e-Sword 7.9.8

e-Sword 7.9.3 was released on 17 January 2008.
e-Sword 7.9.4 was released on 18 January 2008.
e-Sword 7.9.5 was released on 29 January 2008.
e-Sword 7.9.7 was released on 24 February 2008.
e-Sword 7.9.8 was released on 25 February 2008.

The new component is Sermon Illustrations. Only one resource for this component is available, Bible Illustrations published by AMG Publishers. This resource costs US$20.00.

The most exciting change is with Strong's numbers:
* These will be displayed in all resources. Dictionaries, Harmony resources, Devotionals, Commentaries, Topical Files, Study Notes, commentaries, Maps, Sermon Illustrations;
* You can select a specific, different dictionaries for the Hebrew and Greek information;

This does come at a very small price. Strong's numbers have to have a "G" or "H"prefix, so that e-Sword displays the displays the appropriate information. No more kludge fixes are required to display Strong's numbers for the LXX, or Hebrew New Testament. :)

This increased Strong's functionality is well worth it.

e-Sword 7.8.2

This post was copied from my previous blog.
It was originally posted on 24 December 2006.

On Friday (23 December) Version 7.8.2 of e-Sword was released.

The most noticeable enhancement is a "Harmony of the Gospels" component.
This can be accessed by clicking on "Bible" on the menu bar. The first item listed is "Gospel Harmony". Click on that and the new screen appears.

Currently, the only Harmony of the Gospel resource that is available, is based upon Robertson's work. From the design of the screen, it looks like additional resources will released.

Depending upon how this component works, it might be possible to add resources such as

• Prophecies of the Messiah in the Tanakh and their Fulfilment in the New Testatament;
• Parallel passages in First Kings, Second Kings, First Chronicles, and Second Chronicles;
• Pericopes of the Gospels;
• The Miracles of Jesus;
• Other New Testament Miracles;
• Miracles found in the Old Testament;
  

I am not saying that these will be created, merely that it might be possible to create them.

I'll wait and see what happens in the future.