The Bible is the most important book in the history of Western civilization, and also the most difficult to interpret. It has been the vehicle of continual conflict, with every interpretation reflecting passionately-held views that have affected not merely religion, but politics, art, and even science. This unique edition offers an exciting new approach to the most influential of all English biblical texts - the Authorized King James Version, complete with the Apocrypha. Its wide-ranging Introduction and the substantial notes to each book of the Bible guide the reader through the labyrinth of literary, textual, and theological issues, using the most up-to-date scholarship to demonstrate how and why the Bible has affected the literature, art and general culture of the English-speaking world. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Read more

Who were the Pharisees? What did Samson and John the Baptist have in common? Does an altar really have "horns"? Turn to the NIV Dictionary of the Bible and find out. It has the answers to these and hundreds of other questions you're likely to wonder about as you read the Bible.Condensed from the New International Bible Dictionary, this unique volume offers much more than it's convenient, take anywhere size. It's actually three books in one:A Dictionary - for easy-to-find, practical information on thousands of topicsA Topical Indexor detailed study of nearly 150 larger topics, listing all articles in the dictionary that relate to a given topicA Survey - providing an introductory overview of the Bible, biblical history, and biblical cultureConcise, readable, and informative, the NIV Dictionary of the Bible is ideal for use at home, in study groups, and in schools. It will help you clear up the who, what, where, why, and how of the Bible so you can better appreciate the depth of its wisdom and its relevance for you today. Read more

A concordance is the first thing to reach for when you want to explore the Bible in-depth. Organized alphabetically, it's a word-by-word index of the specific Bible translation you're using. When you can't find a Scripture passage or verse you're looking for, turn to your concordance. It's absolutely essential for doing word studies, and great for topical studies as well.The NIV Bible Concordance was designed with practicality in mind. This streamlined adaptation of the Gold Medallion Award-winning Zondervan NIV Exhaustive Concordance provides essential information for practical and significant study of your New International Version (NIV) Bible. The result is a study tool that is both portable and extremely helpful.The NIV Bible Concordance features:More than 50,000 references with contexts.More than 2,000 exhaustive entries.More than 100 frequently occurring phrases, such as "What the Lord says" and "Son of Man", with thousands of references.Special entries with descriptive phrases for more than 300 Bible characters.Important persons with the same name are distinguished from each other.More than 100 important King James Version words are cross-referenced to their New International Version equivalents. Read more

2011 Reprint of 1898 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Many consider Bullinger's handbook to be the best one on the subject. According to Walter Kaiser, "this book should be on every exegete's shelf alongside the Greek and Hebrew lexicons and grammars." Bullinger sets out 217 distinct figures of speech present in Scripture. He gives for each the pronunciation and etymology of its name, and then a number of passages of Scripture in which it appears, accompanied by a full explanation. In all, nearly eight thousand passages are thus cited. Read more

"The missing link is finally revealed. The ancient hebrew torah scroll authenticates the belief that the children of israel and the phoenicians are historically linked." This work of reference can be used by linguists, scholars in their research and will serve as a tool to further understanding between nations and cultures. Howshua Amariel is a translator of Biblical Hebrew (also known as Ancient Hebrew or the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet) and the author of the interlinear style Paleo- Hebrew text, entitled “THIS REPORT: The Hebrew/Phoenician History called the Bible”. Aside from Amariel's claims, his work is also currently respected by the Igbo Jewish communities of Israel as being the most authoritative translation of the Torah scrolls into English. Read more

A fresh translation of the Septuagint. The Lexham English Septuagint (LES) is a new translation of the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Old Testament writings used during New Testament times and in the early church. Beautifully typeset in a comfortable, single-column format, the LES provides a literal, readable, and transparent English edition of the Septuagint for modern readers. Retaining the familiar forms of personal names and places, the LES gives readers the ability to read it alongside their favored English Bible. Translated directly from Swete's edition of the Septuagint, the LES maintains the meaning of the original text, making the Septuagint accessible to readers today. Read more

