4/6/2024 0 Comments Bibleworks 8If a later biblical author picks up a unique phrase, chances are that in reusing that phrase he is consciously pointing his readers back to the earlier passage. Key to my argument was the ability to show that certain combinations of Hebrew terms only occurred in a few places. I’ll give one example of a way it recently served me effectively.Īs I was working on an article seeking to demonstrate that later biblical authors were influenced by earlier biblical authors (in this instance, that whoever wrote about David in Samuel described him in terms borrowed from the Joseph narrative in Genesis), I was looking for the use and reuse of unique phrases. This tool has been invaluable for work done on the books and articles I have either written or am writing, for research done in preparation to teach class, for personal Bible Study, and for sermon preparation. If my computer is on, BibleWorks is open. I have been using BibleWorks constantly since 2003. I won’t bother you with the details, which are better described at the BibleWorks site, especially in the series of posts “ Things to Love in BibleWorks 8.” What I will do is give a personal testimony: I am not as grateful as I should be for the folks at BibleWorks, and I am not as excited as I should be about the release of BibleWorks8.
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