An Exciting Arrival!
Woohoo! I'm so excited! I just received the Interlinear Greek-English Bible
I ordered! I've wanted for so long to have an actual Greek Bible to read and when I recently saw this one that my friend Julie S. has, I began my search for one more earnestly. I really like the format of this particular Bible. It has the Greek text (the Textus Receptus) in the wide center column with the English words translated directly below each Greek word, as closely as the translation process will allow. Above each word is the corresponding Strong's number. In the narrower left hand column is the literal translation, and in the equally narrow right hand column is the King James Version.I've been working on improving my Greek skills recently (seeing as how I can't understand much of anything I read yet!) because I'm planning to teach it to my younger siblings this year. I came across this very helpful site that has several charts and actual lessons. It's been a great resource so far. If anyone has recommendations for other good resources for learning Greek, please do share!
My goal is not to be able to speak Greek conversationally, as I don't anticipate much occasion to utilize such a skill presenting itself anytime in the forseeable future :-), but rather, to be able to read the New Testament portion of the Bible in its originally scripted language. Perhaps someday I will attempt Hebrew, but it seems significantly more difficult to learn!
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My brother Lane is a pastor in North Dakota, and he did very well in Biblical languages. His comment on the relative difficulty of Greek and Hebrew would be this. Greek is easier at first, and gets harder later (especially with verbs!). Hebrew is harder at first (those annoying dots, and the irritating similarity of so many roots) but much easier later on. So I would encourage you not to be frightened of Hebrew.
God bless.
Dr. Dave Black is a Greek teacher. He has written some articles on his website and blog, as well as a few books, on Greek. He might have some helpful resources for you.
Natalie, how gracious of you not to post what I asked you when you told me you had received this:
"Is it the whole Bible or just the New Testament?"
Your measured, but laughter-barely-being-suppressed response, "Dad, I think the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, wasn't it?"
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