This post uses Greek, but I promise that those who don't even know a little βιτ of Greek will still understand it if they try! This is what part of the entry for ἐλπίς (hope) looks like in the Logos version of BDAG (the standard Greek lexicon for NT studies): Those...
Bible Typography
News Flash
A new edition of the GNT for the digital age. Unicode, no DRM. And, at last, a printed GNT with sharp, beautiful typography? We'll see. HT: Rod Decker
Βλογάπη Readership Prize Drawing
I have two mildly awesome prizes to give away. Do you want them? All you have to do is follow my rules and fill in a form. There will be five winners, including one grand-prize champion. Winners will be selected at random. Prizes! Prizes! Prizes! A copy of the Bible...
Why I Chose the ESV over the NASB
The ESV and the NASB are very similar translations. When the ESV first came out in 2001 I started an Excel spreadsheet to record passages where I believed one to be superior to the other. I evaluated them based on accuracy, mainly. In the end, they came out neck and...
The Books of the Bible For Sale
I just bought another case of The Books of the Bible, a special Bible edition which I've discussed here on the blog before. My first case sold out fast, and I didn't even want it to. I wanted to keep a few of the Bibles! You can buy one from IBS for about $15. You can...
I Did It: I Bought an ESV Study Bible
I'm afraid the hype proved too much for me, and I succumbed. I bought an ESV Study Bible. I got the Brown TruTone for $48 at my church's bookstore. I used the rest of my birthday money. It literally hurt my back in church yesterday because, at almost 2,800 pages, it's...
The Books of the Bible
The Books of the Bible is, if you're a regular reader of my blog, something you know I've been excited about since December when I got my copy. I even managed to sell a whole case of them without trying! My excitement exists because I think the excision of chapter and...
TNIV & Popularity Contest
DISCLAIMER: I'm still not in favor of the TNIV's systematic and subtle—what can I call it?—twisting of gender renderings. Please see Grudem for more. But I do think educated American Christians should use the multiple translations at their disposal, and I am...
Finally, ESV!
Crossway has finally come out with a single-column, paragraphed ESV. Here's the best price I'm aware of. I've just gotten so enamored with my much more spartan TNIV edition that I'm sort of holding out hope that the ESV will have a similar edition (no verse or chapter...
A Little Benefit From The Books of the Bible, TNIV
I'm almost done with Deuteronomy now in my now-not-so-new-looking TNIV edition, The Books of the Bible. I'm enjoying reading the Bible unencumbered by chapter and verse divisions. One little benefit has come up now several times in my reading of the Pentateuch: I'm...
The TNIV and The Books of the Bible 3
If you go to "The Books of the Bible" site, don't be put off by the endorsements. It appears that IBS realizes that they've lost conservative evangelicalism as a target demographic for the TNIV. Too many names we all (rightly!) trust came out against it. So they're...
The TNIV and The Books of the Bible 2
When I showed my truly wonderful, open-minded boss my new TNIV without verse numbers and chapter numbers, he said, "Hmm. This is not a step forward." I said, "I think it is." I explained how with my new Bible you don't have verse numbers and chapter numbers...