Shalom Users,
I'm searching for a parallel/interlinear bible that also has the greek/hebrew text. I purchased J.P. Green's work but it's too big to carry around and the print is too fine. I know there has to be something similar out there. I like the Comparitive Study Bible by Zondervan (http://www.mardel.com/comparative-study-bible-kjv-niv-nasb-amplified-hardcover.aspx). If there is bible like this with NA27/USB4 as one of the bibles please let me know.
P.S. one volume book
Thanks,
Sidney
I'm searching for a parallel/interlinear bible that also has the greek/hebrew text.
Have you checked out the ESV paper version? I know that it exists but do not know if it meets all of your "qualifiers."
I'm searching for a parallel/interlinear bible that also has the greek/hebrew text. I purchased J.P. Green's work but it's too big to carry around and the print is too fine. I know there has to be something similar out there. I like the Comparitive Study Bible by Zondervan (http://www.mardel.com/comparative-study-bible-kjv-niv-nasb-amplified-hardcover.aspx). If there is bible like this with NA27/USB4 as one of the bibles please let me know. P.S. one volume book
For your requirements (as I understand them), I'd recommend three of the four NT interlinears that I have (the first three below).
1. English-Greek Reverse Interlinear New Testament (ESV) (Schwandt; publ. Crossway) (Nestle-Aland 27th)
2. New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament (NRSV) (Brown and Comfort; publ. Tyndale) (Nestle-Aland 27th)
3. Word Study Greek-English New Testament (NRSV) (McReynolds; publ. Tyndale) (Nestle-Aland 27th)
4. Interlinear NRSV-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English (Marshall; publ. Zondervan) (Nestle 21st)
A. The above first suggestion, the ESV, has an advantage over the others - it's a ~reverse~ interlinear, following English word order. The other three interlinears follow Greek word order - however, using a "regular" interlinear is (to me), an interesting exercise in itself, so the "reverse advantage" (to me) is not huge.
B. The ESV first suggestion has the interesting aspect that Logos was involved in its production, and, therefore, it is not surprising that the Logos electronic reverse interlinear ESV seems to be the same (although I have not exhaustively verified this) - it would be up to the individual whether this redundancy is an advantage or a disadvantage.
C. However, I slightly prefer using the NRSV over the ESV, although I would assume that many on this forum might prefer the opposite. (I also like the NASB - all three are useful, close-to-word-for-word translations.)
D. Nonetheless, in some interlinears, where the literal word-for-word English translation from the Greek appears just above or below the Greek, the marginally printed choice of text, whether NRSV or NIV or whatever, may not overly important.
E. Note that, in Brown and Comfort and in McReynolds, the NRSV test is printed in a narrow column next to the interlinear on each page, while, in the Marshall, the NIV and NRSV are printed in two opposite columns, on either side of the interlinear (and do "squeeze" the central interlinear section a bit). In contrast, in the ESV reverse interlinear, the ESV text ~IS~ the actual English text printed within each interlinear page (with no marginal columns of text).
F. The interlinear translations provided in the Brown and Comfort version and in the McReynolds version do frequently differ from each other (even though the marginally printed NRSV text does, of course, not) - I often use both side-by-side (as "interlinear interlinears" - {g}), just to check out the interesting differences.
G. The fonts (both Greek and English) are "prettier" to look at in Brown and Comfort than in McReynolds (which also has the additional distracting "clutter" ({g}) of Strong's numbers). (By the way, you can "See Inside" Brown and Comfort and "See Inside" McReynolds on their Amazon.com pages.) (Of course, you can "see inside" the ESV by opening up Logos 4 - {g}.)
H. The Brown and Comfort NRSV (which is described as being of "Personal Size") is physically more compact than the other three. (All four are in hardcover.)
I. The first three use the Nestle-Aland 27th, while the Marshall NRSV/NIV uses the Nestle 21st.
J. As a disclaimer, please note that I have no (as in zero) background in Greek. Furthermore, two of these interlinears are currently at my office, several towns away, while two of them are here at home, where I am typing this, so some of the above is taken from memory
I'm searching for a parallel/interlinear bible that also has the greek/hebrew text. I purchased J.P. Green's work but it's too big to carry around and the print is too fine. I know there has to be something similar out there. ... If there is bible like this with NA27/USB4 as one of the bibles please let me know. P.S. one volume book
I'm searching for a parallel/interlinear bible that also has the greek/hebrew text. I purchased J.P. Green's work but it's too big to carry around and the print is too fine. I know there has to be something similar out there. ... If there is bible like this with NA27/USB4 as one of the bibles please let me know.
I'm not aware of any one-volume interlinear that contains both Old and New Testaments. There would be so much text to fit in that if such existed, I'm sure you would find that it would have the same problem as J.P. Green's -- too big to carry around and/or the print is too small to read. What about getting an iPad and using Logos on that. It's portable and you could have access to all your reverse interlinears. (Someone who uses the iPhone/iPad version would have to confirm whether the interlinears work on that; I'm not sure they do.)
Though not an interlinear "A reader's Hebrew and Greek Bible" from Zondervan is VERY nice. It has both the Hebrew and the Greek texts - and at the bottom of each page a glossary of all Hebrew or Greek words occurring less than 100 times. It doesn't have the apparatus but for reading, it's wonderful, because you have everything in one book, you can take with you.
Alas Rosie, the interlinears do NOT display properly in portable formats (iPod/iPhone/iPad/library.logos.com). [:'(] They only display properly (at least for me) in L3 and L4.
I would love to see these resources formatted properly in the portable formats.
the interlinears do NOT display properly in portable formats
They are a little tougher to work with than with L3 or L4. It all comes on one line....for example.....h the 93.2345 wpa hour 32.4455 epxetai he/she/it comes 54.432 xxxxxxxx etc.
