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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 1.4.2:
  • fixes two issues in the module installer
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.


SCREENSHOT

Developer:MacSword Team
Downloads:26,150
  - Version d/l:766
Home & Personal:Religion
License:Free
Date:24 Aug 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
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    MacSword User Reviews (97 posts)Write A Review
    Jul 30 2008

    GAOSHAN  Finally, a SWORD I can really use on the unbelievers (it's not as useful as a real sword but of course that would be illegal). Go Jesus!  (Version 1.4)

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    Jul 23 2008
    *****

    MACBIRD  MacSword version 1.4.0b2 (7/22/08) works fine on:

    Macmini 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo

    2GB RAM OS 10.5.4

    I think this (free) software is outstanding. Feature rich and very easy to use.  (Version 1.4b2)

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    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 7 2008

    BEFF  I vote that; apps organizing historical fantasies and myths for religious purposes, can not be listed at MacUpdate.

    Apps with a historical/political angle are of the fruitful flavour.  (Version 1.4b1)

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