“When we set out to develop our iPhone app, we wanted to replicate the functionality of our desktop software,” said Bob Pritchett, President of Logos Bible Software, in the press release. “Not only did we do it, but we are now able to reach our greater goal of getting more people into the study of God’s Word by giving this app away for free.”
Currently the Logos Bible Software iPhone app is a free download that can access 30 of the Bibles available at Logos’ Online Bible with no registration required. If a user would like to access even more titles, they may register for an account and get access to an additional 30+ titles from devotionals, to commentaries, to original biblical language resources including:
• Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
• Easton’s Bible Dictionary
• Systematic Theology (Strong)
• New Nave’s Topical Bible
• Morning and Evening
• Strong’s Concise Dictionary of the Words of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek Testament
• Dictionary of the Vulgate New Testament
• And many more…
If you have the newest version of Logos Bible Software’s desktop application, Logos 4, then you will also have access to many of the books from your Logos base package. Currently more than 2,000 titles can be viewed on the Logos Bible Software iPhone app and more will be added regularly until more than 10,000 titles are available on the iPhone.
The Logos Bible Software iPhone app is designed to help you do more than just read the Bible. Dig deeper into the Scripture with the Passage Guide. Enter a verse and click “go” to receive a report linking directly to commentaries referencing your verse. The Passage Guide also provides a cross reference list, media resources, topics, and interesting words. All linked to resources in your library.
A second way to get deeper into Bible study is through a Bible Word Study. Tap and hold any word in a Bible with a reverse interlinear and a pop-up will display the English word along with all the original language information. From this pop-up, click Bible Word Study to see the definition, pronunciation, translations, and example uses of the various translations.
Finally, complete your Bible study by comparing verse across various translations with the Text Comparison tool. Open a verse in Text Comparison and see exactly where each translation differs. No other Bible app for the iPhone provides the depth of tools for Bible study that the free Logos Bible Software app provides.
More info about Logos Bible Software for iPhone via Apple’s iTunes App Store here.
Source: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
Where is my Carl Sagan app?
Or my Math Study app? Or my advanced Physics app (complete with Standard Model compendium and Hyperspace addendum)? Or my Quantum Mechanics app?
How about my EVOLUTION app?
The evolution app can be found in hell. Don’t worry. You’ll find it there someday.
I have the Logos for Mac desktop … and I must confess it’s not all that great. In fact, I use it much less than the free MacSword. This is because, although it has great resources, the interface is obscure to the max.
I hope their iPhone app is better. It’s nice of them to give it away for free.
MW: progress
Now the iPhone can crucify the Droid. Can I get an amen here?
@HughB: Amen, brother.
Thank God…
Hugh! That’s so wrong! That’s like saying the Droid is the Alpha and Omega of smartphones. Which ain’t true. Anyway, I think this is really cool because they make a great product. I’ll get it when finally get my iPhone, but for now I use e-Sword.
MDN – why are you censoring comments? Now I’ll hafta make more popcorn.
there’s an app for that
The Zune HD has a free version of the Necronomicon.
Where’s my Koran app? Death to the infidel Christians and Jews!
Praise the Lord!
Ah, no wonder MDN posts such right wing propaganda. Why don’t we just find some neutral ground and let all the fundamentalists fight it out amongst themselves. Why do we ALL have to pay for your wars?
I don’t think they deserve to use technology. They don’t accept science evidence, so therefor, technology should be off limits to them.
Why is it that every time liberals come across something that ruffles their delicate and finely tuned moral purity they feel like they’ve been subjected to “right wing propaganda”?
Sheesh!
Actually, they DO accept scientific evidence. What they DON’T accept is pseudo-scientific evidence.
As for your wanting to cut Christians off from technology, well, that happens to be a fascist position. Tell me, are you quite proud?
Like it or not, people have a right to disagree with you and STILL enjoy what they are capable of purchasing with their own hard earned money.
Deal with it!
An interest in Bible studies is not an indication of right wing political leanings or discomfort with technology. And it’s not an indication of disbelief in scientific evidence. Thank you, MDN, for posting this.
Jeez. . .much of the socialist thought started in the church (taking care of the poor etc.)
Oh, and don’t forget MLK Jr was a Rev.
So now stop the bickering. There is good and bad to everything.
Some of you folks are extremely childish — if you think it’s a dumb app, don’t download it…but for some folks it’s going to be very useful, especially for travelers who want an alternative to the hotel Gideon’s Bible.
And I wouldn’t be surprised to see a version come out for the Koran, if some enterprising programmer put his/her mind to it; ditto the Talmud and other sacred works.
In the app store look for iQuran. No. Really. While there, get The Scriptures for the bible and the book of mormon and beyond.
Is there a link to The Origin of Species?
You can find “The Origin of the Species” in the humor section.
I don’t believe in atheism.
I wish more people were as godless as I am. Godless people do great things. Take, for example, Mao Tse Tung, Josef Stalin, and Adolph Hitler. Those fine upstanding fellas were atheist, and between the three of them they were responsible for the mass slaughter of well over 100 million people – and all in a time frame of less than 50 years. That’s a feat that only Godless people can pull off – or would care to.
Join me, won’t you?
I am sure the iPod-touch randomly came about, by accidental collisions in a circuit-board factory; no wait that was the Zune