The New World Translation
 
"Your 'New World Translation' is a high quality, literal translation that avoids traditional glosses in its faithfulness to the Greek. It is, in many ways, superior to the most successful translations in use today." Professor Jason Beduhn, Northern Arizona University Department of Humanities Arts and Religion

Find out for yourself why it is a great Bible.

Newcome's New Testament-Revised and Corrected-1808

"The Word was in the beginning, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god."
 

The Name of God by Gerard Gertoux
http://www.divinename.net/
or http://www.bestwebbuys.com/books/search?t=ISBN&q=0-7618-2204-6
Gérard GERTOUX is a Hebrew scholar, specialist of the Tetragram; He has been president of the Association Biblique de Recherche d'Anciens Manuscrits since 1991. His training as an engineer and teacher has enabled him to compile an amount of information coming from a great diversity of specialized departments.

The Revised English Bible for 14.95
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The 21st Century New Testament-The Literal Free-Dual Translation
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"The dual translation which enables a study of the literal meanings of the original text to be combined with a reading in modern English."
"Jehovah your God you should worship and him alone you should serve." Matt 4:10
"At the beginning of Creation, there dwelt with God a mighty spirit, the Marshal, who produced all things in their order." John 1:1 Free
"In a beginning was the [Marshal] [Word] and the [Marshal] [Word] was with the God and the [Marshal] [Word] was a god." John 1:1 Literal

Christology and the Trinity: An Exploration
http://members.aol.com/hector3001/christology.htm
First effort by young scholar Edgar Foster:
"This book is written, not only to dispel the erroneous notion that Christ is one persona in a triune Godhead: it is also written to present a true portrait of Jesus Christ."

Jesus: God or the Son of God? by Brian Holt
http://www.tellway-publishing.com
This is a wonderful book with 366 pages of easy to understand analysis of the Trinity going through all the books of the NT one by one.

The New Jerusalem Bible
www.amazon.com
In 1956, scholars from L'Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem set their minds to translating the Scriptures from the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts, hoping they could preserve the most sacred Christian traditions and stories. By 1966, the first English-language Jerusalem Bible was published.

The Role of Theology and Bias in Bible Translations: with a special look at the New World Translation of Jehovah's Witnesses
by Rolf Furuli
Buy at Walmart for $11.94

TimeLine of Bible History-Free
by Theodore Cobb
Free .pdf document, simply email the Webmaster at hector3001@aol.com

The Mormon Murders: A True Story of Greed, Forgery, Deceit, and Death
by Steven Naifeh
amazon.com/naifeh
Link inspired by Jose Luis Gil Alvarez

When Jesus Became God
by Richard Rubenstein
www.amazon.com
Jack Miles, The Boston Globe; author of God: A Biography
"A splendidly dramatic story . . . Rubenstein has turned one of the great fights of history into an engrossing story."

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance with Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words
www.amazon.com
The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible : With Main Concordance, Appendix to
the Main Concordance, Hebrew and Aramaic Dictionary of the OT and Greek Dictionary of the NT

The Epistles of Paul in Modern English-A Paraphrase by George Barker Stevens, Ph.D., D.D. 1898
$9.95 at http://www.geocities.com/metatron32001/books4sale.htm
Sample Scriptures:

"In the Scripture Jehovah solemnly declares he will punish his foes and vindicate his people." Hebrews 10:29
"We eagerly expect the glorious advent of Christ, our divine Saviour." Titus 2:13

The Divine Name Controversy Firpo W. Carr, Ph.D.
http://stirinc.org/dncvol1.htm
"For his first doctoral dissertation (the basis for his book [The Divine Name Controversy])
Carr used a computer to sift through all the relevant vowel/consonant combinations found
in Hebrew scripture. The computer eventually narrowed the list to 'e' 'o' and 'a' or YeHoWaH (Jehovah in English)."--The Daily Breeze

The Interlinear Greek/English New TestamentWith Strong's Concordance Numbers Above Each Word by Jay P., Sr Green (Editor)
www.amazon.com
The third edition of this widely-used reference tool features an updated edition of A Literal Translation of the Hold Bible in the left column, the Greek Textus Receptus in the center column, and the King James Version in the right column.

