Tim Butterfield

The main thing I would like to see involves updates.  What was the update?   Was it major (added graphics, revised or added new sections) or minor (corrected spelling/grammar)?

On installing the topx, why not install the e-Sword Module Installer? Once installed, you can double click any module to install it automatically. Download the module installer from any file listing.

http://www.biblesupp...ler-04-updated/

The module installed will put topx files in the program 86 e-sword file XP, Vista and 7 like topx better in the documents e-sword folder for some reason.  At least that is what it does on my windows 7 lap top.

Sounds like it could be a corrupted download, try installing it again from a fresh download.

My favorite apoligetics site is:
www.alwaysbeready.com

Thanks that is one I missed.

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Not everybody is infatuated by CARM.  I am one that is not.  Outside of skinhead and neo-nazi sites and others of similar ilk, one would be hard pressed to find a site that is more hate-filled, non-charitible and un-Christ-like.  There are other sites from which one can obtain the same information without having to wade through Carm's sewage.
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Sorry.

I am not all that infatuated with CARM myself, though I haven't found them particularly hate filled.  It does have some good resources available though.

If you do a search using the word apologetics in the search window in the upper right hand corner of any window in this site (you might have to scroll up to see it), then select e-sword downloads area you will get several excellent suggestions.

Apologetics: That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority. (Basically why we believe what we believe)

The word translated defense in (1 Peter 3:15)  but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;"  is ἀπολογία apologia  Thayer’s Greek Definitions defines it as 1) verbal defence, speech in defence 2) a reasoned statement or argument.

There are other useful modules, though they are harder to find as they have not had "tags" associated with them.

As for useful web sites: http://carm.org/

and here: http://www.forananswer.org/

This one is more geared to Hermeneutics (the science of interpreting the Bible) but is still full of useful stuff:  http://hermeneutics....ermeneutics.htm

There are many many others, but these should give you a good start, and I am certain others here will be happy to recommend a few.

Josh, one of your comments "But now with Bible study software, like e-Sword, you can have at your fingertips, search results and comparison analysis of thousands of Bible translations, commentaries, dictionaries, and books, with the click of a mouse—and for free. Just taking the Biblical Illustrator, Pulpit Commentary, and Lange's Commentary—the shelf space alone is staggering, and then there's the issue of how many printed resources can you use? I mean really, practically use?"

hits my dilemma square on, even with e-copies (as opposed to print) there is a saturation point.

I have a to read list that will never reach an end if for no other reason than (despite the fact I have promised myself to quit downloading more topx and refx files) I keep finding more that look like a must read, adding to the  list.

At least with dictionaries and commentaries it is not necessary sit down and read them through to get use from them.

I have downloaded several add on modules to ESword, including the Joseph Smith Inspired Version, and they all seem to work, but for some reason, I can't get the module for the KJV Apocrypha to work. I am using ESword 10 and it is only 9X, maybe that the problem I don't know. Anyone know how I can get this module to work? I am runnign Windows Vista Home Basic.

The KJV with Apocrypha downloads from this site as a .zip file, which is a compressed format, you will find it in what ever directory you put it in as KJVA.zip  it is easiest if you use an "unzipper" program to put it in your e-sword directory.

Find the file KJVA.zip and double click it...if you have an "unzipper" it should be fairly easy to go from there, just direct the program to unzip to the e-sword directory....if not it the zip file might open as a directory, in which case you can just copy or move it to your e-sword directory.

Hopefully this will help.

I tried to install bible illustrations and it couldnt install because'''' I need esword 7 or higher.''''

addons wont run either because '''i need esword 6 or higher'''

other books i tried installing i get that  sort of message. do i need to download different versions of
the books

What version of e-sword are you using?  

It is best to use the most recent version that can run on your system, if for no other reason than the vast majority of modules are being written for the newer formats because of their greater capabilities.

As an example version 10.0.7 allows insertion of graphics files into dictionaries, commentaries as well as topic and reference book modules.

