bible

Emacs Bible Study Application

• Description
• Dependencies
• Usage
  • Keybindings
• Features
• Example

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:

• StrongsRealGreek

• StrongsRealHebrew

• Robinson

• Packard

• OSHM

• AbbottSmith (lexicon) + AbbottSmithStrongs (index)

• BDBGlosses_Strongs

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

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

Usage

• M-x bible-open

• Invoke from command line as follows (requires installing Ezra SIL font):

  • emacs -g =150x25 -fn \"Ezra SIL-14\" -f bible-open

  Keybindings

• b - Select book

• c - Select chapter

• d - Toggle XML display (debugging)

• h - Describe mode

• m - Select module

• n - Next chapter

• p - Previous chapter

• q - Quit window

• s - Search

• w - Toggle word study

• x - Split display

• / - Search

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

Example