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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter�1.�Introduction</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.1"><meta name="keywords" content="QT4, bibletime, sword, crosswire, help dialog"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The BibleTime handbook"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The BibleTime handbook"><link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="The BibleTime handbook"><link rel="next" href="hdbk-term.html" title="Chapter�2.�Starting BibleTime"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter�1.�Introduction</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a>�</td><th width="60%" align="center">�</th><td width="20%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="hdbk-term.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter�1.�Introduction"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="hdbk-intro"></a>Chapter�1.�Introduction</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="hdbk-intro.html#hdbk-intro-about">About <span class="application">BibleTime</span></a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="hdbk-intro.html#hdbk-intro-works">Available works</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="hdbk-intro.html#hdbk-intro-motivation">Motivation</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1" title="About BibleTime"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="hdbk-intro-about"></a>About <span class="application">BibleTime</span></h2></div></div></div><p><span class="application">BibleTime</span> is a Bible study tool with support for
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different types of texts and languages. Even large amounts of works
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modules are easy to install and manage. It is built on the
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<a class="ulink" href="http://www.crosswire.org/sword" target="_top">Sword</a> library,
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which provides the back-end functionality for <span class="application">BibleTime</span>, such
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as viewing Bible text, searching etc. Sword is the flagship product
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of the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.crosswire.org" target="_top">Crosswire Bible
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Society</a>.</p><p><span class="application">BibleTime</span> is designed to be used with works encoded in
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one of the formats supported by the Sword project. Complete
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information on the supported document formats can be found in the
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<a class="ulink" href="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/develop/index.jsp" target="_top">
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developers section</a> of the Sword Project, Crosswire Bible
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Society.</p><div class="sect2" title="Available works"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="hdbk-intro-works"></a>Available works</h3></div></div></div><p>Over 200 documents in 50 languages are available from the
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<a class="ulink" href="http://www.crosswire.org" target="_top">Crosswire Bible
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Society</a>. These include:
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter�1.�Introduction</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.1"><meta name="keywords" content="Qt4, bibletime, sword, crosswire, help dialog"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The BibleTime handbook"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The BibleTime handbook"><link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="The BibleTime handbook"><link rel="next" href="hdbk-term.html" title="Chapter�2.�Starting BibleTime"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter�1.�Introduction</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a>�</td><th width="60%" align="center">�</th><td width="20%" align="right">�<a accesskey="n" href="hdbk-term.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter�1.�Introduction"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="hdbk-intro"></a>Chapter�1.�Introduction</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="hdbk-intro.html#hdbk-intro-about">About <span class="application">BibleTime</span></a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="hdbk-intro.html#hdbk-intro-works">Available works</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="hdbk-intro.html#hdbk-intro-motivation">Motivation</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1" title="About BibleTime"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="hdbk-intro-about"></a>About <span class="application">BibleTime</span></h2></div></div></div><p><span class="application">BibleTime</span> is a Bible study tool with support for
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different types of texts and languages. Even large amounts of works
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modules are easy to install and manage. It is built on the
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<a class="ulink" href="http://www.crosswire.org/sword" target="_top"><span class="application">Sword</span></a> library,
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which provides the back-end functionality for <span class="application">BibleTime</span>, such
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as viewing Bible text, searching etc. <span class="application">Sword</span> is the flagship product
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of the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.crosswire.org" target="_top"><span class="application">Crosswire Bible Society</span></a>.</p><p><span class="application">BibleTime</span> is designed to be used with works encoded in
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one of the formats supported by the <span class="application">Sword</span> project. Complete
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information on the supported document formats can be found in the
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<a class="ulink" href="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/develop/index.jsp" target="_top">
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developers section</a> of the <span class="application">Sword</span> Project, <span class="application">Crosswire Bible Society</span>.</p><div class="sect2" title="Available works"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="hdbk-intro-works"></a>Available works</h3></div></div></div><p>Over 200 documents in 50 languages are available from the
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<a class="ulink" href="http://www.crosswire.org" target="_top"><span class="application">Crosswire Bible Society</span></a>.
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</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Bibles</span></dt><dd><p>The full Bible text, with optional things like
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Strong's Numbers, headings and/or footnotes in the text.
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Bibles are available in many languages, and include not
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only modern versions, but also ancient texts like the Codex
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Leningradensis ("WLC", Hebrew), and the Septuagint ("LXX",
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Greek). This is the most advanced section in the library of
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the Sword project.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Books</span></dt><dd><p>Books available include "Imitation of Christ", "Enuma
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the <span class="application">Sword</span> project.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Books</span></dt><dd><p>Books available include "Imitation of Christ", "Enuma
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Elish", and "Josephus: The Complete Works"</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Commentaries</span></dt><dd><p>Commentaries available include classics like John
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Wesley's "Notes on the Bible", Matthew Henry's commentary
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