- Bibles
- This genre includes only accepted translations of God's Holy Word.
- Greek & Hebrew
- This section contains ancient manuscripts of the Old and New Testament and complementary study tools.
- Commentaries
- Commentaries encompass all literary works that expound on various scripture passages. Usually, commentaries follow the Holy Bible's chapter and book breakdown.
- History
- Books that give historical data on various periods in time fall into this section.
- Sermons
- Lengthy sermons or lectures written by some of the greatest. Usually these sermons cover a passage or two from scripture.
- Dictionary
- This genre includes only books that define particular words or phrases.
- Topical Bibles
- These reference materials categorize passages of the Bible under topical headings, thus making it easy to find biblical material on virtually any topic.
- Theology
- The various books found in this category use philosophical deduction to discover the doctrinal thought and teachings of the Bible. Some authors employ arguments to convince others that their rational breakdown of biblical thought is correct, while others just state their theological paradigms--conceptual models. When developing these models, they do their best to harmonize their theories to what the Bible says as a whole. This can easily be compared to scientific communities attempt at inventing mathematical models to explain natural phenomena. This highlights why theology was once considered a science.
- Philosophy
- Philosophy employed in the study of religion is interconnected with theology, and could be considered a subset of it for all intents and purposes. Philosophical works represent the rational or argumentation behind various theological viewpoints. Very little philosophy is employed with theological thought in current society. Today, most Christian philosophical works appear to be apologetic in form.
- Devotionals
- Devotionals encompass all literary works that focus directly on exciting great love and devotion towards God. Exhortation and example situations are primarily used to convey this message.
B. THE FOUR BIBLE STUDY PLANS
Look through the list of books available under this heading. Notice that there are five columns of books. Each one represents a certain category topic.
If you move your mouse over the top of each column--small graphic with a cross, you will see a note pop-up that describes the category.
You should now see the chapter of the Bible you chose with a picture map at the top. The picture map is your connection to the Bible study helps. Each one of the books listed on the map are a link, and they correlate with the book and chapter of the Bible you are on. 
This map includes the first four genres listed in paragraph one above. Click one of the book links, browse through the page, and click the back button on the Browser. Now, scroll down the Bible chapter, past the picture map. The Bible chapter text should now be visible. Within this text there are links on many key words. These links throughout the text represent the fifth category that I mentioned above. Click on one of the text links. 
This will take you to a page that references the word you chose. It lists in ranking order the pages in Verse Master that relate to the chosen word. Click on the browser back arrow. The Bible chapter should be visible again. Notice the previous and next chapter links. These are for your convience, so you don't have to wait until a page fully loads to go to the next chapter. Move to the bottom of the page. Notice that there is a link to the next chapter there too. This link allows you to go to the next chapter without the hastle of moving up to the top of the page.
It was created for the purpose of providing in-depth Bible chapter comparison in a user-friendly atmosphere. No more having to have ten Bibles sprawled across your dining room table just to compare Bible texts. Included within each Verse Master Parallel Bible are links to other study helps also. For instance, books with Bible chapter structure found on this CD are also linked by chapter to the Multi-Parallel Bible, so not only is it possible to compare various translations, you can also read what your favorite commentary has to say about a given verse.
Also, links to the Optasia Topical Concordance are included within the Bible text as seen within all other books on this CD.
Scroll down the page and find a chapter that interests you, and click its link. The chapter of the Bible you chose should be visible with a toolbar at the top of the browser screen. The toolbar is your connection to the Parallel Bible and its helps. Move the cursor over the Bible category on the toolbar. Notice a list of all the parallel Bibles appears.
Each one of the Bibles listed on the toolbar are a link, and they correlate with the book and chapter of the Bible you're on. This toolbar also includes various helps that have Bible chapter structure. These helps are in the form of commentary, topical Bibles, and word studies. Notice its category to the right of the Bible category. Click one of the help links, browse through the page, and click the back button on your browser. Now, scroll down the Bible chapter, past the picture map. The Bible chapter text should now be visible. Within this text are links on many key words. These links throughout the text go directly to their respective Topic Page. Click on one of the text links. This will go to the page that references the word you chose. It lists in ranking order certain pages in Verse Master that relate to the chosen word. Click on the browser back arrow. The Bible chapter should be visible again. Notice the previous and next chapter links. These are for convience, so there is no need to wait for a page to load before going to the next chapter. Move to the bottom of the page. Notice also that there is a link to the next chapter there. This link allows travel to the next chapter without the hastle of moving up to the top of the page.
Usually, the search engines are a quick way to find topical data. Just type your word of interest in the search engine and hit search. If this doesn't do the job, choose "Topical Bibles" from the "Book Genre" pull down menu on the online search engine and do a search. For even narrower results, choose a single topical book from either the CD or the online search engine and search. You should then receive the results your looking for. If the search engine approach doesn't work, I would suggest one of two other ideas. First, I would glance at the indexes of the various topic books.
Most of them include an index that is ordered alphabetically and you can easily find any word. The other idea is to look for a passage in one of the books that would include the your word of choice. Most topic words have an Optasia Topic Link on them. Then you can click on the topic link in the passage.
The Greek language aid links are provided within the Greek manuscript itself, so there is no need to reference to another webpage while reading the text. On the other hand, the Hebrew is provided within the KJV with Strongs Concordance and also within Old Testament Bible Maps.
