What's New in the Optasia Library

We continue to add new materials and update and edit materials we have in the library.
For a complete list of what we offer, please visit theOptasia Library page of our website.
Here we plan to track some of the more significant changes that may be of particular interest to our users.
On our Face book page we will regularly include new books added to the library, and notes about editing work we have done. See our home pagefor a link to our Face Book page.

December 2011
We have received several valuable additions to the Old and New Testament language sections of the library.
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Elephantine Papyri,
Hebrew and Greek Inscriptions
Apocryphal Gospels

June 2011
We have upgraded the Optasia Bible Library, formerly called the Optasia Bible Collection. 16 versions are included, and allow users to easily link to all the versions in the library in order to compare translations.

May 2011
The 2011 NIV update is now available through Optasia Ministry.

March 2011
Some of the Bibles we introduced in December were missing the Song of Solomon. Anyone who has a Bible with this book missing is welcome to contact us for a replacement, now that we have corrected this problem.

December 2010
We expand the available Optasia formatted Bibles from 15 to 24. Se the list of Bibles available on our resources page.

December 2010
We begin sending out the Optasia International Library, made possible by the cooperation of several publishers who have allowed us to distribute their materials internationally.

October 2010
We have added the complete Matthew Henry Commentary, unabridged, in updated English .

October 2010
We have added all the available commentaries in the New International Commentary series (Wm. B. Eerdmans). Others will be added as they become available.

August 2010
Added Strong's Hebrew Dictionary and Strong's Greek Dictionary.

September 2009
A significant upgrade to Optasia formatted Bibles.
Thirteen versions in a collection that allows users to easily compare versions.
Enhanced search capabilities are added.
These thirteen versions will soon be available individually, offering enhanced search options over the previous Optasia Bibles.
The same thirteen versions are also being prepared in html format that can be used on the victor Stream Reader.

August 2009
All currently published volumes of the New international Commentary, New Testament are added. 2 Peter and Jude will be added when it is published.

July 2009
Most available volumes in the Preaching the Word series are added to the library.

July 2009
The Old Testament Hebrew text is added to the library. This is accessible for those who can access brl files with a Braille display

May 2009
The Preachers Commentary series on the whole Bible is added.

March 2009
We have begun adding the NIV Study Bible. This is a process which will take several months.

November 2008
The Bible Speaks Today series on the New Testament is added, as well as the Through the Bible Series by J. Vernon McGee, although the latter will be available only upon request.

October 2008
The Anchor Bible Dictionary is added, as well as many volumes in the Word Biblical Commentary series
The library expands onto a third CD ROM disk.

September 2008
New King James Version is added.

August 2006
Some Bible versions are posted in RTF format for accessibility with the Victor Stream Reader.

July 2008
A number of new books have been added to the Evangelism and Leadership sections of the library

June 2008
The greek text of the New Testament suitable for embossing or reading with a Braile display.
The Greek text formatted to sound like Greek text when read with a screen reader.

April 2008
We put some of our books into a new section called Children and Adult Reading and added The Chronicles of Narnia

March 2008
NIV Application Commentary on the Old Testament Prophets is added.
About this time the library requires 2 CD ROM disks.

February 2008
The Optasia song book is added to the library, with over 1,000 hymns and contemporary songs.
A helpful New Testament series by Tom Wright is added to the library

July 2007
The Bibles that are uniquely formatted by Optasia Ministry are upgraded to add a simple word or phrase search option.

March 2007
The Optasia Library is first made available.