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| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6229 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 65 of 84 04 June 2009 at 3:09am | IP Logged | ||
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I apologize if this is already been posted, I've skipped a few pages... Here is a pretty interesting site I just found:
http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Gen&c=1&t=NIV#top Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and several English translations to choose from, passage by passage. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6638 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 66 of 84 04 June 2009 at 9:51am | IP Logged | ||
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I have made a series of bilingual texts using the multilingual Bible machine at http://www.lexilogos.com/bible_multilingue.htm. The language may not be the one used at the supermarket, but it is not necessarily antiquated either, especially not if you stick to the more historically oriented books which also are the most interesting to read for a fundamentally areligious person like me. With the Icelandic version I have had the pleasant experience that it is actually fairly straightforward and easy, so I can read it almost without the help of a Danish translation. Instead I have made some couplings with other languages, including the Latin Vulgata. If I can't understand a word in one version I may understand it in the other and vice-versa. Besides I have made other bilingual versions for later use, using for instance Tagalog, Russian, Bulgarian, Croate, Koine and Dhimotiki Greek.
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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6207 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 67 of 84 04 June 2009 at 4:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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I find I can read the Vulgate (Latin translation of Bible) with some success in spite of having only limited Latin. It is less complex Latin than the classical poets, and some familiarity with the Bible in English may also help.
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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 5969 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 68 of 84 04 June 2009 at 5:32pm | IP Logged | ||
I know this is a matter of personal taste, but could you share what parts of it you find the most readable and interesting? My exposure to biblical texts is rather limited, so I find it difficult to navigate through all the prophets and chapters. I would try to avoid the boring parts if I know where to look for the more interesting stuff. I'm reading the King James bible in parallel with the most recent French version I can find (La Bible de Jérusalem, 1993) and another French version for comparison. Edited by Sennin on 04 June 2009 at 6:06pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Alkeides Senior Member Bhutan Joined 6083 days ago 636 posts - 644 votes | Message 69 of 84 04 June 2009 at 6:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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Is there anything similar to Young's literal translation in other languages?
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| Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6638 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 70 of 84 04 June 2009 at 8:55pm | IP Logged | ||
I would suggest the Books of King number one from around Chapter 11, when Salomo is dead and the kings divide the kingdom and start worshipping Baal. The prophets most emphatically don't like that, which makes for some bloodshed and divine intervention throughout Kings 2. There are also some interesting sections in Mose 1 (Genesis) and 2 ( Exodus) and Judges, maybe also Samuel. Most of the prophets are pompous and boring, but try Job for an account of a man who is treated as a guinea pig by an malicious god. I respect the religious feelings of other people, but this part of the Bible looks like it has been written by a man that hates religion. In the New testament I prefer the Apokalypse (Revelation), at least after the first couple of pages. The single most boring part of the Bible (in any language) are the Canticles. The present collection unfortunately doesn't contain the apocryphal writings (Testament of Thomas & co.) which were purged from the Bible by the Synode in Nicaea some 1700 years ago. Anybody who wants to get a complete picture of the Bible should absolutely read those too. Edited by Iversen on 04 June 2009 at 8:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| topaztrex Triglot Newbie Indonesia Joined 6104 days ago 20 posts - 37 votes Speaks: Mandarin, Indonesian*, English | Message 71 of 84 19 May 2011 at 10:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Where can I buy Old Testament and New Testament of the Holy Bible in their original,
untranslated languages? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| JW Hexaglot Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/egw Joined 6057 days ago 1802 posts - 2011 votes 22 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Ancient Greek, French, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Luxembourgish, Dutch, Greek, Italian | Message 72 of 84 19 May 2011 at 11:20pm | IP Logged | ||
It depends on what format you are looking for. I use this one: http://www.mardel.com/the-interlinear-hebrew-greek-english-b ible-one-volume-edition-hardback.aspx It is an Interlinear which means it looks like this in (Hebrew/Aramaic): http://interlinearbible.org/genesis/1.htm And like this in Greek: http://interlinearbible.org/john/1.htm and it has a nice literal English translation in the margin. The advantage of this one is that it is all in one volume--you can carry it with you to church. The disadvantage is that the print is a bit small--but still readable. I greatly prefer the on-line version--I only use my print version in church. Let me know if this is not what you are looking for as I am fairly well versed in the original language tools, both print and electronic. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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