01-23-2008, 09:12 AM
Shlama all,
Here are some online links for English OT versions:
Peshitta Tanakh:
At the moment our options are very limited, though in future we'll be able to add Yaaqub & Bauscher's versions to the list, and then who knows.
Lamsa's version:
The only complete English translation of the Peshitta Tanakh. Not yet in the public domain, but I think it's time that The Aramaic Bible Society release it into the public domain because it's in serious need of revision. It needs to be updated into modern English (instead of KJV English) and needs to be purged of Lamsa's new age ideas, same goes for his NT.
http://www.lamsabible.com/
Victor Alexander's version:
So far he's only done a few OT books. The translation is idiomatic rather than literal (perhaps too idiomatic) and I think he crosses the line at times when it comes to the ???rules??? of paraphrasing (eg: adding his evolution ideas to Genesis 1). Good footnotes though, again same goes for his Disciples' NT.
http://www.v-a.com/bible/
Aramaic English Standard Version:
By The Peshitta Foundation, so far only the Torah, Psalms 1-4 and some aprocryphal books are complete. Overall it's good, but any idea just what is this ???Aramaic Codex Yosip??? which they refer to? I can't find any info on the net concerning this codex.
http://www.standardversion.org/p-aesv-books.php
Yaaqub's version:
Yaaqub has posted a few portions of his PT on his Peshitta Tanakh site. What I love about his version is that he has retained the Hebraisms/Aramaisims, but I'll wait until he posts at least an entire book before I take a thorough look at it and give it a proper review. So far looks accurate and very promising, Yaaqub - thanx so much for finally providing a descent translation of the PT, may MarYah bless you!
http://pshitta.org/english/
Septuagint:
For a long time the only English version available was Sir Lancelot Brenton's. But since the turn of the century, new versions have started streaming in, so here's what I've found so far:
Apostolic Bible Polyglot:
The absolute BEST LXX resource you can possibly get your hands on! Available as free downloadable pdfs or in print. It's an interlinear complete with Strong's numbering, Greek-English lexicon and concordance!!! Interlinear translators on this forum should take a look at this fantastic piece of work. If you're only going to own one version of the LXX, this should be it (though it doesn't yet include the apocrypha/deutracannon). Oh and it includes the NT based on the Majority Text.
http://apostolicbible.com/index.htm
Eastern Orthodox Bible:
A very good English translation, which is a revision of Brenton's version, plus it's available as a free downloadable pdf. It includes the apocrypha/deutracannon and even the Masoretic versions of Jeremiah and Job, for readers to compare with the LXX versions. They also have an NT based on the official Eastern Orthodox Patriarchal Text, which is almost identical to the Majority Text. Because it's a translation primarily for the Eastern Orthodox Christian community, it also has extensive introductory material from an Eastern Orthodox perspective, the introduction to their LXX is a whopping 199 pages! Peshitta primacts of course will protest at the obvious Greek primacy, yet it's still a good version of ???the Greek Bible???.
http://www.orthodox-church.info/eob/download.asp
The Apostles' Bible:
By Paul W. Esposito. Another revision of Brenton's version, yet it doesn't contain the apocrypha/deutracannon at the moment, but I've heard that he plans to include them. He's also done an NT based on the Majority Text, which is called the ???English Majority Text Version???. Both can be viewed online, purchased in print from lulu.com or downloaded for free as e-sword modules.
http://www.apostlesbible.com/
http://www.emtvonline.com/
New English Translation of the Septuagint:
By Oxford University Press. Can be downloaded for free as pdfs or purchased in print. This is a fresh translation, and an excellent one might I add, which includes the apocrypha/deutracannon. For some of the books they have included two different Greek texts side-by-side for comparison (eg: book of Daniel).
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/
Holy Orthodox Bible:
By Peter Papoutsis. A fresh translation of the official LXX of the Greek Orthodox Church. It's not complete yet but he's publishing it in volumes (while he translates) which can be purchased as e-books on his site, or in print from lulu.com. So far he has: The Penteutuch, The Psalms, The Historical Books and The Minor Prophets.
http://www.peterpapoutsis.com/index.htm
Orthodox Study Bible:
Will apparently be released next month only in print as far as I know. The NT is the NKJV while I'm not sure what they based their LXX on. I don't know if they revised Brenton's version or if they did a new translation from the official Greek Orthodox Church LXX. Of course it'll have Eastern Orthodox footnotes and study aides.
