SESB compared to BibleWorks
SESB and BibleWorks are both software tools for scholarly Bible studies. They have many features and texts in common. However, there are many tasks that you can fulfil with SESB, but not with BibleWorks. Here are some examples:
Display and search the critical apparatus
BibleWorks does not include the critical apparatus on the BHS, Nestle-Aland, Greek New Testament, Septuagint and Vulgate. In contrast, SESB does not only allow to display the apparatus in parallel with the Bible text, but also to search it for manuscripts, witnesses and readings.
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Search the BHS on clause and sentence level
BibleWorks only allows to search the Hebrew Bible text on morphological features on word level. In contrast, the WIVU database in SESB also allows to build complex queries on phrase, clause and sentence level in order to find special syntactic structures.
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Display and search the Masorah on the Hebrew Bible
BibleWorks does not include the Masorah on the Hebrew Bible. In contrast, the BHQ fascicles provided in SESB do not only allow to display the Masorah, but also to search it.
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Include the Gospel According to Thomas in your Bible studies
BibleWorks does not provide the text of the Gospel according to Thomas for comparison with the canonical gospels. In contrast, SESB does not only include the text in Coptic, Greek, English and German, but also features an English and German commentary on it.
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Search the original language Bibles for passages on a particular topic
BibleWorks does only allow to search for words or morphological features. In contrast, the special SESB Lemma Search also allows for Bible passages on specific topics.
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Build your own digital library from over 9.000 books
The BibleWorks library is limited to about 250 books that are available for the platform. In contrast, SESB gives access to a huge library of more than 9.000 digital books that are available for the Libronix platform.
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Enjoy your Bible software with interface in your language
BibleWorks only comes with an English Interface. In contrast, the SESB interface is not only available in English and German, but also in Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish.
