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SwordSearcher 5.2 Released

A new version of SwordSearcher Bible Software is now available: version 5.2.

As I mentioned before, this new version adds “words of Christ in red letters” for the KJV, and also gives the ability to restrict a Bible search to just the words of Christ. The Deluxe study library also adds the following modules:

  • Morrish Bible Dictionary
  • Calvin’s Commentaries
  • Sketches of Jewish Social Life and The Temple: Its Ministry and Services

See the revision history for a complete list of new features.

The Bible in Klingon?

Shakespeare is best in the original Klingon, as every Star Trek fan knows.  The Bible… not so much.

Joel Anderson has used a lexicon to “translate” the Bible into Klingon and compiled a SwordSearcher “Klingon Language Version.” Tranlsate is in quotes because as Joel says on his website, “It is useful for for entertainment value, not linguistic purity.”

Here’s John 3:16 in the KJV:

John 3:16 vaD  joH’a’  vaj loved the  qo’,  vetlh  ghaH  nobta’  Daj  wa’  je  neH  puqloD,  vetlh  ‘Iv  HartaH  Daq  ghaH should  ghobe’  chIlqu’,  ‘ach  ghaj eternal yIn.

Here you can see the difficulties of using a lexicon-based translation system (heh — lots of people try to do that with a Strong’s dictionary on a routine basis!). Should and eternal don’t seem to have corresponding entries in the English-Klingon lexicon.

Sir Robert Anderson: An interesting theologian

Intersting Guy of the Day: Sir Robert Anderson. Sir Robert had quite a sharp wit, as anyone who has read his theological writings knows. He spent his life fighting criminal activity and was at Scottland Yard, but also fought against critics of the authority of Scripture as well, defending the authenticity of the Book of Daniel among other things.

By no means was he perfect, of course, as no writer on Biblical topics ever is. But overall, his life was a “net benefit” to Christianity and his books are currently enjoying more circulation today and continuing to influence students of Scripture.

I’m pleased to have been able to add several of his doctrinal writings to the latest version of SwordSearcher Bible Software.