BibleWorks 8

BibleWorks 8 is due out in December. Since BW7 was released in early 2006, it's been about 3 years. If you have a PC, this is really all you need to tackle the original biblical (and related) texts. If you want to build an electronic library, you might want to consider Logos.

The full version costs $349 while there are also a number of upgrade packages which start at $149 if you're upgrading from version 7. There's a special price of $20 for those who have just recently purchased version 7 (after October 15th) directly from the folks at BibleWorks (good only through Dec. 24th).

It looks like the system requirements have been shaped with the new netbooks in mind, which have a smaller screen resolution (typically 1024 x 600).

Though the overall look is familiar, they've revamped the user interface some. Take a look at the analysis window, for instance:


Here's a list of the full contents, with new items in blue. Some of the highlights include an updated Hebrew Bible database (4.10 from 4.4), the Greek Pseudepigrapha, tagged, and with English translation, the TNIV, as well as Jouon-Muraoka's and Waltke-O'Connor's Hebrew grammars, now both included free (they were previously available as add-on modules).