Thayer's Greek/English Lexicon of the New Testament
www.amazon.com
Coded With the Numbering System from Strong's Exhausive Concordance of the Bible
by Joseph Thayer

A Greek/English Lexicon of the New Testament and other early Christian literature (BAGD)
http://www.amazon.com/
Exhaustive and irreplaceable, Walter Bauer's lexicon is one of the great momuments of biblical and related scholarship, perfect for English speaking students working in the Greek text.

Rotherham Emphasized Bible : A Literal Translation
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos
A Reader on amazon.com: " I believe that The Emphasized Bible is the most accurate translation that we have available in English today."

The Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop
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With sixty-one woodcut illustrations from Nineveh, Babylon, Egypt, Pompeii, etc. Objects of Worship; Festivals; Doctrine and Discipline; Rites and Ceremonies; Religious Orders; The Two Developments Historically and Prophetically Considered.

The Doctrine of the Trinity: Christianity's Self-Inflicted Wound
by Anthony F. Buzzard, Charles F. Hunting
amazon.com/trinity
Excellent discussion on the Trinity Doctrine from a Unitarian point of view.

The King James Version Debate
amazon.com/carson
A good rundown of the King James Only deception.

Vine's Dictionary of Bible Words
Barnes and Nobles
This reference makes it possible for the students with substantial, limited, or no background in Greek or Hebrew to study the meaning of biblical words in the original languages. Through the extensive use of Strong's numbering system and other references included in Vine's indexes, the student will be able to bridge Vine's entries with those of the standard technical lexicons used by Bible scholars worldwide. 755 pp.

How to Choose Your Bible Wisely
Purchase
Also Bible Translations and How to Choose Between Them by Alan S. Duthie  gives a fair report on certain Bible Versions and Translations.

Concepts of Father, Son and Holy Spirit
amazon.com/alfs
Paul W. Newman, A SPIRIT CHRISTOLOGY, University Press of America, 1987, p. 196n
"A useful analysis of different versions of Trinitarianism and Non-trinitarianism."
Randall R. Warren, CHRISTIAN BOOKSELLER, August 1984 "A challenging and interesting study.... a first class religious reference work which manages to maintain a great deal of doctrinal objectivity."

The Original New Testament
The First Definitive Translation of the New Testament in 2000 Years
by Hugh Schonfield
And excellent and highly recommendable version of the Greek Scriptures.
amazon.com/schonfield

One God & One Lord-Reconsidering The Cornerstone Of The Christian Faith
Discussing the fallacy of the Trinity Doctrine from an Ex-Way point of view. At $15.00 for a 680 page book it is worth every penny
http://www.christianeducational.org/bookpromo.html

The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon : With an Appendix Containing the Biblical Aramaic : Coded With the Numbering System from Strong's
by Francis Brown, S. Driver, C. Briggs
amazon.com/BDB
A useful lexical tool. A must for any serious study of the Bible.

Accuracy of Translation : The Primary Criterion in Evaluating Bible Versions With Special Reference to the New International Version
by Robert P. Martin
amazon.com/martin
An interesting critique of the NIV and Dynamic Equivalence.

The King James Version Debate-A Plea for Realism
by D.A. Carson
amazon.com/carson
With an appendix dealing with Pickering's The Identity of the New Testament Text

A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament
by Bruce M. Metzger
amazon.com/metzger
Metzger gives explanation for the ratings of readings in many of the variant readings and texts and why they were rated as such. This work will give you a quick look at the arguments pro and con on the major variant readings of the New Testament.

Faith of the Fatherless-The Psychology of Atheism
by Paul C. Vitz
amazon.com/vitz
"Surveys of the leading intellectual defenders of atheism and Christianity, show that the atheists had "defective fathers" while the believers did not. Vitz does not intend to suggest that atheism is psychologically determined, but rather hopes to counteract the idea that irrational psychological factors lead one to believe in God." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Unvarnished New Testament by Andy Gaus
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"Other translations were made by committees; they interpreted the text through theological
doctrines and dogmas that arose centuries after the books were written. This new translation strips away these thick layers of convention to portray an ageless beauty that no earlier translation has captured."

