bible

Table of Contents

1. Description
2. Dependencies
3. Usage
   1. Keybindings
4. Features
5. Examples

Description

An Emacs Bible study application using the SWORD project's `diatheke' command line program to access SWORD text modules.

Dependencies

The SWORD Project library and utilities and a Biblical Text module (uses KJV by default). Also, Strong's lexicons and morphological databases should be installed:

• Recommended Bible text modules
  • KJV
  • NASB
• Optional (original language modules)
  • Byz — Byzantine Greek text
  • SBLGNT — Society of Biblical Literature Greek New Testament
  • MorphGNT — Morphologically parsed version of SBLGNT
  • OSHB — Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Westminster Leningrad codex marked tagged with Strongs Numbers and Morphological tags.
• Lexicons and morphologies
  • StrongsRealGreek
  • StrongsRealHebrew
  • AbbottSmithStrongs
  • BDBGlosses_Strongs (Hebrew lexicon)
  • Robinson (Greek morphology)
  • Packard (Alternate Greek morphology used for LXX module)
  • OSHM (Open Scriptures Hebrew morphology)

The SWORD Project utility `installmgr' can be used to install text modules and lexical and morphological databases.

Two scripts are provided to make the installation process easier.

• test This script tests your environment and ensures that Emacs can run diatheke. It also prints out a list of installed modules.
• setup This script installs various

The program `mkfastmod' should be used to generate indexes so the lexical search method will work.

This application will run on Android using Termux and Termux/X11. Run Termux X11 with some desktop environment and run emacs under X11. Then compile and load bible.el.

Usage

• M-x bible-open
• Invoke from command line as follows (requires installing Ezra SIL font):
  • emacs -g =150x25 -fn \"Ezra SIL-14\" -l bible -f bible-open

Keybindings

• T - Select Bible text
• C - Select Commentary text
• b - Select book
• c - Select chapter
• h - Describe mode
• l - Toggle red letter display
• n - Next chapter
• p - Previous chapter
• q - Quit window
• r - Set search range (see diatheke documentation for syntax)
• s - Search
• w - Toggle word study
• x - Split display
• / - Search
• d - Toggle XML display (debugging)

Features

• Chapter-based browsing of the Bible
• Text Formatting
  • Red Letters
  • Strong's Greek (with Lemma)
  • Strong's Hebrew
  • Morphology
• Greek & Hebrew Lexicon definition lookup
• Morphology lookup
• Tooltip display of definitions, morphology
• Searching

Examples