http://www.lxx.org/
http://www.orthodoxstudybible.com/
Masoretic Tanakh:
Yes we already have more than enough English translations of the Masoretic Tanakh, yet I felt that I should include some versions in this list which you may not have heard of:
Judaica Press Complete Tanach with Rashi: http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cd...-Rashi.htm
The Living Torah: http://bible.ort.org/books/pentd2.asp
Transparent English Bible: http://www.centuryone.org/obpindex.html
The Scriptures:
http://www.eliyah.com/thescriptures/
http://www.isr-messianic.org/
Hebrew Names Version of the World English Bible: http://www.ebible.org/bible/hnv/
Torah WellSpings Bilingual Bible:
http://www.torahwellsprings.org/Pages/library.htm
http://www.torahwellsprings.org/Pages/parsha.htm
Restoration Scriptures True Name Edition Study Bible: http://www.restorationscriptures.org/page.php?page=home
Scriptures for the Whole House of Israel: http://www.geocities.com/onlinebibletran...s/whi.html
Mechanical Translation of the Hebrew Bible: http://www.geocities.com/onlinebibletran...trans.html
Orthodox Jewish Bible: http://www.afii.org/books.htm
Ancient Hebrew Interlinear: http://www.ancienthebrew.741.com/page5.html
BHS Sublinear: http://www.scripture4all.org/OnlineInter..._Index.htm
Modern Hebrew Interlinear: http://www.mickshebrew.741.com/page8.html
Concordant Version: http://www.concordant.org/version/index.html
Messianic Prophecy Bible: http://messianicbible.com/index.htm
Ancient Roots Translinear Bible: http://www.ancientrootsbible.com/textsearch.html
Vulgate:
Catholic Public Domain Version:
Nearly every OT book, while the entire NT is complete, they say it'll be complete in 2009. It???s a revision of the Douay-Rheims Bible.
http://www.sacredbible.org/catholic/index.htm
Dead Sea Scrolls
The only translation I can find of a complete scroll is The Great Isaiah Scroll, otherwise there only seem to be fragments, translations of fragments & non-Biblical scrolls. I wish we had more options:
http://www.ao.net/~fmoeller/qumdir.htm
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Resource...s/dss.html
Targums:
Very few options are available at present, and no English translation of the Targum Jonathan to the Prophets! Something must be done about this!!!
http://www.tulane.edu/~ntcs/tgtext.htm
Samaritan Torah:
No English translation, whatsoever!!! Come on, now that won't do!
Enjoy!
Here are some online links for English OT versions:
Peshitta Tanakh:
At the moment our options are very limited, though in future we'll be able to add Yaaqub & Bauscher's versions to the list, and then who knows.
Lamsa's version:
The only complete English translation of the Peshitta Tanakh. Not yet in the public domain, but I think it's time that The Aramaic Bible Society release it into the public domain because it's in serious need of revision. It needs to be updated into modern English (instead of KJV English) and needs to be purged of Lamsa's new age ideas, same goes for his NT.
http://www.lamsabible.com/
Victor Alexander's version:
So far he's only done a few OT books. The translation is idiomatic rather than literal (perhaps too idiomatic) and I think he crosses the line at times when it comes to the ???rules??? of paraphrasing (eg: adding his evolution ideas to Genesis 1). Good footnotes though, again same goes for his Disciples' NT.
http://www.v-a.com/bible/
Aramaic English Standard Version:
By The Peshitta Foundation, so far only the Torah, Psalms 1-4 and some aprocryphal books are complete. Overall it's good, but any idea just what is this ???Aramaic Codex Yosip??? which they refer to? I can't find any info on the net concerning this codex.
http://www.standardversion.org/p-aesv-books.php
Yaaqub's version:
Yaaqub has posted a few portions of his PT on his Peshitta Tanakh site. What I love about his version is that he has retained the Hebraisms/Aramaisims, but I'll wait until he posts at least an entire book before I take a thorough look at it and give it a proper review. So far looks accurate and very promising, Yaaqub - thanx so much for finally providing a descent translation of the PT, may MarYah bless you!
http://pshitta.org/english/
Septuagint:
For a long time the only English version available was Sir Lancelot Brenton's. But since the turn of the century, new versions have started streaming in, so here's what I've found so far:
Apostolic Bible Polyglot:
The absolute BEST LXX resource you can possibly get your hands on! Available as free downloadable pdfs or in print. It's an interlinear complete with Strong's numbering, Greek-English lexicon and concordance!!! Interlinear translators on this forum should take a look at this fantastic piece of work. If you're only going to own one version of the LXX, this should be it (though it doesn't yet include the apocrypha/deutracannon). Oh and it includes the NT based on the Majority Text.
