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What's new at Olive Tree this month? Several new resources that will help you build your personal PDA library into a study environment that is tailored to fit your needs, including the IVP Bible Background Commentaries, Jewish Study Bible Notes, Robertson's Word Pictures, eBooks by John Piper, and more. Smartphone users, you might want to take a look at our latest Smartphone beta reader – there are many new features that we've been adding recently! Olive Tree also has a couple job openings for you or anyone you know who might be interested.


100 milestone

Olive Tree Reaches "100 Milestone"

Olive Tree recently reached the "100 milestone" – Among our over 400 resources we now offer over 100 Bibles and over 100 free resources available for download to read on devices using a dozen different mobile operatings sytems. Here's a few of our most popular downloads:

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IVP Bible Background Commentaries

IVP Bible Background Commentaries - Old and New Testaments

Olive Tree is now offering both Old and New Testaments for the IVP Bible Background Commentaries. Crucial to understanding and apprehending the Bible is an understanding of the cultural, archaeological and historical background of the scripture you are studying. The Bible Background Commentaries from IVP provide this vital information and more. You will find them to be valuable aids for cultivating a deeper, richer understanding of the Bible.

You can buy these commentaries as a bundle regularly priced at $29.95, but we are offering a 2-week discount where you can purchase the bundle including both of these commentaries for $24.95. Buy today and save.

MacArthur Commentaries

MacArthur New Testament Commentary - new books added

The bundle for the MacArthur New Testament Commentary has been updated to include five new books: Matthew, John (chapters 1-11), First Corinthians, Ephesians, and Hebrews. If you have previously purchased the MacArthur Commentary Bundle, you can download an update that includes these new books from your Personal Library.

If you do not yet own the MacArthur New Testament Commentary, it is a valuable tool worth considering. It is a study guide that focuses on meaning and context, and then reflects on the explored passage or concept, blending this study together with probing questions that guide the reader toward applying the truths you have discovered.

eBooks by John Piper


Jewish Study Bible Notes

Jewish Study Bible Notes

From Oxford University Press, the Jewish Study Bible Notes are a wonderful resource for students of Judaism and Christianity, providing commentary on the Old Testament from the Judaic perspective. These notes have over two dozen detailed and scholarly articles on topics like Jewish interpretation of the Bible, canonization, reading Biblical poetry, and the role of the Bible in Jewish life.

Two other sets of study notes that Olive Tree makes available from Oxford are the Catholic Study Bible Notes and the New Scofield Bible Notes.

Robertson's Word Pictures

Travel through the New Testament with this illuminating resource, stopping to examine particular words and phrases in the Greek that reveal Biblical truths. A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures is not a formal commentary but rather reveals the "word pictures" of the Koine Greek. Robertson uses several methods to do this, including lexical and grammatical analysis, archaelogical investigations that impact our understanding of the Bible, nuanced word and mood analysis and contextual meanings drawn from the Greek. Robertson desired to unveil the Greek New Testament's myriad of "word pictures," and this resource reflects the achievement of that desire.

Smartphone Beta Reader

If you are one of our many Smartphone users (that is, Windows Mobile Smartphone) then you may want to check out our latest beta reader for your platform. You'll find we've added new features including: hyperlink support, new menus, access to publisher notes, Greek and Hebrew font support, and more. This opens up a whole new spectrum of resources that can work on your phone.



Job Opening - Java

Olive Tree Bible Software is looking for a part/full time engineer in Java J2ME. We have several Java BibleReader platforms and are looking to do more development on these platforms. Ideal Requirements: 3-5 years professional experience with Java, J2ME, and C++. For more details, please go to our careers page.



Job Opening - Electronic Book Formatter

Olive Tree Bible Software is looking for a part/full time employee to help with our book conversions (we have 100's ready to go!). Ideal Requirements: demonstrate aptitude or experience in some computer programming and document conversion, 1-2 years of professional experience, comfortable with the grammar and details of the English language. For more details, please go to our careers page.

Sincerely,

~The Team at Olive Tree