Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English, The [Hardcover]

Alfred Marshall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 29, 1993

The Interlinear NASB - NIV Parallel New Testament does three things for you. It sets the New American Standard Bible with its 'literal correspondence' approach side by side with the New International Version and its 'dynamic equivalency' approach, allowing you to easily compare the two translations. It directly relates Greek words in the Nestle's Greek text to their corresponding translations in the NASB and NIV texts. And it allows easier reading of the Greek New Testament. These advantages offer you a better understanding of the Bible. This proven study tool uses Alfred Marshall's interlinear English text -- the standard, widely used literal translation of the Nestle's Greek text, 21st edition. A generation of students, pastors, and scholars has relied on Marshall's renowned contribution to biblical study. The Interlinear NASB - NIV Parallel New Testament brings it to you in a parallel format that will bring new depth, perspective, and insight to your Bible studies.

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From the Back Cover

The Interlinear NASB - NIV Parallel New Testament does three things for you. It sets the New American Standard Bible with its "literal correspondence" approach side by side with the New International Version and its "dynamic equivalency" approach, allowing you to easily compare the two translations. It directly relates Greek words in the Nestle's Greek text to their corresponding translations in the NASB and NIV texts. And it allows easier reading of the Greek New Testament. These advantages offer you a better understanding of the Bible. This proven study tool uses Alfred Marshall's interlinear English text -- the standard, widely used literal translation of the Nestle's Greek text, 21st edition. A generation of students, pastors, and scholars has relied on Marshall's renowned contribution to biblical study. The Interlinear NASB - NIV Parallel New Testament brings it to you in a parallel format that will bring new depth, perspective, and insight to your Bible studies.

About the Author

Alfred Marshall, a British scholar in New Testament Greek, also wrote the Classified Word Book and A New Testament Greek Primer.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 784 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (November 29, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310401704
• ISBN-13: 978-0310401704
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #257,545 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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81 of 85 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful resource, October 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English, The (Hardcover)

Interlinear Scriptures are very useful tools to have when involved in meticulous Bible study. Alfred Marshall's interlinear is one of several available, and is of very high quality. Marshall uses the so-called "Critical text." Other interlinears likewise use it, such as Paul McReynolds' and Brown/Comfort's. Interlinears that use the so-called "Textus Receptus" include Green's interlinear and George Berry's. An interlinear that uses the so-called "Majority text" is the Farstad/Hodges interlinear. Since none of these various texts can verifiably be labelled "identical" with the original autographa, all three textual versions represent the best texts offered by the various shades of textual criticism (textual criticism: the manner in which an original document, either no longer extant or not currently available, can be deduced via literary techniques from the information that is available). The three texts mentioned flow from different literary schools of thought, and all are of great value. The interlinear tranlsations of these Greek texts provide you with the best available literal english translations of the New Testament. A few nincompoops think that the "Textus Receptus" IS identical to the inspired autographa, and hence they hate anyone not exclusively using it (see the one-star reviewer below as an example of such wit). Ignore those folks and their conspiracies. Marshall's translation is very reliable, his textual choice is as adequate as the other two available texts, and Marshall does a good job attempting to convey Greek verb tenses into English. I recommend it highly, as well as the others listed.

43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Interlinear Greek New Testament, March 27, 2000

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PJ Barnes (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English, The (Hardcover)

This book is great if you want to learn New Testament Greek, or if you simply want to see the literal translation of the original texts and compare them with the NASB and NIV. You'll see how the NASB tends to be quite literal, and you'll also see why the original makers of the NIV had such a hard time trying to convey the meaning without sacrificing too much to make it into decent English. You'll also see things that you won't see in many English versions (such as "agape" versus "phileo" in John 21:15-17, and how the word "the" is used with proper nouns, unlike English). It explains idioms or indicates word order in addition to the literal translation if it's not clear.

Even if you're merely interested in doing word studies and want to know the original Greek words used in certain Scriptures, this book is good. This book does not include a lexicon, so if there is another book out there that has the original text *and* some kind of lexicon in one, then you might consider that.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not NASB 95, June 15, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Interlinear NASB-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English, The (Hardcover)

Note that the NASB in this edition is not the NASB Update - i.e. the NASB 95. Rather it is the older NASB edition that contains "thees" and "thous". Which is fine if that's what you want.