Jeremy Thompson

Category: Biblical Greek

  • Pope Pius XII on the Importance of Textual Criticism

    I’ve posted on textual criticism for the past two days.  This will probably be the last post on the topic for a while.  Yesterday, I posted on video I used in attempting to show my students the importance of textual criticism.  I also used this quote from Pope Pius XII in Divino Afflante Spiritu to…

  • The song that might not be or the importance of textual criticism – (VFTTB)

    In my Wisdom Literature class, I’m taking the approach of tradition history.  We are trying to look at this corpus through each stage of development.  We started with textual criticism. At any rate, I can’t find the exact video I used, but this one will do.  To illustrate the importance of textual criticism, I told…

  • Interesting text criticial issues in Wisdom Literature

    A while back I posted asking if anyone knew of interesting text critical issues in the Wisdom Literature that I could use in my class.  I got no response other than Tim being surprised at how text critically inept we must be. At any rate, here are some of the texts that I ended up…

  • Where do you Spot Check Translations?

    I was reading Jim West’s review of the NLT Life Application Study Bible. I’m sure Isaiah 7:14 wasn’t the only place he read from, but it did appear to be a place he spot checked.  I was wondering if others have places that they spot check when checking out a translation. I know that I…

  • GrEEK is Lame; Hebrew is Beast Coffee Mug

    Here’s another coffee mug I’m thinking about developing for sale through my site: And for you old folks who don’t get it, “beast” is the new word for awesome.  Or, at least that’s what the youth at my church tell me.

  • Another Free Biblical Greek Course

    Here is a link to another free Biblical Greek course on iTunes U.  It is also from Concordia Seminary, and I thank Bob for pointing it out to me in the comments of my previous post on Biblical Hebrew and Greek Courses. Related: Free Hebrew Audio Resources Free Hebrew Text-based resources

  • Free Hebrew and Greek Courses on iTunes U

    I found free Hebrew and Greek courses that I have not linked to before to my knowledge on iTunes U,  Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Greek.  I hope the links work for you.  I’ve not used or checked out either of the courses, so if anyone has used them or does use them, please comment to…

  • BibleWorks 8 Overall Evaluation

    I have recent versions of both BibleWorks 8 and Logos on my laptop as well as an older version of Accordance.  Of these three programs, my two favorites are BibleWorks 8 and Accordance, though I cannot speak to soundly on Accordance for reasons I’ll make clear below.  I realize that a significant amount of this…

  • Daily Hebrew and Greek in BibleWorks 8

    Probably the feature that I was most excited about when I found out I would have the opportunity to review BibleWorks 8 was the Bagster’s Daily Light feature, which allows this resource to be viewed in the language of one’s choosing whether, English, Greek/Hebrew, or otherwise.  I run my website and blog related to the…

  • BibleWorks 8 Functionality on My Mac

    Perhaps the first thing on many people’s minds when they see me reviewing BibleWorks 8 is “Isn’t BibleWorks a Windows program? And, aren’t you a Mac user?”  The answer to both questions is “yes.”  However, programs for running a Windows OS and Windows programs on a Mac have come a very long way with offerings…