Clear. Understandable. Carefully organized. Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar by William D. Mounce is the standard textbook for colleges and seminaries. Since its initial publication in 1993 its integrated approach has helped more than 250,000 students learn New Testament Greek.The fourth edition of Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar has been updated throughout based on continuing feedback from professors, students, self-learners, and homeschoolers, making it even more effective for today's students. Other improvements have been made based on recent developments in scholarship.The key to the effectiveness of Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar in helping students learn is in how it introduces them to the language. Students learn about the features of the Greek language in a logical order, with each lesson building upon the one before it. Unnecessary obstacles that discourage students and hinder progress are removed, such as rote memorization of endless verbal paradigms. Instead, students receive encouragement along the way to assure them they are making the necessary progress. Detailed discussions are also included at key junctures to help students grasp important concepts.By the time students have worked their way through Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar they will have learned:The Greek AlphabetVocabulary for words occurring 50 times or more in the Greek New TestamentThe Greek noun systemThe Greek verbal system, including indicative and nonindicative verbs, and participlesA robust suite of learning aids is available for purchase to be used alongside the textbook to help students excel in their studies. These include a workbook, video lectures for each chapter featuring the author, flashcards keyed to vocabulary in each chapter, a laminated quick study sheet with key concepts, and audio of the vocabulary for each chapter to aid in acquisition. Read more

Since 1914 Cambridge has published The Elements of New Testament Greek, a best-selling textbook for scholars and students of the Bible. The original book by Nunn was replaced and succeeded in 1965 by J. W. Wenham's book of the same title; now Jeremy Duff has produced a new book to continue this long-established tradition into the twenty-first century. Learning Greek is a journey of many steps. In this book each of these steps is explained clearly, and reviewed using questions and exercises. Lessons are ordered so the most important aspects of Greek are learnt first and the vocabulary consists of the most commonly occurring words in the New Testament. Hundreds of examples cover every book of the New Testament and there is a New Testament passage to translate in almost every chapter. An audio CD containing vocabulary lists, reading passages and paradigms is also available to accompany this book. Free software and teaching resources are also available at the book's website. Read more

Widely used by scholars, translators, and seminarians, this authoritative Synopsis of the Gospels includes the Greek text of the Novum Testamentum Graece (NA27) with the full critical apparatus of the 26th edition (except for parallels from the apocryphal gospels and patristic sources). The English text is that of the Revised Standard Version, with variants using the King James and Revised Versions, and is set opposite the Greek. Read more

The best concordance for word study! This exclusive new edition of a legendary classic puts generations of biblical research at your fingertips. The New Strong's Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible is a valuable tool for pastors, teachers, and students of the Bible. This expanded edition is computer generated for highest accuracy, and the Hebrew and Greek dictionaries have been augmented with definitions from the classic reference work Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words.Exclusive Features:Every word of the Bible is indexedIncludes the best of Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament WordsHebrew and Greek dictionaries have three times more word study information than any other editionWords of Christ are highlighted in red for quick identificationIncludes a complete topical index to the BibleContains additional cross-references to standard Bible dictionaries and lexiconsIf you're looking for a complete yet simple concordance that allows for precise and accurate word study, The New Strong's Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible is the ideal choice for your library. Read more

The bestselling New Greek/English Interlinear New Testament has been updated for the twenty-first century with the United Bible Societies' 5th edition/Nestle-Aland 28th edition text, recognized by Greek scholars and students worldwide as the standard Greek New Testament.This portable interlinear New Testament makes the Greek text accessible to a wide audience--including Greek students, former Greek students, pastors, and laypeople who want a deeper understanding of the Greek text of the New Testament. It contains a basic, word-for-word translation of the Greek text and the entire text of the New Revised Standard Version in parallel. Textual notes indicating Old Testament quotations and significant textual variants are also included. Read more

Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary in Context by Miles V. Van Pelt and Gary D. Pratico is a biblical Hebrew language resource designed to reinforce a student's basic vocabulary by reading words that occur fifty times or more in the context of the Hebrew Bible. All 642 of these Hebrew words have been collated into 195 key biblical verses and/or verse fragments to help students practice and retain their Hebrew vocabulary.In lieu of rote memorization, Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary in Context reinforces essential vocabulary by reading words in the context of the Hebrew Bible. The book includes two primary sections:The first section provides room for students to write their own glosses of the biblical verse and to parse as they feel necessary. An English translation is also provided and any term that appears less than fifty times is glossed. Proper names are identified with gray text.The second section of the book provides the same biblical verses from the first section but with minimal room to write glosses and parse and without an English translation for aid.The end of the book includes a Hebrew-English lexicon of all the words occurring fifty times or more in the Hebrew Bible. Read more

