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Original languages resources
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Free resources to study God's Word in the original:
(use with discretion; we cannot vouch for the content available at all links, especially in resources that cycle/vary)
Luther, on why we must study Scripture in the original
The text itself:
New Testament in Greek, with parsing and simple definitions that follow your mouse
For the Old Testament the site above is still under construction; meanwhile, you can also get some help from the Westminster Leningrad Codex, Next Bible and Blue Letter Bible sites.
Help with Old Testament Hebrew and Aramaic:
Grammar resources compiled by an ELCA Seminary professor
Two recent downloadable Hebrew grammars:
- A 343-page Hebrew grammar in .pdf format, available until some time in 2010, compiled by a professor at a conservative pre-millenial, evangelical college,
- and a 244-page Hebrew grammar in .pdf format, available until a publisher publishes it (2011?), compiled by a professor at the University of Toronto
A recent Aramaic grammar in .pdf format from a professor of Hebrew and Aramaic at the University of Michigan
The venerable Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon.
The venerable Gesenius-Kautzsch-Cowley grammar.
Help with NT variants:
Thorough textual commentary on variants in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
A simplified, no-Greek guide to significant variants in the whole New Testament, based on UBS3
Dates and locations of New Testament manuscripts
The most important NT manuscripts in chart form, by date and locale
More help:
Free Libronix search engine with King James Version and several related books from Thomas Nelson; use this with Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary's dogmatics notes, available at minimal cost in Libronix format from the WLS bookstore
Probably the best free Bible software to download, with Greek and Hebrew and many possible add-ons.
More online lexicons for biblical studies
A simple guide to diagramming
Exegetical worksheets with questions on the weekly Gospels, from Concordia Seminary, Fort Wayne using the Lutheran Service Book lectionary, so sometimes different from our synod's Christian Worship lectionary; not available in summer and other times of the year)
Help specifically with NT participles:
The participle in the Greek New Testament, by Daniel B. Wallace. This is the complete chapter on participles (pages 613-55) from Wallace's Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the NT (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996). Participles are one of the keys to Koine Greek.
A "what kind of participle is this?" flow chart.
Audio help:
Book-by-book .mp3 recordings of the Hebrew bible (listen to your OT sermon text)
Weekly help, in 20-minute recordings, with the exegesis of your OT or Gospel text, from Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis (using the Lutheran Service Book lectionary, so sometimes different from the CW lectionary)
When free isn't enough:
Thorough comparative reviews of the three expensive Bible programs dominating the market (Accordance, BibleWorks and Logos):
System requirements for each program:
Many more links and much more detail about these matters:
Tyndale Tech blog
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