Help Rebuild the BibleWorks Blog!

Well, I'm not sure what has happened to the files, and Yahoo has not been responsive, so we will name this little episode "Yahoops!" from now on.

I was able to recover a few files, but many have perished. So, if you have any of the add-ons listed below (with all accompanying files; e.g. *.bww, *.ddf, etc.; preferably in a zipped folder) then please comment on this blog post or reply to the BibleWorks Forum thread and list what you have. Reply especially if you have a way of "moving" very large files. I've also set up an email for the blog: theunofficialbibleworksblog@gmail.com. So if you can email me files, that would be the way to do it.

Thankfully, because of the the Internet Archive (archive.org), I was able to upload quite a few files, but there are still many files that need to be restored. Here's the list of files that we need:

Version Databases

• New Testament Related:
  • [ggm.zip] Gospel of Mark in Gothic (Mark Langley)
  • [fct.zip] 14th Century Version (Middle English 1Jn-Jud) (Mark Langley)
  • [phv.zip] NT Peshitta in Hebrew with Vowel Pointing
  • [dlz.zip] Delitzsch Hebrew New Testament
  • [coptic.zip] Coptic New Testament Versions
• Hebrew Bible Related:
  • [wtc.zip] Hebrew Consonantal Text (David Kummerow)
  • [vph.zip] Jerome's Latin Psalter based on the Hebrew (Mark G. Vitalis Hoffman)
• Old and New Testament Combined Versions
  • [lsb.zip] La Sankta Biblia — The Bible in Esperanto (Francis Taylor)
  • [wyc.zip] John Wycliffe's Middle English Translation of the Vulgate (1388) (Bob Venem)
  • [bsp.zip] Bishops' Bible (1568) (Bob Venem)
  • [kj6.zip] King James Version (1611) (Bob Venem)
  • [cov.zip] Miles Coverdale Version (1535) (Bob Venem)
• Church Fathers
  • [apd.zip] Lightfoot's Apostolic Fathers in English (Jim Darlack)
  • [ape.zip] Apostolic Fathers in English
• Misc. Files
  • [bom.zip] Book of Mormon (Mark Eddy and Brian Beers)
• Classical Greek:
  • [calm.zip] Callimachus' Works (Michael Hanel)
  • [epts.zip] Epictetus' Works (Michael Hanel)
  • [gorg.zip] Gorgias' Enconium of Helen and [gore.zip] English translation. (Michael Hanel)
  • [hdt.zip] Herodotus' Histories and [hde.zip] English translation. (Michael Hanel)
  • [hhm.zip] Homer morphological Version (Michael Hanel)
  • [hhe.zip] English translation of Homer/Hesiod,
• Latin:
  • [jcsr.zip] Julius Caesar (Civil and Gallic Wars) and [csre.zip] English translation (Michael Hanel)
  • [suet.zip] Suetonius' Works and [suete.zip] an English translation (Michael Hanel)
  • [hora.zip] Horace's Works, [hora2.zip] a second Latin version, and [hore.zip] an English translation (Michael Hanel)

Color Files

• [jdpaccents.zip] Color file highlights conjunctive accents one color and disjunctive accents another in Hebrew JDP database. (David Kummerow)

Synopsis Files

• [jgjsynopsis.zip] Jeff Jackson Synopsis files of Synoptic Gospels (Jeff Jackson)
• [jmdapocnt.zip] Allusions to Apocryphal books in the NT (Jim Darlack)
• [2chr-ezra-neh-1esd.zip] Synopsis file of 1 Esdras/2 Chronicles/Ezra/Nehemiah (Andrew Steinmann)

Diagram Files

• [1thess4_3-8.dgm] 1 Thess. 4:3-8 (Philip Brown)

Vocabulary Files

• [sbglg.vrt] Werner Stoy, Bibelgriechisch - leicht gemacht (SBGLG) (Bernhard Riedler)
• [lxxvocab100.vrt] Vocab for the LXX (ongoing) (Jackson Atkins)