Tanakh-The Holy Scriptures, The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text
amazon.com/tanakh
Very readable Jewish Translation

Basics of Biblical Greek-Grammar by William D. Mounce ISBN 0-310-59800-1
amazon.com/mounce
Enjoy it, as I do.

The Englishman's Greek Concordance of the New Testament
by George Wigram
amazon.com/wigram
Coded with Strong's Concordance numbers

The New English Bible
www.powells.com
A fresh mainstream translation that moves away from the KJV tradition.

Dictionary of the Bible
by John L. McKenzie S.J.
amazon.com/mckenzie
"One can only marvel at the depth, breadth, and accuracy of the scholarship"-Library Journal

The Text of the New Testament-Its Transmission, Corruption and Restoration
by Bruce M. Metzger
amazon.com/metzger
"By far the best available handbook on textual criticism."-Bibliotheca Sacra

The Greek New Testament-United Bible Societies
Easier to use critical apparatus than the Nestle-Aland text.
amazon.com/ubs

A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament
by Bruce M. Metzger
amazon.com/tc
A fine companion to the above stated UBS Greek text.

What Happens When We Die by Anthony Buzzard
Contact Atlanta Bible College, Box 100,000, Morrow GA, 30205 or
185 Summerville Dr. Brooks, GA, 30205

Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History
By Philip Jenkins
"...Jenkins argues that cults are more realistically regarded as the cutting edge of religious development. Loaded with intriguing sketches of dozens of cults and distinguished by Jenkins' healthily nonjudgmental attitude, this is a superb historical primer on what, tomorrow, may be a hot topic again."
amazon.com/jenkins

Our Fathers Who Aren't In Heaven-The Forgotten Christianity of Jesus, the Jew
by Anthony F. Buzzard
http://www.centuryarchive.com/

Who is Jesus
by Anthony F. Buzzard
Contact Atlanta Bible College, Box 100,000, Morrow GA, 30205 or
185 Summerville Dr. Brooks, GA, 30205

One God, One Lord: Early Christian Devotion and Ancient Jewish Monotheism
by Larry W. Hurtado
amazon.com/hurtado
A great study of agency in second temple Judaism.

The Septuagint with Apocrypha: Greek and English
Sir Lancelot C.L. Brenton's translation on one side, and the Greek text on the other. Very useful for study purposes
amazon.com/lxx

A Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament by Dana and Mantey
amazon.com/mantey
A great read and study, though it does have a theological slant.

The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture : The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament
by Bart D. Ehrman
amazon.com/ehrman
The victors not only write the history, they also reproduce the texts. In a study that explores the close relationship between the social history of early Christianity and the textual tradition of the emerging New Testament, Ehrman examines how early struggles between Christian "heresy" and "orthodoxy" affected the transmission of the documents over which, in part, the debates were waged.

Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Contemporary Crisis
by Philip Jenkins
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"Philip Jenkins has written a fascinating, exhaustive, and, above all, even-handed account that not only puts this particular crisis in perspective, but offers an eye-opening look at the way in which an issue takes hold of the popular imagination. Jenkins reassures us about our local clergy, but also delivers a disturbing message about how vulnerable we are to the news media."
"Arguing that the current epidemic of clergy sex abuse is not as widespread as the media suggests, a critical examination of this issue states that popular imagination fans the fire of scandal and theorizes about why the controversy has targeted Catholicism."

Pocket Dictionary for the Study of New Testament Greek
by Matthew S. Demoss
amazon.com/demoss
"What is a parechesis? How about that word you see throughout many commentaries, paraenesis? What is the Didache? Did you forget exactly what was the Hexapla? What does it mean when a commentator says that the construction of a given passage is anacoluthon?" This little book will help you.

Nave's Topical Bible
by Orville J. Nave
amazon.com/nave
Nave's Topical Bible, the best known of all topical bibles, has been a valuable Bible-study reference and a best-seller for more than 75 years. It is a comprehensive digest of over 20,000 topics and subtopics with more than 100,000 associated Scripture references. The most significant references for each topic actually include the full text of the verse cited-saving the need to separately look up each verse.

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