Latest revision as of 20:22, 14 June 2019

Accordance is Bible Study software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software. Many CATUG members consider it the best Bible software available, whether for private use or academic study.

Although Accordance was initially developed for the Mac OS and iOS, it now also runs on Windows and Android.

OakTree Software

OakTree Software, Inc. is based in Altamonte Springs, Florida, USA. The company has focused on areas of special interest, particularly the study of Biblical texts. Its specific goals are:

Offering innovative and powerful features which cannot be found anywhere else
Providing the most intuitive, elegant, and easy-to-use interface possible
Providing a wide range of useful resources like texts, dictionaries, & commentaries, for Bible study.

Program history

Roy Brown, OakTree Software's president and application developer, created one of the first Bible programs available for the Macintosh, known as ThePerfectWord, in 1988. ThePerfectWord was later bought by another company and renamed MacBible. By the early 1990s there were a number of good general Bible study programs for the Mac. However, Brown saw the need for a new program which would make it easy to engage in more sophisticated kinds of Bible study, enabling scholars and pastors to do in-depth analysis of the original Greek and Hebrew texts of the Bible. Accordance 1.0 was released in February 1994, and welcomed for its power and ease of use.

A version of Accordance 5 rewritten to run natively under Mac OS X was released at the start of 2002. The company has continued to add and improve features. Version 8 was released in May 2008 and introduced a universal binary for Intel-based Macs. The latest version 12 was released in November 2016.

For some years, Zondervan packaged Accordance in their Zondervan Bible Study suites for Macintosh.

Accordance for iOS was released on December 30, 2010 for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

Even when it was a product developed exclusively for the Mac OS, Accordance also ran on PCs using the Basilisk II emulator. A Windows-native version was released in 2013.

Accordance for Android was released in February 2018. As of June 2019, the current version 1.4 supports all purchased modules except Parallels, Atlas and Timeline. User Notes are also not yet supported.

Modules available

The program is centered on the Biblical text, but has many additional texts. There are many optional modules, detailed study tools for the original Hebrew and Greek, commentaries and reference dictionaries.

Some modules available include:

Jewish writings including Mishnah, Targums, Pseudepigrapha, Josephus
Early Christian writings such as the Didache
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia with the Groves-Wheeler Westminster Hebrew Morphology
Dead Sea Scrolls
Bible Atlas
Bible Lands Photo Guide

Although the product has many modules, purchasing is simplified by packaging these into standard collections.

Discounts

Discounts are available to students, educators, current & retired ministers, missionaries, homeschoolers and CATUG members. These are not cumulative, i.e. only one discount can be claimed at a time.

Check the website for current special deals on additional modules.

External links

Accordance Home
- The 25 Most Important Events in Accordance's 25-Year History, February 21, 2019
Accordance Blog
Accordance Forums
Accordance Exchange

Reviews

Accordance 9 is another big step forward in Bible study software, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, September 24, 2010
Premier Bible Software – A Comparative Overview at Bible Software Review, December 29, 2006
- Accordance 8 - The Best just got Better, August 6, 2009
Review of Accordance 6 by the Society of Biblical Literature
Accordance 5.5c review in Macworld, 2003
Independent reviews listed on Accordance site

Credits

Shamelessly edited from the Wikipedia article (to which CATUG members had contributed) on June 3, 2010. Updated by Neville Reid in June 2019.