Custom Modules

• Module Creation Tools:
  • [addBwJs.zip] Script for creating HTML modules for BibleWorks - richardsugg
• Lexica:
  • [Elem_Lewis.zip] An Elementary Latin Dictionary, Charlton Lewis (1890) - Pasquale Amicarelli
• Grammars:
  • [coptic.zip] Plumley's Introductory Coptic Grammar - Pasquale Amicarelli
  • [goodwin.zip] Goodwin's Greek Grammar - Pasquale Amicarelli
  • [smyth.zip] Smyth's Greek Grammar (a work in progress) - Michael Hanel
• Church Fathers:
  • [augustine.zip] Augustine's Works - Containing the translation available on CCEL.org 18.6MB - Pasquale Amicarelli
  • [CrisostomoFinal.zip] Chrysostom's Works - Containing the translation available on CCEL.org - Pasquale Amicarelli
  • [johnofcross.zip] St. John of the Cross, Ascent of Mount Carmel - Containing the translation available on CCEL.org - Pasquale Amicarelli
• Textual Criticism:
  • [washington-mark.zip] The Gospel of Mark in the Washington Codex 52MB! Facsimile of the Washington Manuscript of the Four Gospels in the Freer Collection with an Introduction by Henry A. Sanders. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 1912. Compiled with permission by Ewan MacLeod from the files at http://www.beloit.edu/~classics/GospelOfMark/.
  • [alexandrinus.zip] Images of Codex Alexandrinus linked to the New Testament (does not include 1 Clement) 80MB! - Pasquale Amicarelli
  • [vaticanus.zip] Images of Tischendorf's transcription of Codex Vaticanus linked to the Gospels 115MB! Updated 10.13.2006. - Pasquale Amicarelli
  • [sinaiticus.zip] Codex Sinaiticus - images linked to the New Testament, with links to high resolution photos on the web! 113MB - Pasquale Amicarelli
  • [bezae.zip] Codex Bezae - images linked to the New Testament, with links to high resolution photos on the web! 85MB! Updated 10.13.2006 - Pasquale Amicarelli
  • [wielandFinalRev2.zip] Textual Commentary on the Gospels (by Wieland Willker) - Pasquale Amicarelli
  • [gin.zip] Ginsburg's Massorah - This is a work in progress started by Ewan MacLeod. For more information see Michael Hanel's blog post as well as his thread on the BibleWorks forums. A PDF of Ginsburg's Massorah is available at SeforimOnline.org.
  • [ltvm.zip] John Burgon's Last Twelve Verses Of Mark - Scott Jones/Ewan MacLeod/Willem Swanepoel
• Commentaries
  • [kd.zip] Keil and Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary 15 MB! - Willem Swanepoel
  • [CalvinCommentaries.zip] Calvin's Commentary on the Bible 22 MB! - Willem Swanepoel
• Classics Resources
  • [IliComm.zip] Iliad Commentaries - Michael Hanel
  • [OdyComm.zip] Odyssey Commentary - Michael Hanel
• Lutheran Resources
  • [popularcommentary.zip] Kretzmann's Popular Commentary - Michael Hanel
  • [bookofconcord.zip] Book of Concord (Triglotta/Bente edition) - Michael Hanel
  • [confessions.zip] Reformation Confessions (includes Reformed confessions) - Pasquale Amicarelli
• Miscellaneous:
  • [nadaljerome.zip] Jerome Nadal's Gospel Illustrations 25MB! - Pasquale Amicarelli
  • [doregallery.zip] Dore Bible Gallery 43MB! - Pasquale Amicarelli
  • [biblegeocoding.zip] Bible Geocoding Maps 36 MB! - Pasquale Amicarelli
  • [revcomlec.zip] Revised Common Lectionary - Pasquale Amicarelli

Yikes! The BW blog content is gone!

This is not good at all! I noticed a forum post stating that a file was not available, so I checked it out. It looks like all of the BibleWorks Blog files have perished (all of those nifty add-ons - databases and chm files down the drain). I'm going to contact yahoo and see what can be done (if anything). The yahoo site back-up system does not even have the files!

Yikes!

New Version: Nova Vulgata!

