Bible Study Tools - Let's Get Started - Lanny Hubbard

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 300 0 500 1000 1500 Slide 2 Ancient Translations of the Bible LXX – Septuagint (Greek) Syriac Peshita (Aramaic) Vulgate (Latin Massoretic Text- MT (Hebrew) Slide 3 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 Slide 4 Types of Biblical Translation Formal Correspondence: Word-for-Word Dynamic Equivalent: Thought-for-thought Paraphrase Slide 5 Spectrum of Bible Translations Formal Dynamic Paraphrase Slide 6 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