cms@gatech.edu (12/04/90)
Sorry if anyone's posted this information before but I thought you'd like to know that the November/December 1990 issue of Biblical Archaelogy Review (BAR) contains an article called "Computers and the Bible" by John J. Hughes. In it, he discusses all the different Bible-related programs; it isn't an exhaustive survey but gives you some good ideas. It discusses various Bible concording programs, grammatical concording programs, CD-ROM resources, electronic Bibles, Greek and Hebrew fonts, machine-readable Biblical texts, and computer-assisted language-learning programs. It gives a sample listing of programs, sources, and addresses. Some computer publications addresses I thought I'd post are: Bits & Bytes Review 6230 Iowa Ave. Whitefish, MT 59937 406-862-7280 Church Bytes 562 Brightleaf Sq. #9 905 West Main Street Durham, NC 27701 Christian Computer Magazine Hewlen, Inc. P.O. Box 439 Belton, MO 64012 816-331-3881 The Hebrew Users' Group Newsletter c/o Berkeley Hillel Foundation 2736 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94704 415-845-7793 The author says that the most comprehensive and current listing of Bible-related computer products is the Hermeneutika Catalog P.O. Box 98563 Seattle, WA 98198 (800) 55BIBLE His own publication he considers the most comprehensive source of detailed information about Bible-related computer resources: Bits, Bytes, and Biblical Studies: A Resource Guide for the Use of Computers in Biblical and Classical Studies Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1987, 643 pp.; Zondervan Electronic Publishing 1415 Lake Drive, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506 800-727-7759 He notes that the immediately preceding contains dated reference work, program reviews, and extensive bibliographies and comparitive charts. BAR says that it is starting a new column in its magazine called Computer Corner. A forthcoming issue is supposed to contain archaelogical applications. I have heard from my Greek professor, confirmed in BAR, that you're better of with an Apple than an IBM, but for those of us who have IBM's, and WordPerfect 5.0 or 5.1 and who would like to be able to enter, edit, display and print fully accented Greek and properly pointed Hebrew, ScriptureFonts is available, a WordPerfect add-on. It could be that Chuck's listing is more comprehensive than this article in BAR.... -- Sincerely, Cindy Smith _///_ // SPAWN OF A JEWISH _///_ // _///_ // <`)= _<< CARPENTER _///_ //<`)= _<< <`)= _<< _///_ // \\\ \\ \\ _\\\_ <`)= _<< \\\ \\ \\\ \\ <`)= _<< >IXOYE=('> \\\ \\ \\\ \\_///_ // // /// _///_ // _///_ // emory!dragon!cms <`)= _<< _///_ // <`)= _<< <`)= _<< \\\ \\<`)= _<< \\\ \\ \\\ \\ GO AGAINST THE FLOW! \\\ \\ A Real Live Catholic in Georgia