Just released for download for BibleWorks 7 users, the Nova Vulgata, which is the official Latin version of the Roman Catholic Church. This new version will have the version ID "NOV." Already BibleWorks has the Clementine Vulgate (version ID VUL and VUO which is the same as the VUL except for the fact that it does not include the Apocrypha, has been remapped to match the King James Version with respect to verse numbers and its Psalms are from the Hebrew based work of Jerome, rather than the LXX-based work).

So if you count that all up, that would make three different Latin versions of the Vulgate in some way shape or form. If you want to know more about some of the differences between the Clementine Vulgate and the Nova Vulgata you could always start with a simple place like Wikipedia which identifies a few differences between them.......



.....Or you can be brave and see if you spot any yourself by turning on BibleWorks version comparison mode:

1. Go to Tools: Text Comparison Settings
   
2. Add VUL VUO NOV.
   
3. Pick an appropriate highlighting setting and click Enable
   
4. Click Apply and then Close.
   
5. In the command line type "nov" and then type "d c" (clears all other versions except display version).
6. Click in the Browse Window (the part which has the text of the Bible) and type "B" (for browse mode) on your keyboard.

All highlighted portions are words that are different as compared to the VUL and VUO versions. If you want to see what the other versions have, you can simply type "d vul" or "d vuo" or "d vul vuo" in the command line. Just don't forget to toggle back out of the BROWSE mode (either click in the Browse Window and type "B" or click on the pair of shoes footprint just above the text in the Browse Window.

Creating Bibleworks Modules from Word or HTML

A BibleWorks user has offered more help on teaching other users how to made more user (HTML-based) modules for BibleWorks:

Creating Bibleworks Modules from Word or HTML

1. Format the webpage in Word. Make sure you use styles (heading 1, heading 2, etc). These will become your table of contents.
2. Use msword2chm to convert the Word document to compiled help. You can get msword2chm for free here.
3. Extract the chm using 7-zip, available here.
4. Use tidy to clean up the HTML. Tidy is available here:
1. From a DOS prompt, run the following command (just copy and paste to the DOS prompt)
2. for %f in (*.htm) do tidy –i –u –w 999999 –m %f
3. This will tidy all the htm files at once
5. Add the necessary javascript to each html file with the addBwJs.pl (DOWNLOAD file here!). You must have Perl installed for this to work. Perl can be downloaded from here.
1. Run addBwJs.pl in the directory with the htm files. They will all be edited automatically.
6. From the sampleHTMLHelp.zip file (c:\Program Files\Bibleworks 7\sampleHTMLHelp.zip), copy the files bw.js, mymodule.chd and mymodule-books.txt to the htm directory.
7. Use Bibleworks to tag the htm files
1. Tools | Build Module Index
2. Base Directory: Directory containing the htm files
3. Bookfile name: mymodule-books.txt
4. Base name: Name of the module
5. Click Build and Tag.
8. Use HTML Help Workshop to recompile the HTML. When you create a new project, note that you will already have the HTML files, the index, and the Table of Contents.
9. Edit mymodule.chd as directed in Bibleworks documentation
10. Copy *.chm, *.chd, and *.sdx to the databases directory and restart Bibleworks.

NOTE: Be sure to DOWNLOAD this file if you use his process as it is needed in step #5.

Synopsis File for 1 Esdras/2 Chronicles/Ezra/Nehemiah

Dr. Andrew Steinmann recently posted a synopsis file for use within BibleWorks which will be very valuable to people who are looking at some of the later traditions of the Hebrew Bible. The BibleWorks program includes a Synopsis window which allows users to see multiple books of the Bible in sync in a synopsis mode. While the synoptic study of the Bible is more famous among the four Gospels, the Synopsis tool can be used for other purposes as well and this is a good way to see the relation between a number of books so one can investigate the relationship between them. Check it out, you'll be surprised at how much overlap there is!

DOWNLOAD! ~ open the ZIP file and save it to the folder C:\BibleWorks 7\init\ The Synopsis tool can be accessed through the "Tools" menu in BibleWorks, then use "File:Open" to load the .sdf (synopsis) file.