<chapter id="hdbk-intro">
  <title>Introduction</title>
  <sect1 id="hdbk-intro-about">
    <title>About &bibletime;</title>

    <para>&bibletime; is a Bible study tool with support for different types of texts
and languages. Even large amounts of works modules are easy to install and
manage. It is built on the <ulink
url="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/">&sword;</ulink> library, which
provides the back-end functionality for &bibletime;, such as viewing Bible
text, searching etc. &sword; is the flagship product of the <ulink
url="http://www.crosswire.org">&cbs;</ulink>.</para>

    <para>&bibletime; is designed to be used with works encoded in one of the formats
supported by the &sword; project. Complete information on the supported
document formats can be found in the <ulink
url="http://www.crosswire.org/sword/develop/index.jsp"> developers
section</ulink> of the &sword; Project, &cbs;.</para>

    <sect2 id="hdbk-intro-works">
      <title>Œuvres disponibles</title>
      <para>Over 200 documents in 50 languages are available from the <ulink
url="http://www.crosswire.org">&cbs;</ulink>.  These include: <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Bibles</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>The full Bible text, with optional things like Strong's Numbers, headings
and/or footnotes in the text.  Bibles are available in many languages, and
include not only modern versions, but also ancient texts like the Codex
Leningradensis ("WLC", Hebrew), and the Septuagint ("LXX", Greek). This is
the most advanced section in the library of the &sword; project.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Livres</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Books available include "Imitation of Christ", "Enuma Elish", and "Josephus:
The Complete Works"</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Commentaires</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Commentaries available include classics like John Wesley's "Notes on the
Bible", Matthew Henry's commentary and Luther's "Commentary on Galatians."
With the <emphasis>Personal</emphasis> commentary you can <link
linkend="hdbk-op-parts-desk-write"> record your own personal notes</link> to
sections of the Bible.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Lectures quotidiennes</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>De nombreuses personnes apprécient ces rations quotidiennes de la parole de
Dieu. Parmi les modules disponibles, Daily Light on the Daily Path, et les
Losungen.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry>
          <term>Lexiques et dictionnaires</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Lexicons available include: Robinson's Morphological Analysis Codes, and the
International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia. Dictionaries available include
Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary, Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary, Webster's
Revised Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language 1913, Nave's Topical
Bible.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist></para>
    </sect2>

    <sect2 id="hdbk-intro-motivation">
      <title>Motivation</title>
      <para>Our desire is to serve God, and to do our part to help others grow in their
relationship with Him. We have striven to make this a powerful, quality
program, and still make it simple and intuitive to operate. It is our desire
that God be praised, as He is the source of all good things.</para>
      <blockquote>
        <attribution>Jacques 1:17, TOB</attribution>
        <para>Tout don de valeur et tout cadeau parfait descendent d'en haut, du Père des
lumières chez lequel il n'y a ni balancement ni ombre due au mouvement.</para>
      </blockquote>
      <para>Dieu vous bénisse dans l'utilisation de ce programma</para>
    </sect2>
  </sect1>
</chapter>
