The Chinese Union (GB Encoding) HTML Bible has been placed in the Public Domain, which means there is no copyright (nor can there ever be one) on this software. You are welcome to make copies and distribute this software freely, in accordance with the protection afforded to you through our Licensing Agreement.
The HTML Bible has been created by:
johnhurt.com Most Bibles viewed on the Internet are created by a Common Gateways Interface (CGI) program, and are not very portable. A web server and must be installed to get them to run.
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Elmwood, TN 38560, USAThe HTML Bible consists of 1,189 "flat" HTML Web pages. It does not require a web server, and can operate on almost any platform. All that is required is to have a Computer and a Browser, such as Netscape or Internet Explorer. The HTML Bible can function as a collection of files located in a folder on your hard drive.
The HTML Bible was created by using Visual Basic 5.0 to convert and load public domain Bible texts to an Access 97 database, where another VB program checked the data for accuracy. A third program then converted the data from Access to 1,189 chapter text files and an index file with .htm extensions, with the appropriate HTML tags inserted for presenting the data in a table format. The VB program wrote the hyperlinks between each adjoining chapter and to and from the index page. Hyperlinks between related verses concerning the same topic in the KJV 2.0 and 3.0 have been manually installed.
To increase access speed, each chapter of the Bible is presented as one HTML file. There are 1,189 chapter-files in the Internet Bible, plus an index, license, and About file. The chapter filenames are arranged as follows:
"B" "B" stands for "Book". Files must begin with an alpha character. "2 digit Book Number" 01 to 66. 01 is for Genesis, 66 for Revelation "C" "C" stands for Chapter "3 digit Chapter Number" 001 to 150 for Psalms chapter 150. ".htm extension" Files must have an .htm extension to be viewed by the browser. For Genesis 1, the filename will be B01C001.htm. For Matthew 24, the filename will be B40C024.htm
The following is a list of Books, with the book number used in the numbering scheme, and maximum number of chapters:
Title Book # # of Chapters Genesis 01 50 Exodus 02 40 Leviticus 03 27 Numbers 04 36 Deuteronomy 05 34 Joshua 06 24 Judges 07 21 Ruth 08 04 1 Samuel 09 31 2 Samuel 10 24 1 Kings 11 22 2 Kings 12 25 1 Chronicles 13 29 2 Chronicles 14 36 Ezra 15 10 Nehemiah 16 13 Esther 17 10 Job 18 42 Psalms 19 150 Proverbs 20 31 Ecclesiastes 21 12 S of Solomon 22 8 Isaiah 23 66 Jeremiah 24 52 Lamentations 25 5 Ezekiel 26 48 Daniel 27 12 Hosea 28 14 Joel 29 3 Amos 30 9 Obadiah 31 1 Jonah 32 4 Micah 33 7 Nahum 34 3 Habakkuk 35 3 Zephaniah 36 3 Haggai 37 2 Zechariah 38 14 Malachi 39 4 Matthew 40 28 Mark 41 16 Luke 42 24 John 43 21 Acts 44 28 Romans 45 16 1 Corinthians 46 16 2 Corinthians 47 13 Galatians 48 6 Ephesians 49 6 Phillipians 50 4 Colossians 51 4 1 Thess. 52 5 2 Thess. 53 3 1 Timothy 54 6 2 Timothy 55 4 Titus 56 3 Philemon 57 1 Hebrews 58 13 James 59 5 1 Peter 60 5 2 Peter 61 3 1 John 62 5 2 John 63 1 3 John 64 1 Jude 65 1 Revelation 66 22Inside each Chapter, there is a further reference to the specific verse, which can be integrated with any other HTML document. For example, to link directly to Matthew 5:17, the following link is used:
< A HREF="B40C005.htm#V17">Matthew 5:17</A>
The link to the verse in each chapter always begins with "V" and the verse number. A commentary converted to HTML can link to the appropriate verse in the Internet Bible, and allow the reader to view the verse in its context.