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Summary: XP Incompatible
Review: Although this work has been my faithful traveling companion for several years (windows 95,98,2k), I have not been able to successfully run the reference software in Windows XP. The maps work just fine however. I have tried all the backward compatability options without success.
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Summary: Amazingly useful, always reliable
Review: This CD-ROM presents the most comprehensive literal translation of the Bible accompanied by the Oxford Companion, a virtual Biblical Encyclopedia, and the Episcopal and Common Lectionaries. The most outstanding feature to me is the ability to immediately view cross-referenced verses in the annotations. Also, the Lectionaries can be used to immediately find the readings required. And these are only the simplest features, there are many more complex searches available for those needing them. Of course the most uniquely valuable feature of this translation is the availability of the complete Apocrypha. Bit is is also outstanding for the high quality of the scholarship that produced such fine English prose and poetry. This CD-ROM is endlessly informative and a pleasure to use.
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Summary: Great but unsupported
Review: This suite of Bible tools has been my very favorite -- easy to use, good maps, easy to cut and paste. It is much less sophisticated than my scholar's software (BibleWorks) but I use this tool 99 times out of 100.
Unfortunately it will not run in Windows XP and I have not been able to find any support of any kind through Oxford University Press. It's as if they have forgotten they ever made it.
If you don't plan to upgrade past Windows 98, go for it. Otherwise keep shopping for something comparable. I haven't found it yet, and I am missing my Bible Reference Library tools every day. Nobody else seems to have such a straightforward and simple package on the market.
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