Jeremy Thompson

Tag: Bibles

  • Why I read the NAB

    It’s taken me a while to put up this link.  But, I recently wrote a guest post at the invite of Chad and Rodney about why I read the New American Bible.  I’ll sum up the main points, but I hope you’ll head over and check it out.  First, I do not love the NAB. …

  • Bible Translations – A Taxonomy (via AHP)

    Bible translations can be a bit confusing to the lay person as I’ve noted in a previous post.  But, here is a link to a classification system for them that John Hobbins of Ancient Hebrew Poetry has posted from the New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible.  Some of the classifications are debatable, but it looks…

  • Buying a Bible is Confusing

    Buying a Bible can be confusing as I was reminded when someone in my Monday morning Bible study class brought up that they may be purchasing one.  So, we had a discussion today about which one I would recommend.  That’s a little simpler for me because as a Catholic I generally (at least for classes…

  • The Old Testament and New Testament Separate?

    The Old Testament and New Testament are separate in the New Revised Standard Versions currently being produced for the Kindle.  Not sure what the publishers were thinking or if they have ever handled a Kindle for that matter, but this is very annoying.  Essentially, there are two separate books with two separate tables of contents. …

  • Free PDF Bibles

    I have had a number of people ask me about free text downloads of Bibles rather than just audio.  I have started to look around a little.  HERE is a link to a number of Bibles available for free download in PDF.  These are in a variety of languages.  But, they are all going to…