively have the best concordance and parallel Bible system around since you can word search any word and can choose any translation or number of translations to view in parallel.

The Leader's Version contains all of the Family version plus these additional books: NRS Bible, American Standard Bible, Darby Bible, All the Men of the Bible, All the Women of the Bible, Fruit of the Spirit Bible Studies, Discipleship Bible Studies, Hebrew Old Testament BHS, Hebrew Text behind the NIV, Greek New Testament UBS4, Greek Text behind the NIV, Zondervan NIV Bible Commentary (2 volumes),
Matthew Henry's Commentary (6 volumes), New International Bible Commentary, Asbury Bible Commentary, Zondervan Quick Reference Series, Understanding the Bible, New International Bible Dictionary, New International Encyclopedia of Bible Words, and the New International Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties

The Professional Version has everything in the Leader's Version plus these additional books: New Living Bible, NIV Thematic Reference Bible, Hebrew-English Reader's Lexicon of the Old Testament, Greek-English Reader's Lexicon of the New Testament, Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar, Eadie's commentaries on Colossians, Galatians, and Philippians, Godet's commentaries on 1 Corinithians, John (2 volumes), Luke (2 volumes), and Romans, Lightfoot's commentaries on Paul's Epistles to the Colossians & Philemon, St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians, Notes on the Epistles, and Philippians, Wescott's Gospel According to St. John, St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians, Epistle to the Hebrews, and Epistle of St. John, Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Nicene Creed, the Apostles Creed, the Athanasian Creed, the Ninety-Five Thesis, the Augsburg Confession, the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Confession, the Thirty-Nine Articles, the Westminster Shorter and Larger Catechisms, An Introduction to the Old Testament, Introduction to the New Testament, and the Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions and the Occult

The largest and most complete collection is the Scholar's Version which contains all of the books of the Professional Version plus the following: Complete Vocabulary for Biblical Hebrew & Aramaic, Analytical Lexicon to the Hebrew Old Testament, Analytical Lexicon to the Greek New Testament, New Testament Greek Morpheme Lexicon, Groves-Wheeler Westminster Morphology, Morphology of Biblical Greek, Complete Vocabulary Guide for Biblical Greek, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, Biblical Greek Exegesis, New Linguistic & Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament, Hort: The Apocalypse of St. John 1-3, The Epistle of St. James, The First Epistle of St. Peter 1, Prolegomenon to St. Paul's Epistle, Eadie's commentary on Ephesians, A General Introduction to the Bible, Is There Meaning in this Text, New International Dictionary of the Christian Church, New International Dictionary of Biblical Archaeology, Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia (5 volumes).

The "Zondervan Bible Study Library" is the most comprehensive, easy to use Study Library available today. It gives the serious Bible student the ability to research with a complete study library anywhere they can plug in a laptop computer. This is the most exciting product available from any publisher of Christian products today and is a very highly recommended product.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection of Evangelical Christian books, Slow and Sluggish Software, July 23, 2006

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Marc Axelrod (Potter, Wi USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zondervan Bible Study Library: Scholar's Edition 5.0 (CD-ROM)

There are a lot of valuable pieces of software on this CD-Rom. You get about 4 or 5 study Bibles (including the NIV Study Bible), the UBS 4th edition Greek New Testament, the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, Greek and Hebrew morphologies and concordances, (there are also exhaustive concordances to a number of Bible translations, including the NIV) and lots of good reference books, including Carson, Moo and Morris' Introduction to the New Testament, Longman and Dillard's outstanding Old Testament Introduction, and the 5 volume Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible (which is getting a little dated, it is 30 year old scholarship.)

You also get Mounce's Basics of Biblical Greek, and other wonderful language tools, including an Analytical Lexicon and a Reader's Lexicon that parses each word of the New Testament verse by verse. That is one of my favorite resources! I also like the Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties and the Encyclopedia of Biblical Archaeology.

There are Bible dictionaries, a wonderful dictionary of the Christian church, and the two volume Zondervan NIV Bible Commentary, and the New International Bible Commentary (which is basically an abridgement of the 12 volume Expositor's Bible Commentary.

This software uses the proprietary Pradis software systen by Zondervan, which I am sorry to report is slow and sluggish, nowhere near as smooth and seamless and fast as the Libronix Digital Library System.

Moreover, I wish that Zondervan would have included some of its more modern single volume New Testament commentaries instead of giving us a bunch of old Lightfoot and Eadie commentaries from the 1800s.

But all told, this is an excellent library. I would splurge and get this piece of software even if you have other pieces of software, because some of the resources on this CD-Rom cannot be found anywhere else. Let us pray that Zondervan will get wise and give us a more user friendly engine to work with instead of the poor Pradis.

Rev. Marc Axelrod

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Weak on Greek but still good value at AUD$200, February 26, 2004

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Dr. Graham Paul (Lower Hutt, North Island New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zondervan Bible Study Library: Scholar's Edition 5.0 (CD-ROM)

I like the NIV and was looking for something which would help me read through the New Testament in Greek. I specifically wanted (1) parsing word-by-word of the Greek into tense, voice, mood etc (2) a good lexicon which gave both the basic literal meaning and an authoritative discussion of its scope of meaning and (3) the ability to search on both Greek & English simultaneously, e.g. "G1234 AND love" to find out where certain Greek words are translated certain ways.
I got the Zondervan Scholar's edition on appro for 30 days for AUD$200. It performs well on (1) the parsing. I was disappointed with (2) the lexicon as it doesn't make it clear which is the basic root meaning, but generally just gives a list of meanings that translators have given to the word. The morpheme lexicon might have made up for this deficiency if it hadn't had a bug in its links which rendered it virtually useless. The package doesn't contain Bauer's (BAGD), which is generally accepted as THE definitive Greek lexicon; nor can it be bought as an add-on. As for (3), it can't do it.

It would have been nice too if it had contained a Greek-English interlinear, but it doesn't.

In the end I decided to keep it, mainly because it was much cheaper than the alternatives and it did do the parsing nicely. I plan to buy the Libronix version of BAGD also in order to have a decent lexicon, though this won't integrate of course.