Product Description

Utilizing the technology of eBible™, we revised and updated the successful WBC software collection.  This CD-ROM contains 58 volumes of the WBC and is formatted with the best software platform, the Libronix Digital Library System.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1958643 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: CD-ROM

Customer Reviews

A superior research tool
The feel of a paper volume in your hand and a pencil in your ear as a ready-at-hand marker will never be replaced. However, in terms of a research tool electronic volumes cannot be equaled. This is particularly true of commentaries.

I will restrict my comments to the benefits of owning a commentary series in its electronic format because the odds are if you are interested in purchasing an entire commentary series you have enough understanding of WBC to know if it is your commentary of choice. Personally, one reason I purchased WBC was precisely because it was the best commentary available on cd-rom. I hope that in the future more commentaries will follow suite.

There are many superior features of this particular commentary series as it exists in electronic form:

Copy and Paste editing capability that also automatically footnote each copied section. This is probably one of the most superior features, because it allows for easy transitioning of the text to notes without having to re-type from the book.

Underlining/highlighting of the text in the commentary, itself. This replaced the ready-at-hand pencil with various means of underlining and highlighting the text, which are then immediately saved so that the next time you open the software your underlining is saved. It even has an underline style that mimicks the crooked pencil style done by hand, this is my favorite.

One particularly snazzy feature of the software that runs this commentary is that all scriptural references occurring within the text are displayed when you roll the cursor over the top. This saves innumerable hours looking up references in a separate book or cross referencing another software program. It is something of a biblical researchers dream come true.

Other features include searching capabilities to find a key word/s in the text, several zoom levels that allow you to quickly adjust the text size (larger to go easier on the eyes), and the ability to insert a marker and jot down comments and notes at various points in the text. This last feature is somewhat similar to leaving a comment in a cell in Excel.

One drawback to some of my searches has been a rather small search window that leaves me rather frustrated for its inability to adjust to a larger size. This and a few other minor quirks force me to give this a four star rating rather than the five stars. Although this is a superb purchase there is still some room for improvement.

Electronic versions of commentaries are more cost effective and more powerful than ink and paper. The hard copies will become a thing of nostalgia, although in my opinion they will never completely be replaced. I heartily recommend this commentary series and this electronic format in particular.

More Than You Will Ever Need
From its beginning, the Word Biblical Commentary has been very much a "mixed bag" theologically. While under generally evangelical sponsorship, the WBC has some authors who would stretch the meaning of that well-worn "E word" to its limits and even beyond. From an academic viewpoint, however, the WBC is consistently of the highest caliber. From technical linguistic discussions to sermonic suggestions, each commentary offers something for everybody. The bibliographies before each scripture section alone are often worth the cost of the book, especially for students looking for in depth studies of that passage or some item in the passage. Some volumes, particularly the two by William Lane on Hebrews, have already reached the level of "classic" in my opinion.
I agree with the other reviewer that you can find it cheaper than you see it here. Sorry, seller, but I had to mention that. (Try the Logos version!)
You can't go wrong with all that you get - just shop around before you buy.

Excellent Commentary Series on CD-ROM!
I owned about 40 of these 58 volumes in hard back books. I sold them on Ebay for around $500. I bought this CD-ROM of 58 books for LESS than that. Plus, now I have 18 extra commentaries, and I can take them with me on my laptop wherever I go.

Moreover, this commentary series uses the fantastic Libronix Digital Software System.

I must say that these volumes presuppose that the reader is familiar with Greek and Hebrew, so know in advance that this is a pretty scholarly set. The contributions on Matthew, Romans, Ephesians, Revelation, 2 Peter and Jude, Genesis, Ezra-Nehemiah, and Hosea-Jonah will stand the test of time and should be owned by all seasoned and serious Bible teachers.

If it is all right for me to say this, I believe that this set can be found much cheaper at [...]

Rev. Marc Axelrod