I didn't know that Phillips had done anything in the OT.  Isaiah 1-39, Hosea, Amos, and Micah looks to be an interesting read, though referring (later in the blurb) to 1st Isaiah is a bit off putting as it indicates a belief that Isaiah was written by more than one person, which doesn't fit well with my understanding.

I know a commentary is far different then a module of a lexicon but with all this opposition to Strongs numbering I Guess I should drop my project keying a manual Greek lexicon by Abbott-Smith and then after that was finished my next project Liddell to Strongs then

I wish people would have spoke up like this when I started the project I wouldn't have wasted all this time

There are several viewpoints with regard to the usefulness of lexicons, but no one I know of doesn't have and use at lest one of them to get at least a rough idea of the meanings and flavor of the original language from time to time.

One of my favorite teachers could read and translate directly from the Greek (and to a lesser degree from the Aramaic and Hebrew), that didn't mean that there were no lexicons in his personal library, much less does it mean that he was adverse to recommending  WORD PICTURES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT by A.T. Robertson and Vincent's Word Studies (He tended to prefer Robertson over Vincent's.) I use frequently use the BTSCTVM which combines Brown Driver Briggs, Thayers, the KJV Concordance, and Strong's TMV as well as both Robertson and Vincent and Vines's (though less frequently) various other lexicons and morphologies.

I'm not a pastor, I'm a Sunday School teacher for an adult class, as such I have to have a knowledge of the material (since I teach expository) that will anticipate and answer most if not all of their questions.  Part of how I do this is to include in the lesson book, in addition to the dozen or so questions for class discussion, a couple of pages of expository commentary per lesson.  At times verses seem to contradict other scripture, and definitions as modified by Tense Mood and Voice (for the Greek) help explain these.

There is a valid use for lexicons, dictionaries, morphologies and such, and no one is denying that.  For some they act as training wheels, for others their content is all that is needed for their particular level of study.

I am certain that no one is recommending you not create a lexicon module or denigrating you efforts.

I did my evening log on about three minutes after the module was posted.   Obviously I haven't had time for more then a cursory glance, but it looks like it will be every bit as good as anticipated.

Congratulations, Josh, and thank you for your efforts.

A good friend once pointed out that it is,indeed, the valley of the SHADOW of death that we go through, since as believers, death has no power over us.

A couple good links there sir. The first one comes up to a search menu but the second link was good.
The third and fourth appeared to me to be the same, did I miss something on that? In either case, I got everything you listed. Thank you..

Sorry, proper link for the IAV commentary is http://www.biblesupp...mentarycmtxexe/

The third and fourth are for the translation and the commentary and the translation...there are more to the series...here are  links to the additional OJB modules.
http://www.biblesupp...h-bible-extras/

http://www.biblesupport.com/e-sword-downloads/file/1002-orthodox-jewish-bible-glossarydctxexe/

I'm new here... and i didn't want to open new topic for my question, so I will post it here...

Is there some comentarises for e-sword that are based on Hebrew, Messianic, or generaly Hebrew mindset, so that i can add it to a e-sword?

Because all comentaries that I have (like Gill, Clarke etc.) are in protestant mindset (where most of the comentarise goes in direction of abolishiment of the Tora/Law etc.)

Here are some:
The Messianic Authorised Version of The Holy Bible (IAV) http://www.biblesupp...mMainBar=1  for the commentary and http://www.biblesupp...on-v102bblxexe/ for the Bible translation  (these are also know ans the Israeli Authorized Version)

The Jewish New Testament Commentary: A Companion Volume to the Jewish New Testament – Jewish New Testament Publishing, Jerusalem, 1992  (not sure where this one can be found)


ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE -Torah Chapter Notes  http://www.biblesupp...r-notescmtxexe/ For the Commentary and
http://www.biblesupport.com/e-sword-downloads/file/1246-orthodox-jewish-bible-torah-chapter-notescmtxexe/  For the Bible translation.