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

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Ancient Translations of the Bible

• LXX – Septuagint (Greek)
• Syriac Peshita (Aramaic)
• Vulgate (Latin
• Massoretic Text- MT (Hebrew)

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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

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Types of Biblical Translation

• Formal Correspondence: Word-for-Word
• Dynamic Equivalent: Thought-for-thought
• Paraphrase

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Spectrum of Bible Translations

Formal Dynamic Paraphrase

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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

• e-sword.net

Bible Software

• olivetree.com
• logos.com
• https://Biblestudytools.com