What is in the “Study” section and how do I use it?
Here you will find reference material for Scripture: a calendar of feasts, biblical measures and money, the Ten Commandments, genealogies and the apostles. There is also data on the canon and a library of old editions.
- In the header, open the “Study” menu. On a phone, first press “Menu”.
- Choose a section or “All sections”.
- Open the tool you need in the list.
- In the “Amount” box, enter a number, for example 2, 0.5 or 1/4.
- In the “From” and “To” lists, choose the units.
- The result appears at once, with the value in metric units below it.
- The “=” sign before the result means the conversion is exact, and “≈” means it is approximate.
- On the “Money” page, find the “Today:” line under the result. This is the sum in the money of your country, by the minimum pay for one day of work.
- To see another country, choose it in the “Country” list.
- The currency can be the same while the sums are different. Luxembourg and Bulgaria both pay in euros, but a day of work costs a different amount there.
- The second “Today:” line counts by the price of silver and does not depend on the country.
Above these lines, the page shows how many days of work this is and how much silver. Today’s sums are only a rough guide: the figures are taken on the date given in the line.
- Above the chart, choose a text: “Masoretic”, “Septuagint A”, “Septuagint B” or “Samaritan”.
- Press “All” to see all the texts at once.
- Expand “Numbers” under the chart to see the years.
- In the “Calendar” section, open “Easter dates”.
- Enter a year.
- Press “Show”.
- The page shows Orthodox and Western Easter, and below them the movable feasts and the neighbouring years.
In the “Library”, each book has a link to its PDF file with the file size next to it. Some files are hundreds of megabytes, so on a phone it is better to download them over Wi-Fi.
The genealogies have come down to us in three ancient texts: the Masoretic Text, the Septuagint (shown from two codices) and the Samaritan Pentateuch. Their numbers differ: Adam is 130 years old at the birth of Seth in the Masoretic and Samaritan texts, and 230 in the Septuagint. The site shows all the variants and does not choose the right one.
The texts of the tools are written in Russian and English; in other languages the English text opens. “Q&A” is available only in Russian.