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For Advanced Users Ready for the Next Step Forward

The Advanced Reference Library (ARL) in Version 5 delivers a significant step forward in new features and content. The features, described below, are the ones most requested by those who use PC Study Bible in daily, intensive study. The content in many cases is completely new to Version 5 and has never before been offered in any Biblesoft library or as an add-on.

A collection of 384 reference work titles including Bible translations, commentaries, dictionaries, encyclopedias, Greek/Hebrew and other word study references. Version 5 adds even more Greek/Hebrew helps and includes a new Pastoral Helps Section. It’s a total print publication value of more than $5,200!

Advanced original language features include:

• Groves-Wheeler Westminster 4.0 Hebrew Morphology — Our users have been asking for it and now it’s here, the Old Testament parsing information at your fingertips!
• Wheeler’s Hebrew Syntax Notes function just as they do in Greek. They are invaluable in helping to decipher the parsing codes and define how the Hebrew words work at a grammatical level.
• Westminster Leningrad Codex, includes the Ketiv-Qere readings. This is the best electronic representation of the complete manuscript of Hebrew canon.
• A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament, by Bruce Metzger, is the standard account of the compilation and transmission of the New Testament. It surveys ancient and newly-discovered manuscripts, and discusses both the science and art of textual criticism. Specific notes are included directly in your New Testament Interlinear as footnotes, at the exact locations where the text-committee’s decisions are explained.
• Additional top-notch content* now included: Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms, Exegetical Dictionary of New Testament, Balz & Schneider eds., in three volumes,the Pocket Dictionary for the Study of NT Greek, the Pocket Dictionary for the Study of Biblical Hebrew, Kittel’s 10-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), “Little Kittel” one volume, Wuest’s Word Studies in the Greek New Testament, The Complete Jewish Bible & Jewish New Testament Commentary, and much more!

The following content is included in the Advanced Reference Library. indicates a new add-on for Version 5.

Bibles and Concordances

• American Standard Version
• Bible in Basic English
• Darby's Bible 1890
• Douay–Rheims Bible
• English Standard Version
• Exhaustive Concordances for each Bible Version
• God's Word Translation
• Holman Christian Standard Bible
• King James Version (with Apocrypha)
• New American Standard Bible
• New American Standard Bible, Updated Edition
• New Century Version
• New International Version
• New King James Version
• New Living Translation, 2nd ed.
• New Revised Standard Version (with Apocrypha)
• Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
• Revised Standard Version
• The Amplified Bible
• The Complete Jewish Bible
• The Living Bible
• The Message
• The New English Translation
• Today’s English Version (Good News Translation)
• Weymouth (NT in Modern Speech)
• World English Bible
• Wuest's Expanded New Testament
• Young’s Literal Translation

Cross References

• Nave’s Topical Bible
• PCSB Reference Chains
• Torrey’s New Topical Textbook
• Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Commentary Sets

• Adam Clarke’s Commentary – 6 volumes
• Barnes’ Notes on the OT & NT – 14 volumes
• Bible Knowledge Commentary, OT & NT – 2 volumes
• Geneva Notes, commentary on the Geneva Bible by Calvin, Knox, & more!
• IVP Bible Background Commentary – New Testament
• IVP Bible Background Commentary – Old Testament
• Jamieson, Fausset & Brown Commentary – 6 volumes
• Jewish New Testament Commentary
• Keil & Delitzsch OT Commentary – 10 volumes
• Martin Luther's Commentary on Galatians
• Matthew Henry’s Commentary Unabridged – 6 volumes
• The Apocalypse: Lectures on Revelation by J.A. Seiss
• The Biblical Illustrator – 56 volumes
• The Teacher's Commentary
• Wiersbe's Bible Exposition Commentary, OT & NT – 4 volumes
• Wiersbe's Bible Exposition Outlines, OT & NT – 2 volumes

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• Dictionary of Christianity in America
• Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms
• Easton’s Bible Dictionary
• Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
• Hitchcock’s Bible Names
• International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) – 5 volumes, Orr, ed.
• McClintock and Strong’s Encyclopedia –12 volumes
• Nelson’s Bible Dictionary
• New International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 4 volumes., Bromiley ed.
• Smith's Bible Dictionary
• Willmington's Bible Handbook

