219. “Electronic Tools for Biblical Study at Home, at the University, and in the Classroom,” in Computer Assisted Research on the Bible in the 21st Century, ed. Luis Vegas Montaner et al., Bible in Technology 8 (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2010), 45–60 (submitted ms, now published) (original) (raw)

Over the past two decades many developments have taken place in the area of the computerized study of Scripture. The impressive progress in hardware enabled much advancement in software and thus provided access to a greater number of users. Twentyfive or thirty years ago the main components for the computer-assisted study of Scripture were developed and used merely on mainframes, media that were only remotely available, and hence extensive use by scholars and students alike was delayed. It was not feasible to expect users, especially not students, to turn to terminals linked to mainframes.