Accordance Bible Software in Reading and Teaching: The Difference a Digital Text Makes
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This presentation addresses two interrelated questions. First, what are the similarities and differences between the reading/interpretation and teaching/preaching of 1) printed Bibles, and 2) the digital texts in Accordance Bible software? And, second, what are the implications of these similarities and differences for theological education? To help address these questions, an online survey with ten questions was posted to a user discussion board on the Accordance Bible website, and to " the wall " of the Accordance page on the Facebook social-networking website. There were sixty-one responses during one week in April 2011 Question 1: On average, how many hours per week do you spend reading and studying the
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