[Faith-talk] looking up scripture and words

[Alan Wheeler]

Ashley,
While this doesn't help with every aspect of what you asked about, being a
user of the JAWS screen reader, I found a piece of bible software that works
great with JFW. It's called Theophilos.

I can get all sorts of bible dictionaries, commentaries etc to add to it.

Here is the Theophilos web site:
http://www.theophilos.sk

Hope this helps.

Alan


 

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Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 4:38 PM
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Subject: [Faith-talk] looking up scripture and words

Hi all,

Sighted people look up verses in study bibles and commentaries and
concordances. They also can cross reference versions this way.
So what do you do? How do you look up a verse or story? I mean if you don't
know where it is in the bible. A braille bible is huge, mine is  over 30
volumes, and skimming an audio bible is not doable either.
There are many study bibles out there; I think Michael Youssef helped write
one.
But we can't read those.

Can you search an online concordance? Which ones have you used that are
accessible?
Also, how do you find the historical meaning or root of a word or phrase?
For instance knowing what a Tabernacle is. How about the role of Gentiles.
They are referenced a lot in the new Testament.
I hear sermons reference root words a lot. Just the other day David Jeremiah
said sacrifice came from two latin words. 
So I'm wondering how  I can find this out.  

I think before English, the Bible was in Latin, then Greek. Even today, some
Christian denominations have services partly or fully in another language.
I've not been too religious. I did go to church growing up, but did not
think too much of it, not deeply. Now I think I am growing in faith.
In college I joined Young life and then I joined a bible study when I
transferred to Marymount.
But when I read the bible, I find I don't always understand who people are
or what meanings of things are.


Ashley
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