Archive for January, 2009
Over 180 Titles in the iPhone Library!
Jan 22nd
As we’re fond of mentioning in the Olive Tree newsletter, we post new items to the BibleReader 4.0 library almost every week.
We’ve now got over 180 titles for you to choose from when you browse the titles available for iPhone, ranging from commentaries and cross-references to eBooks and daily devotionals, and, of course, Bibles. Many different translations are available, including Bibles in different languages–like Spanish, French, and German, and even Albanian and Norwegian. We know that Olive Tree users speak many, many different languages and live all over the world. We hope you can find something in the Olive Tree library that suits your Bible-reading needs!
Two of our most exciting new titles are Bibles in Greek and Hebrew—perfect for original language scholars and anyone else who wants to read the Bible in the first languages it was written in. Check out BHS/HMT (Hebrew Old Testament) and GNT NA27 (Greek New Testament) for iPhone to see what we mean. Below are screenshots from each:
**For BlackBerry users—don’t lose heart! While these two original language titles are not yet available on BlackBerry, we are working hard to resolve font issues and hope to make them available later this year.
Systematic Theology, now for iPhone and BlackBerry
Jan 13th
If you’ve been following Olive Tree news, you know that one of our biggest goals for 2009 is getting more of the 500+ title Olive Tree library converted for use with BibleReader 4.0–the BibleReader program that runs on iPhone and newer BlackBerry devices. There are currently over 160 titles available for BibleReader 4.0, and new ones are added almost daily.
One of our recent additions to the BibleReader 4.0 library was a particularly important work: Systematic Theology, by Dr. Wayne Grudem.Throughout history, systematic theology has been organized around the “big” topics of Christian faith: the Word of God, salvation and redemption, and Jesus Christ.
Building a systematic theology, then, must begin with collecting and understanding all the relevant passages in the Bible on various topics, and summarizing their teachings clearly. Dr. Wayne Grudem, professor of Bible and theology at Phoenix Seminary, past president of the Evangelical Theological Society, and member of the Translation Oversight Committee for the English Standard Version of the Bible, does just that.
In Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, Dr. Grudem offers a contemporary approach, clearly explaining the scriptural basis for important Christian doctrines, keeping specialized vocabulary and technical terms to a minimum, and addressing topics of current interest to the church. He writes in a friendly tone that appeals to the emotions and the spirit–not just the intellect. He also takes an approach that includes the whole life of faith, offering frequent applications to modern liviing and resources for worship with each theological topic.
Systematic Theology comes with the complete text of the ESV Bible—the Bible translation that Dr. Grudem himself helped to translate—as well as bibliographies with each chapter that cross-reference subjects to a wide range of other systematic theology texts.
It’s our pleasure to offer Systematic Theology, along with over 160 other titles, new for iPhone and BlackBerry! Check out the complete list on OliveTree.com.