Roy Brown is the developer of Accordance, cutting edge Bible software for research into and translation of the original texts of the Bible, since 1994.
Light the Lamp with Accordance
Abstract
The first step in translation is to understand the meaning of the text, but few translators are thoroughly familiar with the original languages as well as the culture and background of the Bible texts. This paper will demonstrate how Accordance sheds light on the text with fully analyzed texts, translations that link each word to the original, dictionaries at every level to explain the words, and powerful easy searches to compare usage in the same or other texts. Additional resources shed more light, whether maps, timelines, pictures, or commentaries. The live presentation will show how to study a word in context, compare its use and range of meaning, and discover how and why different versions have varied in their translation. The presentation will be appropriate for those with no background in Greek or Hebrew as well as those who are very familiar with these languages.