Better Bibles Blog

On the NLT blog today, Tremper Longman writes about the reasons for knowing the identity of the translators of any Bible version. He writes, The main value of knowing who translated the Bible you are reading is to let you know the theological perspective of the work. (Yes, it is also to tell you that [...]

Nathan has asked John and myself to post about Psalm 8:5 in Hebrews 2:7. This is a fascinating issue. I will only look at a few points relevant to the Greek version of this verse. First, the author of Hebrews quotes exactly from the copy of the LXX as we know it today. ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν [...]

In a maelstrom of otherwise incomprehensible verbiage, a note of sanity emerges. Here is my number one pick of the day. Doug writes, The Bible doesn’t say. Words to heal the wounded soul.In memory of a long forgotten meme, I would like to mention some spoof posts – only these are not spoofs. Let’s laugh, [...]

I had been thinking about a good topic for summer fun. We had Psalm 68 last year, which was wonderful, but I thought we should do something Greek this year. It must be ESP, because just this afternoon, I was thinking of all the good buddies who blog about Greek, and then I decided to [...]

Wayne has emailed to say that Elena’s mother died peacefully this morning in Eugene, Oregon. We wish to express our sympathy and acknowledge the loss of a devoted Christian, a wife, mother, missionary, teacher and musician. In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began. — Titus 1:2