As well as providing concise information about important places and personalities, this accessible dictionary clearly explains the themes and doctrines of the Bible. With entries ranging from earthquakes and mice to feminism and the Dead See Scrolls, it is a lively and absorbing reference work for students and all readers of the Bible.

"lively, original and thought-provoking....clear and entertaining presentation"

Times Literary Supplement

"Should send you scurrying to the Good Book"

Sunday Telegraph

Convenience and Easy-access Layout

* Over 2,000 entries from Adam to Zechariah

* Clear explanation of technical terms, methods of interpretation, and critical analysis, as well as notes on leading biblical scholars and their work

* Broad coverage includes the books of the Bible, people and places, customs, religions and worship, history, and theology

* Takes into account the work of Christian scholars of all denominations, and of Jewish scholars

The dictionary is intended for students whether at school or university, and for a more general public of those who may be reading or studying the Bible at home or alongside other in a group from their local church or community, as well as those who primarily enjoy it as splendid literature.

The MSDict Dictionar Format

The MSDict dictionary format is specially designed to combine high data compression for memory restricted devices with a fast search algorithm, and user-friendly interface with amazing speed.

* Quick dynamic search of words while you type

* Transcriptions facilitating pronunciation

* Stylish user interface with several split screen modes

* Hyperlinks between different related words

* Dynamic changing of font sizes

* Opportunity to add custom notes to any article in the dictionary so you can save your ideas and examples of usage

* Wildcard filtration feature (the use of "*" replaces arbitrary number of symbols within words)

* Button allowing quick erase of the query field

* Support of multiple dictionaries installed at a time

* Dynamic word history list for each session

* Specially enhanced for hi-resolution and hi-resolution landscape view modes

* Support for MMC, memory stick, and SD memory cards

MSDict 7 Learning Features

MSDict Viewer 7 comes with an additional learning application MSDict Wordbook specially designed to facilitate the language learning process.

* Create your own word lists

* Easily memorize selected words

* Check your progress in learning the words is selected lists

Updated Description:

v7.70:

- Optimized to support the new Cambridge Dictionary of American English

v7.60:

- Optimized to support the new Oxford Bible, Oxford Thesaurus and Concise Italian and Oxford Portuguese dictionaries