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DESCRIPTION
MacSword is a free & open-source application for research and study of God and His Word. It is developed specifically for Mac OS X, and is localised in French, English, German and Swedish.
It allows you to read and browse many different bibles translations in different languages from Hebrew to Albanian. As well as reading devotionals, commentaries, dictionaries and lexicons, it also supports searching and advanced features such as services so that you can access the Bible in any program.
MacSword uses the Sword project at http://www.crosswire.org/sword/ . This is an open source project whose purpose is to "to create an ever expanding software package for research and study of God and His Word". This provides the back-end functionality to handle the bible texts and provide features such as searching.
There are now over 200 modules in 50 languages that are all available from the Crosswire Bible Society. Including bibles, commentaries, lexicons, dictionaries, books and devotionals.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.0.5-288: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
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| MacSword User Reviews (72 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Jun 7 2008 |
HALEAKALARI this program is freaking great. it has allowed me to efficiently keep track of and access quickly, thousands of scriptural citations, which has aided my writing of many a paper. i mean, unless you want to spend hundreds upon hundreds of dollars on other "bible software", this is where it is at. there are many modules in many languages available (even some non-religious/dogmatic texts, also maps and such), and it uses webkit for its display of the modules, which means it natively supports any language your mac does. 5 stars! having said that; beff, you are a moron. one can argue with the accuracy of most historical accounts from the periods(s) in which the old and new testament literatures were written just as well as one can argue with the historicity of the biblical accounts themselves. the fact is, that aside from being inspirational and "spiritually relevant" reading for many people across the world, ANY "older" religious texts (that would include hindu, buddhist, zoroastrian, jewish, christian etc...) do AT-LEAST offer us valuable insight into early stages of human, cultural and psychological development. some of us study judeo-christian biblical texts for the same reason people across the globe are taught about greek and mesopotamian mythologies [as early as 4th or 5th grade in many schools], to gain knowledge about certain periods in time that we would otherwise know very little about, if it wasn't for the texts. older religious or "mythological" texts, regardless of the doctrines they espouse, offer us treasure troves of information about the history of this thing we call, the "human condition". atheist or theist, agnostic or gnostic, older religious scriptures can teach everyone a lot. to discount these valuable learning tools as merely "fantasies", is just plain ignorant. (Version 1.4b1) | |
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 | Jun 14 2008 |
BEFF "Intelletualis amor Dei | |
 | Jun 14 2008 |
HALEAKALARI in light of your conjugated spinoza citation(s) [although lightly misspelled] i will recant my usage of the word "moron". i am familiar with "spinozaian pantheism" but will note the following; somewhat ironically, its vocabulary/logic is often used to describe or validate the concept of a singular god, especially in regard to judeo-christian esoteric/mystical traditions. although you could consider this to be negative, it is quite positive to me. a non-personified singular "god concept" which can be argued through reason is highly preferable to a quasi-singular personified "god concept" which can only be argued through repetition. the point is that the judeo-christian concept of god, if one so wishes, can be easily reconciled with "spinozaian pantheism", yielding a kind of logical panentheism. this reconciliation actually allows for the further development/enhancement of [the more stringent and] true monotheism. in-fact there seem to be many natural parallels and lucid connections between gnostic cosmologies of the judeo-christian persuasion and later "spinozaian pantheism" (which arguably expounds upon certain aristotelian concepts, amongst others as well). none-the-less, i maintain that the religious scriptures [including non-judeo-christian flavours] of antiquity still hold great value (and rightly so) in the fields of the humanities. (Version 1.4b1) | |
 | Jun 21 2008 |
BEFF Hi again , my "vedian" friend. A missing centum is a world to us, not to horses of Eocene. Feet above ground are relative. I thought "homo cogitat" where the essence, and that this is a corollary of both my citations. A singular good will be a to narrow outlook. Consider this:(norwegian) "Og når det vise menneske har sett
at alle ting som lever, lever i
hans eget selv, blir han omsider fri
for illusjon. Han ser at alt er ett."