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-{{title|Accordance}}
 '''Accordance''' is Bible Study software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software. Many CATUG members consider it the best Bible software available, whether for private use or academic study.
-As well as a standalone program, it is the base software packaged by Zondervan in their [http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Search/Search.htm?SC=%22Zondervan+Reference+Series+for+Macintosh&QueryStringSite=Zondervan Bible Study suites for Macintosh]. Although Accordance has been written exclusively for the Mac OS and iOS for iPhone, it also runs on PCs using the Basilisk II emulator.
+Although Accordance was initially developed for the Mac OS and iOS, it now also runs on Windows and Android.
-==OakTree Software==
+=OakTree Software=
 OakTree Software, Inc. is based in Altamonte Springs, Florida, USA. The company has focused on areas of special interest, particularly the study of Biblical texts. Its specific goals are:
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 *Providing a wide range of useful resources like texts, dictionaries, & commentaries, for Bible study.
-==Program history==
+=Program history=
 Roy Brown, OakTree Software's president and application developer, created one of the first Bible programs available for the Macintosh, known as ThePerfectWord, in 1988. ThePerfectWord was later bought by another company and renamed MacBible.
 By the early 1990s there were a number of good general Bible study programs for the Mac. However, Brown saw the need for a new program which would make it easy to engage in more sophisticated kinds of Bible study, enabling scholars and pastors to do in-depth analysis of the original Greek and Hebrew texts of the Bible. Accordance 1.0 was released in February 1994, and welcomed for its power and ease of use.
-A version of Accordance 5.0 rewritten to run natively under Mac OS X was released at the start of 2002.
+A version of Accordance 5 rewritten to run natively under Mac OS X was released at the start of 2002.
-The company has continued to add and improve features, such as the native Quartz rendering system. Version 8 was released in May 2008 and introduced a universal binary for Intel-based Macs. The latest version 9 was released in September 2010.
+The company has continued to add and improve features. Version 8 was released in May 2008 and introduced a universal binary for Intel-based Macs. The latest version 12 was released in November 2016.
-[http://www.accordancebible.com/News/Accordance-For-IOS Accordance for iOS] was released on December 30, 2010 for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
+For some years, Zondervan packaged Accordance in their Zondervan Bible Study suites for Macintosh.
-==Modules available==
+[https://www.accordancebible.com/store/details/?pid=Accord-iOS2 Accordance for iOS] was released on December 30, 2010 for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
+Even when it was a product developed exclusively for the Mac OS, Accordance also ran on PCs using the Basilisk II emulator.  A Windows-native version was released in 2013.
+[https://www.accordancebible.com/store/details/?pid=Accord-Android1 Accordance for Android] was released in February 2018. As of June 2019, the current version 1.4 supports all purchased modules except Parallels, Atlas and Timeline. User Notes are also not yet supported.
+=Modules available=
 The program is centered on the Biblical text, but has many additional texts. There are many optional modules, detailed study tools for the original Hebrew and Greek, commentaries and reference dictionaries.
-Some [http://www.accordancebible.com/products/modules/modtable1.php modules available] include:
+Some modules available include:
 *Jewish writings including Mishnah, Targums, Pseudepigrapha, Josephus
 *Early Christian writings such as the Didache
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 *[http://www.accordancebible.com/store/details/?pid=PhotoGuide+3 Bible Lands Photo Guide]
-Although the product has many modules, purchasing is simplified by packaging these into standard bundles e.g. [http://www.accordancebible.com/store/details/?pid=Starter Starter], [http://www.accordancebible.com/products/packages/library.php Library], [http://www.accordancebible.com/products/packages/scholars_collection.php Scholar's],
+Although the product has many modules, purchasing is simplified by packaging these into standard [http://www.accordancebible.com/Collections-Comparison collections].
-[http://www.accordancebible.com/products/packages/jewish_collection.php Jewish] and [http://www.accordancebible.com/products/packages/catholic_collection.php Catholic collection].
-==Discounts==
+=Discounts=
-[http://www.accordancebible.com/products/purchase_options/index.php Discounts] are available to students, faculty, ministers, missionaries and [[CATUG]] members. These are not cumulative, i.e. only one discount can be claimed at a time.
+[https://www.accordancebible.com/store/Discounts Discounts] are available to students, educators, current & retired ministers, missionaries, homeschoolers and [[CATUG]] members. These are not cumulative, i.e. only one discount can be claimed at a time.
-==Credits==
+Check the website for current [https://www.accordancebible.com/store/sale special deals on additional modules].
-Shamelessly edited from the Wikipedia article (to which CATUG members had contributed) on June 3, 2010. Updated by Neville Reid in Dec 2010
-== External links ==
+= External links =
 *[http://www.accordancebible.com Accordance Home]
+**[https://www.accordancebible.com/25-Events The 25 Most Important Events in Accordance's 25-Year History], February 21, 2019
 *[http://www.accordancebible.com/blog Accordance Blog]
 *[http://www.accordancebible.com/forums Accordance Forums]
 *[http://www.accordancefiles1.com/exchange/ Accordance Exchange]
-===Reviews===
+==Reviews==
 *[http://www.tuaw.com/2010/09/24/accordance-9-is-another-big-step-forward-in-bible-study-software Accordance 9 is another big step forward in Bible study software], The Unofficial Apple Weblog, September 24, 2010
-*[http://www.bsreview.org/index.php?modulo=Articles&id=12 Premier Bible Software – A Comparative Overview] at Bible Software Review, December 29, 2006
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160326171605/http://bsreview.org/index.php?modulo=Articles&id=12 Premier Bible Software – A Comparative Overview] at Bible Software Review, December 29, 2006
-**[http://www.bsreview.org/index.php?modulo=Reviews&id=4 Accordance 8 - The Best just got Better], August 6, 2009
+**[https://web.archive.org/web/20160326172633/http://www.bsreview.org/index.php?modulo=Reviews&id=4 Accordance 8 - The Best just got Better], August 6, 2009
 *[http://www.sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleId=433 Review of Accordance 6] by the Society of Biblical Literature
 <!-- *[http://cmug.org/Software/Software.html Bible Study Software] at Christian Macintosh User Group  -- dead link at present, domain up for renewal -->
-*[http://www.macworld.com/2003/09/reviews/reviewsinbried/ Accordance 5.5c] review in Macworld, 2003
+*[http://www.macworld.com/article/1026044/reviewsinbried.html Accordance 5.5c] review in Macworld, 2003
-*[http://www.accordancebible.com/about/reviews.php Independent reviews] listed on Accordance site
+*[http://www.accordancebible.com/Reviews Independent reviews] listed on Accordance site
+=Credits=
+Shamelessly edited from the Wikipedia article (to which CATUG members had contributed) on June 3, 2010. Updated by Neville Reid in June 2019.
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