Biblical Greek Vocabulary in Context by Miles V. Van Pelt is designed to reinforce a student's basic Greek vocabulary by presenting words that occur twenty-five times or more in the context of the Greek New Testament.Miles Van Pelt collates all 513 of these Greek words into approximately 200 key biblical verses and/or verse fragments to help students practice reading them in their literary context and thus improve their Greek vocabulary retention. Rather than rote memorization, Van Pelt's approach teaches word meaning through each word's naturally occurring context--the way people naturally learn languages.The book includes two primary sections:The first section provides room for students to write their own glosses of the biblical verse and to parse as they feel necessary. An English translation is also provided, and any term that appears less than twenty-five times is glossed. Proper names are identified with gray text.The second section of the book provides the same biblical verses from the first section but with minimal room to write glosses and parse and without an English translation for aid. The end of the book includes a Greek-English lexicon of all the words occurring twenty-five times or more in the Greek New Testament. Read more

Illustrated Graded Reader for Biblical Hebrew, Volumes I and II feature sixteen beautifully illustrated stories that grow incrementally in length and complexity. The first story starts at an early beginning level, and soon the reader is swept along by a powerful current toward fluency. Links to 144 different Hebrew videos provide further audio and visual input that helps learners internalize the language of Biblical Hebrew. Also, links to translation and grammatical notes provide any needed assurance for full comprehension.“This graded and illustrated reader is an amazing pedagogical tool. I have encouraged and used a visual graded approach for two decades and have seen students’ comprehension of Biblical Hebrew increase significantly (not to mention their enjoyment of the learning process!). This new tool from the Scheumanns is carefully crafted, both with attention to the theory of language acquisition and with careful background research justifying the Hebrew grammar of the exercises. The illustrations are colorful, elegant, and engaging without being distracting. It’s simply a beautiful teaching tool that I look forward to using with students, either as useful mini-diversions from my own textbook or as preparatory exercises coming out of a long semester or summer break.”—Robert D. Holmstedt, Professor of Hebrew Bible and West Semitic Languages, University of Toronto“We all know that students learn through a variety of ways, and yet often we neglect this need. The Scheumanns have thoughtfully integrated visual, audio, and performative modes of learning to make sure every student can succeed. They have given us Hebrew teachers a wonderful resource that makes our job easier!”—Kevin Chau, Senior Lecturer: Hebrew, University of the Free State, South Africa“Jesse and Merissa Scheumann have provided students of Biblical Hebrew with a great tool for building reading fluency incrementally without dependance on their native tongue. Not only is each story supplemented with audio-visual material online, but each story is also broken down into three nested versions. This embedded approach allows the reader to return to the story multiple times, strengthening what has already been read and enabling the incremental acquisition of new material.”—Jacques E. J. Boulet, Professor, Faculté de Théologie Évangélique, Montréal“The Scheumanns’ Illustrated Graded Reader for Biblical Hebrew is well-conceived to introduce vocabulary and grammar with strong, clear images. Students will love engaging with biblical stories, and instructors will love the pedagogical sophistication. This reader practically teaches itself, especially when using the online resources that supplement it.”—Alex Kirk, Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, Beeson Divinity School“We have long needed simple, engaging reading materials for Biblical Hebrew. Too often, students are asked to read from texts that expect expertise beyond their abilities. At its best, this approach stunts growth. At its worst, it kills it. Scheumanns’ Illustrated Graded Reader for Biblical Hebrew is a ripe answer to this dearth of materials. Whether you are a new Biblical Hebrew student, or just want to wipe away the cobwebs from years of inactivity, this set deserves to have a place on your shelf.”—Tyler Foster, Lecturer in Biblical Languages, New Saint Andrews College“The Illustrated Graded Reader for Biblical Hebrew is a truly innovative and unique approach to teaching students the vocabulary and grammar of Biblical Hebrew. Through graded, illustrated stories with accompanying videos, students from the middle of their first semester of Hebrew can enjoy and engage with Hebrew narratives that gradually increase in difficulty.”—Jacobus A. Naudé and Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé, Senior Professors, Department of Hebrew, University of the Free State, South Africa Read more

This work is not a history of New Testament times, nor an account of New Testament religion. Nor does it proceed from a view that the New Testament was written as theology. We must bear in mind that the writers of the New Testament books were not writing set theological pieces. They were concerned with the needs of the churches for which they wrote. Those churches already had the Old Testament, but these new writings became in time the most significant part of the Scriptures of the believing community. As such, they should be studied in their own right, and these questions should be asked: What do these writings mean? What is the theology they express or imply? What is of permanent validity in them? We read these writings across a barrier of many centuries and from a standpoint of a very different culture. We make every effort to allow for this, but we never succeed perfectly. In this book I am trying hard to find out what the New Testament authors meant, and this not as an academic exercise, but as the necessary prelude to our understanding of what their writings mean for us today. -- From the Introduction Read more

