Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible

The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible includes more than 7,500 articles, hundreds of full-color and black-and-white illustrations, charts, graphs and maps from 238 contributors from around the world.

With this much content, how can you sort it all out to see what’s relevant for your Bible study?

Here are three ways the Olive Tree Bible App makes the Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible even more powerful.

THE RESOURCE GUIDE

Open your favorite Bible in the main window and open the Study Center. As you scroll through the Bible text, the Resource Guide keeps up with you. It searches through all the books in your library for content related to the passage in the main window.

If you scroll down the resource guide results, you will see the section headings “People,” “Places,” and “Topics.”

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Tap on the topic you want to learn more about. I chose “Altar” in this example. Then the app brings you results from within the resources you have on your device. This is where you will find results from the Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible.

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You’ll see that the resource has the words “Article on ALTAR” underneath the book cover. Tap on the book cover and the app will take you directly to the article within the encyclopedia. Then you can scroll down and read the entire article without having to leave your Bible text.

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If there are scripture references in the article, just tap the verse and it will appear in a pop-up window.

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Find What You Want

You can also use this resource in the usual way—like you would with a print copy. Just tap the the green bar and scroll through the table of contents.

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Search!

Our search feature takes the Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible to another level. Tap/Click the “Search” icon (magnifying glass icon) and type the word you’re looking for to find all the references of that word in the Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible.