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"The basic idea behind open source is very simple. When programmers on the Internet can read, redistribute, and modify the source for a piece of software, it evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing...
...The Open Source pages exist to make this case to the commercial world."    - Introduction to Open Source - www.opensource.org

* And Bible

market download And Bible is an open source, offline, totally free Bible application with no advertisements to enable as many people in all countries to read, listen to, and study Scripture as easily as possible and with the greatest personal blessing.

* Bibles, Commentaries, Theological Dictionaries, Maps, and Christian books in over 700 languages
* Off-line for everything after initial download including search, notes, commentaries, etc.
* Interface in Chinese, Russian, German, French, Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Hebrew, Hindi, ...
* Various Bible reading plans
* Totally free, no ads, no e-mails
* Over 40 English Bibles including ESV, KJV and NET
* 29 Bible commentaries
* Extensive dictionary and Christian book collection
* All documents legally distributed (the reason documents like NKJV and NIV are not available)
* Strong's integration allows Greek and Hebrew word analysis
* Split screen
* Write personal notes
* Select any interface language from a list of over 25
* Flexible search
* Bookmarks
* Maps of the bible lands
* Listen to any document read out for you
* Automatic scrolling, automatic day/night mode
* Compare all Bible translations on a single screen
* One of the fastest Bible apps on Android
* Open source - improve or change the code if you like
* Uses the powerful JSword engine from CrossWire

We are all volunteers; we don't send out nagging e-mails; don't display annoying advertisements; never ask for or receive donations; don't ask for registration; And Bible does not collect any data from your mobile.

The provenance of all documents is thoroughly researched to ensure all documents can be legally distributed or permission has been granted by the copyright holder e.g. ESV. That is also the reason And Bible can not contain documents like NIV and NKJV.

Automated Backup and Sync
A user contributed this utility which you may find useful:
http://llamalab.com/automate/community/flows/7130

Notes
1. Touch current document/passage top left to open Navigator.
2. Don't use Back button to exit, press the Home or Task Switcher button.
3. To download more documents after the start press Menu button/Administration/Download Documents.
4. Modify System Settings is required to allow custom screen sleep time for And Bible.
5. The And Bible FAQ is here: https://github.com/mjdenham/and-bible/wiki/FAQ

Author: CrossWire Bible Society
Version: 2.9.2
Market link: net.bible.android.activity
Web site: http://mjdenham.github.io/and-bible/



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Market downloads: >250,000
Market rating: 4.6 / 5.0
Category: Top:/Applications/Books & Reference


Added: 2011-07-21
Updated: 2017-06-19
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