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| Hi, I'm an English major at the University of Colorado and I've
become interested in studying the bible on a scholarly level. Now, because
I don't know Hebrew or Aramaic, I can't really study or read the original
works (being that I may never be in the same country as the originals), but
could you give me some advice on how to go about this? I am very interested
in early english translations. Before the king james version.
Ginger | | | Dear Ginger,
It is very easy to learn about the history of the English translations. Just go to a search engine and type in "history of the English Bible." Even though you do not know Hebrew or Greek or Aramaic, you can now do some serious study because of lexical aids that are available today that were not available 30 years ago. For example, Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon is now numerically indexed to Strong's Concordance, Kittles Theological Dictionary of the New Testament and to the Hebrew-Greek-English Bible by Hendrickson. Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew-English Lexicon is also numerically indexed to Strongs and Hendrickson. Many of the lexical aids can be found listed on our Web site or can be obtained through the book store at God's Learning Channel in Midland, Texas (http://www.godslearningchannel.com/bookstore.htm). They have an excellent library with all kinds of study aids.
I hope this helps with your study. Roy
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