The Essential IVP Reference Collection: The Complete Electronic Bible Study Resource

The best scholarship. The most up-to-date information. Useful. Fascinating. Easy. Now for the Macintosh using the Accordance system from OakTree Software.Other CD-ROM reference libraries today make you pay for dozens of out-of-date, public domain books that do not give you the best and most recent scholarship--the timely and reliable information you want and need. By contrast,The Essential IVP Reference Collectionincludes only work from the best of today's biblical and theological scholars.You'll have instant access to IVP's award-winning New Testament dictionary series (Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments, Dictionary of New Testament Background), the immensely popular Bible background commentaries (IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament), and theNew Bible DictionaryandNew Bible Commentary,which have set the standard for Bible reference books for over a generation. And that's just the beginning! Does a particular verse trouble you?Hard Sayings of the Biblegives in-depth explanations of over 500 of the most difficult passages in the Old and New Testaments. Are you interested in the meaning of recurring images in Scripture? TheDictionary of Biblical Imagerywill aid your exploration of the themes, metaphors, imagery and patterns of Scripture.New Bible Atlas, New Dictionary of Biblical TheologyandNew Dictionary of Theologywill help round out your study of the places, peoples, interpretations and implications of biblical teaching. Finally, four convenient "pocket" dictionaries offer a quick-reference resource covering biblical studies, the study of New Testament Greek, theological terms, and apologetics and the philosophy of religion.On this single CD for the Macintosh you'll findover a dozen of IVP's award-winning reference booksthe equivalent of over 12,000 pages of printed materialover 10 million words of the most up-to-date information on the Bible, Bible history, cultural background and theologythe authoritative work of hundreds of today's leading biblical and theological scholars from all over the worlda money-saving package that includes the equivalent of over $450 worth of printed bookseasy-to-use software that will have you up and going in minutesa free KJV Biblecomplete user's manual included right on the CD-ROM for easy accessevery book interconnected to work as a single reference sourceThis exclusive collection includes works you'll find nowhere else on CD-ROM, including many published during 2000-2002.The Essential IVP Reference Collectionis ideal for pastors, scholars, students, Sunday school teachers and anyone who is serious about studying the Bible!System requirements: Macintosh System 7.1 to OS X (Not compatible with OSX Lion). (or PC with Macintosh Emulator). Runs on Accordance software from OakTree.