Accordance#Reviews

OakTree Software, Inc. is based in Altamonte Springs, Florida, United States. The company has focused on the study of Biblical texts.

Roy Brown, OakTree Software's president and application developer, created one of the first Bible programs available for the Macintosh, known as ThePerfectWord, in 1988. ThePerfectWord was later bought by another company and renamed MacBible.

By the early 1990s there were a number of general Bible study programs for the Macintosh. However, Brown saw the need for a new program which would make it easy to engage in more sophisticated Bible study, enabling scholars and pastors to perform in-depth analysis of the original Greek and Hebrew texts of the Bible. Accordance 1.0 was released in February 1994.[http://www.accordancebible.com/history Accordance: History] on company site

The translators of the Holman Christian Standard Bible, completed in 2004, used it for word studies, comparisons and instant searches.{{cite web |url=http://www.churchcentral.com/article/New-Holman-Christian-Standard-Bible-offers-fresh-translation-in-age-of-revisions,-paraphrases |title=New Holman Christian Standard Bible offers fresh translation |accessdate= 2011-01-02 |author=Rebecca Barnes |date=2004-04-16 |publisher=Church Central |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227070319/http://www.churchcentral.com/article/New-Holman-Christian-Standard-Bible-offers-fresh-translation-in-age-of-revisions,-paraphrases |url-status=dead |archivedate=2011-02-27 }}

A version of Accordance 5.0 rewritten to run natively under Mac OS X was released in 2002.[http://www.macworld.com/article/2988/2002/01/accordance.html Accordance Bible software now Mac OS X native], January 14, 2002, Macworld. The company has continued to add and improve features, such as adding the native Quartz rendering system. Version 8 was released in May 2008 and introduced a universal binary for Intel-based Macs. Additional versions were released in 2010 through 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.accordancebible.com/History|title=History|last=Software|first=Accordance Bible|website=Accordance Bible Software|access-date=2016-10-05}} Version 12 (2016) saw a refreshing of the packages available, where, apart from individual modules, users must purchase collections from a specialized stream (Hebrew, Greek, English or Graphics).{{cite web | url=https://www.accordancebible.com/Collections-Comparison | title=Collections Comparison }} Version 13 was released in November 2019 that included a new look, built-in training, and import from PDF.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=2 November 2019|title=Accordance 13 Now Available! Become a Triskaidekaphile Today!|url=https://www.accordancebible.com/Accordance-13-Now-Available|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813172527/https://www.accordancebible.com/Accordance-13-Now-Available/ |archive-date=2020-08-13 |access-date=|website=}}

Accordance for iOS was released on December 30, 2010, as a free app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.[http://www.accordancebible.com/News/Accordance-For-IOS Buzz: Accordance for iOS Now Released], Oaktree, December 30, 2010

After running through an emulator for many years, in 2013 Accordance released as Windows-native software, with upgrades and updates generally running in parallel with the Mac software.{{cite web|url=https://www.accordancebible.com/Accordance-For-Windows-Just-Released|title = Accordance for Windows Just Released|date = October 2013}}

Accordance for Android was released in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.accordancebible.com/product/accordance-for-android/|title=Accordance for Android|website=Accordance}}

The program is centered on the Biblical text,[http://www.accordancebible.com/accordance/concepts.php User interface concepts] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723200917/http://www.accordancebible.com/accordance/concepts.php |date=July 23, 2011 }} on company site but has many additional texts. There are optional modules, detailed study tools for the original Hebrew and Greek, commentaries and reference dictionaries, with a cross-reference system to interconnect the Biblical text with libraries of ancient extra-biblical material.{{Cite web|url=https://www.accordancebible.com/product/comprehensive-bible-cross-references/|title=Comprehensive Bible Cross References|website=Accordance}}

Some modules available include:

• Mishnah, Targums, Pseudepigrapha, Josephus and early Christian writings such as the Didache{{cite web |url=http://www.accordancebible.com/products/modules/modtable1.php |title=Table of Modules :: Products |publisher=Web.archive.org |date= |accessdate=2023-03-24 |archive-date=July 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723200647/http://www.accordancebible.com/products/modules/modtable1.php |url-status=bot: unknown }}
• Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia with the Groves-Wheeler Westminster Hebrew Morphology{{Cite web|url=https://www.accordancebible.com/|title=Home|website=Accordance}}
• Louw & Nida Semantic Domain Lexicon {{Cite web|url=https://www.accordancebible.com/details-of-the-mobile-app/|title=Details of Accordance Mobile for iOS|website=Accordance}}
• GNT Robinson Byzantine
• Dead Sea Scrolls{{Cite web|url=https://www.accordancebible.com/product/dead-sea-scrolls-biblical-manuscripts/|title=Dead Sea Scrolls Biblical Manuscripts|website=Accordance}}
• Bible Atlas and Bible Lands Photo Guide[http://www.accordancebible.com/store/packages/graphic_resources Graphic sources] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314035838/http://www.accordancebible.com/store/packages/graphic_resources |date=2012-03-14 }}
• Comprehensive Cross Reference interactive module for Dead Sea Scrolls, Josephus, Philo, Nag Hammadi Library, Pseudepigrapha, Old Testament Apocrypha, New Testament Apocrypha, Plato, Pythagoras, Dhammapada, Egyptian Book of the Dead, Tacitus, Talmud, New and Old Testaments, Apostolic and Early Church Fathers {{Cite web|url=https://accordancebible.com/comprehensive-crossreferences/|title=New Release: Comprehensive Bible Cross References|first=Rick|last=Bennett|date=December 1, 2011|website=Accordance}}

Although the product has many modules, these are packaged into "[http://www.accordancebible.com/Collections-Comparison/ Collections]" (which have replaced all of the earlier "bundles" and "libraries").

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