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

Product Details

• Hardcover: 782 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310401607
• ISBN-13: 978-0310401605
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,510,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great concept poorly executed, December 19, 2001

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

I was looking for a parallel NRSV-NIV Bible, and was excited when I
found this one because I thought it would give me the chance to review
and enhance my college Greek as well.

My excitement turned to
disappointment when I opened the book and saw its tiny print and
especially the poor print quality of the interlinear
translation. Rather than put the NRSV and NIV on one page and the
interlinear on the facing page, each page contains all three
translations. This means that all the English is in 6-point type, with
superscripts and footnotes in 3- or 4-point. The NRSV and NIV were
obviously re-set for this edition and are still readable, but the
interlinear appears to have been photocopied, manually cut and pasted,
and then reduced. There are obvious variations in type weight on the
same page (e.g. pp. 140, 389), many characters are smudged or blurred,
the superscripts are little more than tiny blobs, footnotes are often
skewed from the text (pp. 346, 393), text columns themselves are
sometimes skewed (p. 399), and in one case the edge of the pasted
paper is visible above the footnote (p. 350). In all, it exhibits the
quality of a poor fax, not of a scholarly publication.

It took quite
some research to determine that the Greek text, from the 21st edition
of Novum Testamentum Graece, dates back to 1952. This is six editions
and 41 years behind the current 27th edition from 1993.

I look
forward to the day when I can buy a readable NIV-NRSV-interlinear
Greek Bible, including a current version of the Greek text. This is
not that book.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Greek Launching Point, July 28, 2005

By 

Craig L. Howe "The Pointed Pundit" (Darien, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Interlinear NRSV-NIV Parallel New Testament in Greek and English, The (Hardcover)

As a layman struggling to teach myself Greek, I find this Interlinear a valuable aid.

To me, the ability to place two translations side by side with the original Greek and Alfred Marshall's translation is an invaluable aid to my Bible studies. By relating the Greek words to their NRSV and the NIV translations, I find I am able to gain a clearer insight into the passages I study.

The other reviewers may be accurate, but to me, their criticisms are not relevant. My fluency with the Greek is too limited to fairly judge. As a student who seeks to enhance his bible reading, I find this Interlinear is a great place from which to launch my Greek journey.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad, February 24, 2002

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Eric Campell (Rapid City, SD United States) - See all my reviews

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

This is not a bad interlinear, it's based on the NA-21. I prefer Comfort's and McReynold's interlinears (which are based on NA-26/27)

For the price, you are much better off going with McReynold's Word Study interlinear, you get much more, it's better, and at a cheaper price.

Comfort's is much more handy, better sized, and more user friendly to read.

This is not a bad interlinear at all, you woundn't go wrong by buying it, but I think for your money, you can get a much better deal with McReynold's, and I prefer Comfort's over this one because it's written in a better format.

I wouldn't let the "NIV" English persuade you to buy this over one of the above mentioned (which have NRSV running text).

I never read the running English text anyway, I use the interlinear's for the greek, and the author's choice of tranlation....I'm sure anyone who would buy a greek interlinear already has versions such as NIV/NASB/NRSV/NAB, etc. anyway.

Eric