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following websites will be helpful to students who are studying original
Biblical languages. Anyone who is serious about the study of God's Word
needs to give attention to these areas. The study of original languages is
essential for the advanced study of the Holy Scriptures. Most people stop
with basic word studies.
Let me encourage you to move on into grammar and
into literary analysis. This may sound dry and non-spiritual but nothing
could be further from the truth! There is a richness and beauty that you
can only become familiar with by learning original languages and some of
the wonderful ways God communicated His divine truth to us by employing
all of the beauty and devices of these languages. It can also prove
to be effective weaponry when dealing with liberal view points or cultists.
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If you need Ancient Language
fonts for you computer or papers, you can go to these sites and download
them. Ancient
Fonts or Font
Archive
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Akkadian
| Arabic
| Aramaic
| Coptic
| Cuneiform
| Egyptian
| Greek
| Hebrew
Hieroglyphics
| Latin
| Literary Form
| Manuscripts and Texts
| Miscellaneous Gems
Papyrus and other Ancient Manuscripts
| Septuagint
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Aramaic |
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Aramaic Bible, New Testament, Gospel of Matthew Mark Luke and John, Acts, Letters, Revelation
- Ancient Aramaic Bible translation project, from the language Jesus spoke, the sacred, scribal
language of Scriptures. |
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Aramaic-Assyrian Language
- Learn the Assyrian (Syriac-Aramaic) language. Learn
to speak through music, learn to read and write the way Jesus did, build your vocabulary,
and learn the Assyrian and Babylonian history through a beautiful screen saver. |
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History of the Aramaic Language
- A short but informative history of the Aramaic Language. |
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Cuneiform |
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About Cuneiform Writing - Pictograms, or drawings representing
actual things, were the basis for cuneiform writing. As shown in the
chart, early pictograms resembled the objects they represented, but
through repeated use over time they began to look simpler, even
abstract. These marks eventually became wedge-shaped
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Journal of Cuneiform Studies - Founded in 1947 by the Baghdad School of
the American Schools of Oriental Research, the Journal of Cuneiform
Studies (JCS) presents technical and general articles on the
history and languages of the ancient Mesopotamian and Anatolian literate
cultures. Articles appear in English, French, and German. Published once
a year; circa 144 pages per issue. |
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West Semitic Research Project - In the late
fourth and third milleniums B.C. a people called the Sumerians began to
develop a writing system called "cuneiform"
("wedge-shaped"), written on wet clay with a sharpened stick,
or stylus. At first the Sumerians used a series of pictures
("pictograms") to record information having to do with
business and administration, but went on to develop a system of symbols
that stood for ideas and later sounds (usually syllables). In the later
stages of Sumerian writing there were about 600 signs that were used on
a regular basis. |
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Greek |
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A brief history of the Greek language
- The origin, evolution, influences and current form
of the Greek language. |
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Bible Greek Resources
- Learn Biblical Koine Greek with FREE online courses, free online
books and articles; or order books pertaining to Greek. |
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Greek & Hebrew Fonts for MS Windows
- Review of Logos Bible Software. |
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Greek Grammar
- This grammar is a compilation primarily from Wallace and Mounce books. |
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Greek Grammar on the Web
- A very good on-line Greek grammar. Many different facets of the
language are dealt with here. |
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The Greek New Testament
- This link contains Greek letters. The pages are designed for
Windows-95. To see the Greek letters you need the font "Symbol", which is usually
installed on your computer already. |
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The Greek New Testament Gateway
- An annotated gateway to Greek New Testament Web
Resources including texts, fonts, grammars, lexical, discussion list and software. |
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Introduction to Chiasmus
- Whereas many literary structures have been recognized in the
past (step parallelism, inclusion, etc.), a significant literary structure of
biblical texts has received noted recognition in the past century, an
especially in the past two decades, is chiasmus. |
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Koine Greek Study Page
- Koine Greek
study and research page. A nice collection of some great tools!!! |
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Learn New Testament Greek
- The following lessons will prepare you to read the Greek New
Testament. |
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Lee R. Martin's Greek New Testament Resource Page - Papers, outlines,
and excellent observations on the Greek New Testament. A great outline
of Dana and Mantey's New Testament Greek Grammar. |
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek
- If you would not be reading Greek without
access to these on-line texts and lexicon, please tell us about it. This page was made
possible by support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and
the National Science Foundation. |
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New Testament Greek Diagrams
- Diagramming the Greek New Testament is a
pictorial or graphic means of analyzing sentences. In essence,
it permits one to see visually an author's syntactical constructions. |
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New Testament Resources for Greek grammar and exegesis
- Studies related to the New
Testament, including koine Greek grammar and exegesis. Content documents and links to other
content documents. |
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Original Greek New Testament
- The Greek New Testament, KJV, NKJV, NASB, Darby, ASV,
Young's, German, French, Spanish and more Bible versions are now available for Palm Pilot and Windows
CE handheld electronic organizers here. |
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Overview of Greek Syntax
- Jeffrey A. Rydberg-Cox Overview of Greek Syntax. |
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Research Guide-Divinity Library-Word Study
- The purpose of a word study in scriptural
interpretation (for sermons, exegesis papers, etc.). |
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SIL Greek Font System
- SIL Greek Font System, a font package for Biblical Greek text encoding. |
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Strong's Greek Lexicon
- The Greek lexicon is based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible
Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the Theological Dictionary of the New
Testament. |
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| Hebrew |
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Amos - Postmodern Bible Commentary -
Multimedia Bible commentary online - serious Bible study with
100s of sound & picture files... |
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Biblia Hebraica
- Found on this site are notes from a graduate Biblical Hebrew Level I
class taught by Dr. David Wallace. The main text used in this site is Page
H. Kelley's Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar. At
times reference will be made to Kelley, this is the primary work that
is being noted. |
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Greek & Hebrew Fonts for MS Windows - Review of Logos Bible Software |
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The Hebrew Font Gallery - Hebrew Font Gallery has 25 Hebrew typefaces, designed to work
perfectly with Windows and Macintosh applications. |
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Hebrew & Israel Site - There are thousands of sites that use Hebrew. Here are
examples of Web Hebrew: can you read it? |
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Hebrew Made Easy - Easy workbook for children and adults to learn
how to pronounce, read, and understand Hebrew. Free Sample Pages. Homeschool can use
it. |
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Intensive Hebrew Language Courses
- Combine serious study and active recreation. Unique
4-week experience of learning and leisure combined with personal encounter
with the country and its people. |
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National Center for the Hebrew Language
- The National Center for the Hebrew Language
(NCHL) has positioned itself as the American advocate for the Hebrew language. |
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Research Guide-Divinity Library-Word Study
- The purpose of a word study in scriptural
interpretation (for sermons, exegesis papers, etc.). |
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Research Guide-Divinity Library-Biblical Hebrew Exegesis
- Biblical Exegesis...an Approach
for Hebrew Bible Research. |
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Semantics of Ancient Hebrew - The Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Database is a cooperative
research project involving a number of European centers with coordination
provided by Leiden. |
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SIL Hebrew Font System
- The SIL Hebrew Font System is a font package for displaying
and printing Biblical Hebrew text. |
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Strong's Hebrew Lexicon - The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this
is keyed to the Theological Word Book of the Old Testament. |
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Yamada Language Center
- This link has a bitmap Hebrew screen font with limited vowel support
and closing letters, where appropriate. |
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Literary Form |
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Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts
- The Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts web is adapted from
the original Hypercard version. It was developed at Brown University with the aid
of an Educational Computing Grant to the Religious Studies Department. |
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Introduction to Chiasmus
- Whereas many literary structures have been recognized in the
past (step parallelism, inclusion, etc.), a significant literary structure of
biblical texts has received noted recognition in the past century, an
especially in the past two decades, is chiasmus. |
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| Manuscripts & Texts |
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Encyclopedia of New Testament Textual Criticism
- The Encyclopedia attempts to
cover all aspects of New Testament Textual Criticism in an orderly and
fair fashion. |
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Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts
- The Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts web is adapted
from the original Hypercard version. It was developed at Brown University with the aid
of an Educational Computing Grant to the Religious Studies Department. |
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Manuscript Categories
- In 1981, Kurt and Barbara Aland published Der Text des Neuen
Testaments (English translation: The Text of the New Testament, translated
by Erroll F. Rhodes, Second edition, Eerdmans/ E. J. Brill, 1989). The
most noteworthy feature of this edition was its new classification of
manuscripts. |
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Texts and Manuscripts
- This web collects notable Web pages of particular interest. |
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Textual Criticism and Manuscript Interpretation
- A collection of links to on-line resources
for textual criticism and interpretation of manuscripts with special emphasis on New Testament
textual criticism. |
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| Miscellaneous Gems |
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Babylon Lingua
- Babylon
Lingua is devoted to the study of many ancient languages that relate
to biblical studies. This one is a true treasure. |
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Early History of Indo-European Languages
- Migrations
and Cultural Diffusion carried the Indo-European protolanguage from
the homeland, which the authors place in the Transcaucasus (see
Historical Armenia maps), and fragmented it into dialects. Some spread
west to Anatolia and Greece, others southwest to Iran and India. Most
Western languages stem from an Eastern branch that rounded the Caspian
Sea. Contact with Semitic languages in Mesopotamia and with Kartvelian
languages in the Caucasus led to the adoption of many foreign words. |
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Introduction to Chiasmus
- Whereas
many literary structures have been recognized in the past (step
parallelism, inclusion, etc.), a significant literary structure of
biblical texts has received noted recognition in the past century, an
especially in the past two decades, is chiasmus. |
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Languages on the Web - All about foreign languages, 30,000+ selected links to as many as 400 different languages,
online language courses, language sites evaluation, free advice on how to study, plus the first Internet
library of multilingual parallel texts to let you learn faster and more effectively. |
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The Mother of all on-line language tools
- The world's most comprehensive and
authoritative language community portal with every resource needed for language study and
improvement in more than 200 languages. |
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Papyrus
and other Ancient Manuscripts
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Duke Papyrus Archive
- The Duke Papyrus Archive provides electronic access to texts
about and images of 1,375 papyri from ancient Egypt. The target audience includes:
papyrologists, ancient historians, archaeologists, biblical scholars,
classicists, Coptologists, Egyptologists, students of literature and
religion and all others interested in ancient Egypt. |
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