The Vocabulary Guide to Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic by Gary D. Pratico and Miles V. Van Pelt is intended to accompany Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar. For the beginning student it is an essential resource companion to aid in vocabulary memorization and acquisition. Updates in this second edition include the addition of a complete Aramaic word list and refinement of definitions.Features include:Hebrew words occurring ten times or more in the Old Testament arranged by frequencyHebrew words arranged by common rootAll Aramaic words occurring in the Old Testament arranged by frequencyHelpful appendices including lists of Hebrew homonyms, nominals, and verbs. Read more

From their decades of combined teaching experience, Benjamin L. Merkle and Robert L. Plummer have produced an ideal resource for novice Greek students to not only learn the language but also kindle a passion for reading the Greek New Testament. Designed for those new to Greek, Getting Started with New Testament Greek is a user-friendly textbook for elementary Greek courses at the college or seminary level. Read more

A WORKBOOK to Help You Learn the Essentials of Biblical Greek So You Can Study the New Testament More DeeplyThe Greek for the Rest of Us Workbook is a companion to Greek for the Rest of Us, Third Edition (sold separately) by William D. Mounce. This workbook provides exercises to help readers practice and review, so they learn the essentials of biblical Greek more effectively and can study the New Testament more deeply.Greek for the Rest of Us, Third Edition is crash-course on "Greek for the rest of us" that acquaints the reader with the essentials of the language so they can study the New Testament more deeply. Readers will gain a sound knowledge of the fundamentals of Greek and learn how to use tools that will add muscle to their Bible studies.Readers using the Greek for the Rest of Us Workbook in conjunction with Greek for the Rest of Us, Third Edition will learn to:Read and pronounce Greek wordsLearn the fundamentals of the Greek noun and verb systemConduct effective Greek word studiesLearn the basics of Greek exegesis for biblical interpretationUnderstand why translations are different Read better commentariesBe comfortable using reverse and traditional interlinearsUnderstand the information displayed by biblical softwareThe Greek for the Rest Us Workbook will enhance your learning experience with exercises to help you practice and reinforce the concepts you are learning in Greek for the Rest of Us, Third Edition. Read more

Have you ever wondered what Adam really said to Eve? Or what God said to Job? Learning Hebrew can be easy - and fun. This book shows you how to master the essentials of the language in clear, simple steps - starting right from scratch with the Hebrew alphabet on how to read passages from the Bible itself. There are simple exercises (including answers), a word list, and plenty of examples throughout. Whether you are studying in a group or by yourself, this book will make the words of the Bible come alive in a way you never imagined before. 'For learning Hebrew, the best way is to have an expert by your side. Here is the next best thing - Hebrew without such an aid and without tears! I commend the book warmly.' Lord Coggan (formerly Archbishop of Canterbury). Read more

Quotations from Jesus in Aramaic: Understanding the Original Words of Christ----- ----- ----- ----- -----Decode the profound depth and transformative power of Jesus' teachings by exploring His words in the language He spoke—Aramaic.In Quotations from Jesus in Aramaic: Understanding the Original Words of Christ, you will adventure through the Gospels to uncover the rich meaning and significance behind the Aramaic words and phrases spoken by our Lord. This book delves into the historical, cultural, and spiritual contexts of Jesus' words, revealing new insights into His teachings and their relevance for today.Through this adventure, you will gain a deeper understanding of the love, authority, and compassion that characterize Jesus' ministry. Each chapter examines a specific Aramaic quotation, offering an in-depth analysis of its context, meaning, and implications for our lives as believers.Key topics covered include:"Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?" – The cry of abandonment from the cross and its connection to Psalm 22"Talitha Koum" – Jesus' command to raise Jairus' daughter and the significance of resurrection"Abba" – The intimate address to God as Father and its implications for our relationship with Him"Ephphatha!" – The command to be opened and the broader implications of spiritual openness and healing"Raca" – The warning against contempt in the Sermon on the Mount and its impact on relationships"Maranatha" – The prayer for the Lord’s coming and its eschatological hope"Kephas" – The naming of Peter and the foundational role of the Church"Hosanna" – The cry for salvation and its Messianic implications"Golgotha" – The place of Jesus' crucifixion and the convergence of prophecy, history, and salvationQuotations from Jesus in Aramaic invites you to meditate on the original words of Christ, deepening your understanding of His teachings and drawing you closer to the heart of the Gospel. Whether you are a student of Scripture, a pastor, or simply seeking to grow in your faith, this book will inspire and challenge you to live out the teachings of Jesus with renewed passion and insight.Discover the power of Jesus' words in their original language and let them transform your life today!----- ----- ----- ----- -----This book is part of Esther de Einde's de Einde on Eternity series. Read more