http://apostolicbible.com/index.htm
Eastern Orthodox Bible:
A very good English translation, which is a revision of Brenton's version, plus it's available as a free downloadable pdf. It includes the apocrypha/deutracannon and even the Masoretic versions of Jeremiah and Job, for readers to compare with the LXX versions. They also have an NT based on the official Eastern Orthodox Patriarchal Text, which is almost identical to the Majority Text. Because it's a translation primarily for the Eastern Orthodox Christian community, it also has extensive introductory material from an Eastern Orthodox perspective, the introduction to their LXX is a whopping 199 pages! Peshitta primacts of course will protest at the obvious Greek primacy, yet it's still a good version of ???the Greek Bible???.
http://www.orthodox-church.info/eob/download.asp
The Apostles' Bible:
By Paul W. Esposito. Another revision of Brenton's version, yet it doesn't contain the apocrypha/deutracannon at the moment, but I've heard that he plans to include them. He's also done an NT based on the Majority Text, which is called the ???English Majority Text Version???. Both can be viewed online, purchased in print from lulu.com or downloaded for free as e-sword modules.
http://www.apostlesbible.com/
http://www.emtvonline.com/
New English Translation of the Septuagint:
By Oxford University Press. Can be downloaded for free as pdfs or purchased in print. This is a fresh translation, and an excellent one might I add, which includes the apocrypha/deutracannon. For some of the books they have included two different Greek texts side-by-side for comparison (eg: book of Daniel).
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/
Holy Orthodox Bible:
By Peter Papoutsis. A fresh translation of the official LXX of the Greek Orthodox Church. It's not complete yet but he's publishing it in volumes (while he translates) which can be purchased as e-books on his site, or in print from lulu.com. So far he has: The Penteutuch, The Psalms, The Historical Books and The Minor Prophets.
http://www.peterpapoutsis.com/index.htm
Orthodox Study Bible:
Will apparently be released next month only in print as far as I know. The NT is the NKJV while I'm not sure what they based their LXX on. I don't know if they revised Brenton's version or if they did a new translation from the official Greek Orthodox Church LXX. Of course it'll have Eastern Orthodox footnotes and study aides.
http://www.lxx.org/
http://www.orthodoxstudybible.com/
Masoretic Tanakh:
Yes we already have more than enough English translations of the Masoretic Tanakh, yet I felt that I should include some versions in this list which you may not have heard of:
Judaica Press Complete Tanach with Rashi: http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cd...-Rashi.htm
The Living Torah: http://bible.ort.org/books/pentd2.asp
Transparent English Bible: http://www.centuryone.org/obpindex.html
The Scriptures:
http://www.eliyah.com/thescriptures/
http://www.isr-messianic.org/
Hebrew Names Version of the World English Bible: http://www.ebible.org/bible/hnv/
Torah WellSpings Bilingual Bible:
http://www.torahwellsprings.org/Pages/library.htm
http://www.torahwellsprings.org/Pages/parsha.htm
Restoration Scriptures True Name Edition Study Bible: http://www.restorationscriptures.org/page.php?page=home
Scriptures for the Whole House of Israel: http://www.geocities.com/onlinebibletran...s/whi.html
Mechanical Translation of the Hebrew Bible: http://www.geocities.com/onlinebibletran...trans.html
Orthodox Jewish Bible: http://www.afii.org/books.htm
Ancient Hebrew Interlinear: http://www.ancienthebrew.741.com/page5.html
BHS Sublinear: http://www.scripture4all.org/OnlineInter..._Index.htm
Modern Hebrew Interlinear: http://www.mickshebrew.741.com/page8.html
Concordant Version: http://www.concordant.org/version/index.html
Messianic Prophecy Bible: http://messianicbible.com/index.htm
Ancient Roots Translinear Bible: http://www.ancientrootsbible.com/textsearch.html
Vulgate:
Catholic Public Domain Version:
Nearly every OT book, while the entire NT is complete, they say it'll be complete in 2009. It???s a revision of the Douay-Rheims Bible.
http://www.sacredbible.org/catholic/index.htm
Dead Sea Scrolls
The only translation I can find of a complete scroll is The Great Isaiah Scroll, otherwise there only seem to be fragments, translations of fragments & non-Biblical scrolls. I wish we had more options:
http://www.ao.net/~fmoeller/qumdir.htm
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Resource...s/dss.html
Targums:
Very few options are available at present, and no English translation of the Targum Jonathan to the Prophets! Something must be done about this!!!
http://www.tulane.edu/~ntcs/tgtext.htm
Samaritan Torah:
No English translation, whatsoever!!! Come on, now that won't do!
Enjoy!
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