A Reader's Hebrew Bible
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Book Summary Editor: A. Philip Brown II Editor: Bryan W. Smith Edition: Leather Bound Audio: English (Unknown); Hebrew (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2008-02-26 ISBN: 0310269741 Number of pages: 1680 Publisher: Zondervan |
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Book Reviews of the A Reader's Hebrew Bible
Customer Review: Great Resource...
Summary: 4 Stars
I won't restate the attractive features of this text, because the previous reviewers did a fine job covering the highlights. I will just note that, though some who examine the credentials of the text and find that its compilers are a bit more conservative than they are (they were educated at Bob Jones University) i can honestly say they did a good, fair job with the translations. For example, at Isaiah 7:14, almost all modern translations translate it "virgin" because of the corresponding Matthew quote of it (Matthew, though, was quoting the Septuagint rendering "Parthenos" and not the Hebrew "Almah"), when they cite the word at the bottom, they give the more accurate Hebrew rendering of "young woman", being that the word does not necessarily denote a virgin, nor is it suggested in the text.
The only problem i found with the text, and it may be just in my copy, but half of the words are faded significantly. This kept it from getting a full five stars. But, again, the text itself is a good resource to have for "Hebrew on the go", although it should not replace translation with a sound Lexicon, nor exegetical research. And, of course, the binding is a bit...fragile.