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Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Honored to have Professor Lanny Hubbard from Portland Bible College (https://portlandbiblecollege.org)
Talking about different Bible Study tools - Lanny will help explain the different tools that are available, both paid resources and free resources.
Be a Reader –
- You’ll get a feel for different publishing houses
- Zondervan – main evangelical stream type of publishing company
- Baker and IVP – more academic –
- Hendrickson – more charismatic
- Crossway – reformed theology
Familiarity with different authors
Familiarity with different series
Books of multiple perspective – Zondervan – counterpoint
Look at articles – end notes and footnotes – go to the primary source. Follow the footnotes
New Bible Dictionary – bibliographical info – to dig deeper in a particular topic or arena.
How to stay balanced – Systematic Theology books – buy the ones that are well recognized in the broad sphere of Christianity. – Millard Erickson and Wayne Grudem
A good Bible translation
300 0 500 1000 1500
Slide 2
Ancient Translations of the Bible
- LXX – Septuagint (Greek)
- Syriac Peshita (Aramaic)
- Vulgate (Latin
- Massoretic Text- MT (Hebrew)
Slide 3
History of English Translations
- 900-1300 AD: Polyglots, diaglotts
- 1379 AD: John Wiclyffe
- After 1450 AD: Tyndale, Coverdale, Matthews, Great Bible, Bishops Bible, Geneva Bible, Douay-Rheims Bible, King James
Slide 4
Types of Biblical Translation
- Formal Correspondence: Word-for-Word
- Dynamic Equivalent: Thought-for-thought
- Paraphrase
Slide 5
Spectrum of Bible Translations
Formal Dynamic Paraphrase
Slide 6
Sources of tools for biblical study
Written:
Bible Dictionary – person place or object mentioned in the Bible
Bible Encyclopedia
Concordance
Manners and Customs
Topical Bible
- Notes and bibliographies in the back of books
- Grasping God’s Word: Building a library
- Amazon reviews
Websites:
- biblehub.com
- blueletterbible.org
- https://Studylight.org
Downloadable software
Bible Software
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