Quality of insight vaporize illusion. "Apps with a historical/political angle are of the fruitful flavour". The historical value of religious phenomenons are not a dispute of mine. Promoting religious ideas returns complex philosophic thesis. "Cocaine and religion will both make you high". Van Morrison says in "Dweller On the Threshold": - Feel the angel of the present In the mighty crystal fire Lift me up and soothe my darkness Let me travel evan higher - These animations are of human origin. Religious systems abuse human sentiments. The core idea of any religion is repetition, -every sunday, 5 times a day - and is crucial to its standing. Referring to South Africa, April 1993, Mandela addressed the nation appealing for calm: "Tonight I am reaching out to every single South African, black and white, from the very depths of my being. A white man, full of prejudice and hate, came to our country and committed a deed so foul that our whole nation now teeters on the brink of disaster. A white woman, of Afrikaner origin, risked her life so that we may know, and bring to justice, this assassin. The cold-blooded murder of Chris Hani has sent shock waves throughout the country and the world. ...Now is the time for all South Africans to stand together against those who, from any quarter, wish to destroy what Chris Hani gave his life for the freedom of all of us." Mr. Mandelas (90 year a few days ago) philosophy has not been repeated in South Africa according to recent news. The human brain is a small match for the human brain. MacUpdates admin may not concur us having this discursive at MacUpdate. I like our saturday-sword-fight, so if another forum is recommended, I´ll join you. Looking forward to your response. Have a nice week HALEAKALARI. Best regards from your new found friend; Terje (Version 1.4b1) | |
 | Jul 23 2008 |
MACBIRD MacSword version 1.4.0b2 (7/22/08) works fine on: Macmini 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo I think this (free) software is outstanding. Feature rich and very easy to use. (Version 1.4b2) | |
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 | Jun 16 2009 |
JRWHO I like the new version, but I don't like the new icon. It's still not 512x512 and the blue looked a lot better. (Version 2.0b1) | |
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 | Jun 11 2009 |
MACNORSK Excellent software. Soli Deo Gloria. (Version 2.0b1) | |
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 | Nov 24 2004 |
THOR - GOD OF THUNDER Is this true? Is there a module for norse mythos? Where, please? (Version 1.1.3) | |
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 | Nov 24 2004 |
UMAROMC LOL (Version 1.1.3a) | |
 | Nov 24 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Excellent..now we can all bone up on our made-up Mythology! Can you do Norse-Gods next? (Version 1.1.3) | |
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 | Mar 3 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Which god does this app reference? It should specify, otherwise how are we to know? (Version 1.0) | |
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 | Mar 3 2004 |
ANONYMOUS I would expect that the word BIBLE would tell you that this is the christian God he/she is talking about. (Version 1.0) | |
 | Apr 25 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Read it to find out. You'll find that there is but ONE GOD. He is the one true triune God, Jesus Christ. The one who spoke, and all creation came into existance. There is no other "god". (Version 1.0.1) | |
 | Nov 13 2009 |
MANFRED BERGMANN As requested a .dmg download is now available via SourceForge or the MacSword web page. This download includes a readme and the module installer howto screen cast. (Version 2.0.4-283) | |
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 | Nov 12 2009 |
DP-G4-450GUY Alright! This edition works in Snow Leopard 10.6.2. Installer still needs work - a ReadMe txt file is needed badly. After scouring the various web sites, I found the Movie instructions (which a ReadMe should state the URL for) and pulled down the latest zip's of the texts I wanted - I manually installed them - makes life easier but good work on the module-installer function. One complaint - it's irksome that after selecting a text, I have to type a chapter to get it to open in the workspace - the start of the text should just appear - then if I want to skip ahead and so forth, I can type in what I want or choose it from the right-side panel. IMHO. Looks like the application is on the right path. Needs better instructions in a ReadMe text instead of having to go to a wiki, a home page, et al - or at least the ReadMe should give the direct URL's to these pages. (Version 2.0.4-283) | |
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 | Nov 12 2009 |
DP-G4-450GUY Ignore the open-text comment - I see the right-side panel stays open from the last session - so I have a TOC readily available - happy with that. (Version 2.0.4-283) | |
 | Nov 12 2009 |
DP-G4-450GUY AGAIN, no read me file in the installer. (Mannfred, even drag-n-drop installs are known as the installer, as far as the DMG is concerned - that's standard Mac lingo.) It would take VERY little effort to write a small text file on how to intall the modules. Copy/paste the relavent parts of the web page or forums into a text file and bundle it. I'm going to play with this latest update and hopefully it will work. I loved the old 'sword and really want this application up and going like the old days. SL 10.6.2 (Version 2.0.4-283) | |
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 | Nov 12 2009 |
MANFRED BERGMANN I really can't understand what the issue is with installing modules. The "Help" main menu has now all relevant places where to find help. We also have now a screen cast on our web page that shows how to install modules. (Version 2.0.4-283) | |
 | Nov 12 2009 |
DP-G4-450GUY Mannfred, it's because as a Mac user, I expect the "Macintosh experience" - ease of use being part of it. The app is very easy to use - no complaints there. But a ReadMe with a list of the relavent URL's would be a great edition to have so I don't have to go hunt them down. I'd even bundle the instruction-movie you made into the installer - the additional size is neglible and it is very helpful. (Version 2.0.4-283) | |
 | Nov 12 2009 |
MANFRED BERGMANN Alright, I will think about making a DMG bundle with some more stuff on it. (Version 2.0.4-283) | |
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