Word Study Reference Works

• Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic Word Databases
• Robertson’s Word Pictures in the NT – 6 volumes
• UBS New Testament Handbook Series – 20 volumes
• Vincent’s Word Studies in the NT – 4 volumes
• Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words (OT & NT)
• Wuest's Word Studies in the Greek New Testament

Greek-Hebrew Resources

• A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament, Bruce Metzger
• Audio Pronunciation of Erasmian and Modern Greek Lexical forms
• Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) – Hebrew Old Testament
• Brown, Driver & Briggs’ Hebrew definitions (abridged)
• Brown, Driver & Briggs’ Hebrew–English Lexicon (Unabridged)
• Englishman’s Greek Concordance
• Englishman’s Hebrew Concordance
• Exegetical Dictionary of New Testament, Balz & Schneider eds., 3 volumes
• Exhaustive Strong’s Greek Dictionary with Concordance
• Exhaustive Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary with Concordance
• GRAMcord™ NT Morphological Database & Wheeler's Greek Syntax Notes
• Groves–Wheeler Westminster 4.0 Hebrew Morphology + Syntax Notes
• Kittel's Theological Dictionary of the New Testament – 10 volumes
• KJV + Transliteration + Strong's Greek & Hebrew Definitions
• Little Kittel (TDNT) – 1 volume
• Nestle–Aland 27th Edition (NA27) – Greek New Testament
• Pocket Dictionary for the Study of Biblical Hebrew
• Pocket Dictionary for the Study of NT Greek
• Thayer’s Greek definitions (abridged)
• Thayer’s New Greek–English Lexicon (Unabridged)
• Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, Harris–Archer–Waltke
• UBS Louw & Nida Greek–English Lexicon of the NT
• Westminster Leningrad Codex (OT Hebrew)

Theology & History

• Ancient and Reformation Creeds
• Complete Works of John Bunyan – 3 volumes
• Complete Works of John Owen – 14 volumes
• Complete Works of Jonathan Edwards – 2 volumes
• Early Church Fathers – 38 volumes
• Edersheim's The Life & Times of Jesus the Messiah, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services, Sketches of Jewish Social Life & OT History – 4 volumes
• Foxe’s Book Of Martyrs
• Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin
• Puritan works of Baxter, Watson, Manton, Sibbes, Flavel & more – 37 volumes
• Schaff’s History of the Christian Church – 8 volumes
• Summa Theologiae – Thomas Aquinas
• Systematic Theology, Charles Finney
• Works of Andrew Murray – 9 volumes
• Works of John Wesley – 4 volumes
• Works of Josephus – 3 volumes
• Works of Martin Luther – 9 volumes

Christian Living / Devotional

• Book of Common Prayer
• Names of God Series – 7 volumes
• Spurgeon's Morning and Evening
• The Imitation of Christ, Thomas a Kempis

Pastoral Helps

• 52 New Testament Sermon Starters – 4 volumes
• A Treasury of Bible Illustrations
• Complete Bible Discussion Guide, New Testament
• Complete Bible Discussion Guide, Old Testament
• Hard Sayings of the Bible
• Heartwarming Bible Illustrations
• Illustrations of Bible Truths
• Practical Bible Illustrations from Yesterday and Today
• Preaching Collection, Loscalzo – 3 Volumes, Preaching Sermons that Connect, Apologetic Preaching, Evangelistic Preaching
• Spurgeon's Encyclopedia of Sermons – 8 volumes
• The Fundamentals of Christianity, by RA Torrey
• Willmington's Outline Bible

Other Bible Helps

• Bible Maps
• Bible Photo Collection
• Bible Reading Planner
• Biblesoft Authoring System
• PCSB Hymnal, including audio
• Personal Study Note Manager
• The Moody Atlas of Bible Lands

The minimum system requirements:

• IBM compatible 900 MHz Pentium III (1.3GHz P4 recommended)
• 512 MB RAM or higher; 768 MB recommended
• Windows 2000, XP or Vista (may require Superuser or Admin rights)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
• CD ROM drive (4X speed or higher recommended)
• DVD drive and support if program ordered in this format
• 100 MB hard drive space required; 3 GB recommended
• Mouse or compatible pointing device required
• 256 color display support, 800x600 minimum resolution (1024 x 768 recommended)

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