Biblical Theology: Tools

 

 

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1. Linguistic Tools (books for learning languages, lexica, etc.)

 

 

 

Teach yourself New Testament Greek.
By Ian MacNair.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1995.

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Elements of New Testament Greek.
By John W. Wenham.
Cambridge: Cambridge U., 1973.

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Using New Testament Greek in Ministry : A Practical Guide for Students and Pastors.
By David Alan Black .
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker, 1993.

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2. Textual Tools (texts in the ancient languages, interlinear version...)

 

 

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Interlinear Greek-English New Testament : With Strong's Concordance Numbers Above Each Word.
Edited by Jay P. Green.
3th ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1997.
(1st ed. 1980.)

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  • with Majority text (Scrivener's version, virtually identical to the Greek of the KJV and close to the Textus Receptus)
  • interlinear word for word translation with strong numbers 
  • large print (very readable)
  • literal translation in the margin

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Interlinear Greek-English New Testament : With Greek-English Lexicon and New Testament Synonyms. (King James version.)
By George R. Berry.
Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993. (Reprint.)

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  • interlinear with word for word translation, and KJV in the margin
  • small critical apparatus at the bottom of each page (major deviant manuscript readings)
  • small lexicon and list of synonyms at the end

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The New Greek-English Interlinear New Testament.
By Philip W. Comfort  & al.
Tyndale, 1990.

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  • Greek is NA27 (UBS4) (the text is the same as that of NA26 (UBS3),  but the apparatus is simplified, with less references to the Majority texts)
  • big Greek font for better legibility

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Complete Text of the Earliest New Testament Manuscripts.
By Philip W. Comfort.
Grand Rapids: Baker, 1998.

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Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament.
Ed. by Bruce M. Metzger.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker, 1995.

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The Text of the New Testament : Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration.
By Bruce M. Metger.
2rd ed.
Oxford: Oxford U., 1992.

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The Text of the New Testament.
By Kurt & Barbara Aland.
Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1995.

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The Text of the Old Testament : An Introduction to the Biblia Hebraica.
By Ernst Wurthwein.
Tr. by E. F. Rhode.
Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1995.

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