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A Christian classic that’s inspired and challenged believers for more than four centuries! From the stoning of Stephen to his own perilous time—Reformation-era England—Foxe chronicles the lives, suffering, and triumphant deaths of Christian martyrs and traces the roots of religious persecution. Includes a preface that places Foxe’s masterpiece in spiritual and historical context.

John Foxe (1516–1587), was an English Puritan preacher and author of The Book of Martyrs, a graphic and polemic account of those who suffered for the cause of Protestantism.

Most Bibles Don’t Show ALL the Hebrew and Greek Keywords—Imagine Having One that Does!

Quickly see which Hebrew or Greek word is used in EACH verse—at a glance. Keyword Study Bibles are great—but most only show some select keywords. This is the only Bible that goes through ALL the words—showing the Old Testament Hebrew, New Testament Greek, and the English translation side-by-side!

This is the ONLY Bible that includes the complete Hebrew and Greek texts with a direct English translation below each word. It also includes “The Literal Translation of the Bible” in the outside column, so you can easily read through the Bible. Strong’s numbers are printed directly above the Hebrew and Greek words so you don’t need prior knowledge of Greek or Hebrew to dig even deeper into Scripture and its meaning.

See the Bible’s Original Languages and Their Translation Side-by-Side

The translation is shown IN LINE, which means you don’t lose your place by having to look at footnotes, flipping to the back of your Bible, or consulting another resource. You can see the original language and its translation side-by-side in ONE Bible.

This is a must-have Bible (and study tool)! Use it as your primary translation or along side other translations to dig deeper.

Enjoy Having These Key Features at Your Fingertips

The majority of believers (including pastors) are unable to read biblical Hebrew and Greek. But that no longer means you can’t enjoy the Bible in its original languages. This easy-to-use Bible does the first step of a word-study for you, saving you time and making it easier to read through the Bible.

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Please Note: Due to the amount of information covered, this Bible’s font size is slightly smaller than the average Bible, but the font, spacing, and margins make this beautiful edition comfortably readable at 4-5pts! Any larger font would require multiple volumes.

Get the first English Bible ever to be translated from the original languages—Greek and Hebrew. This is an exact facsimile of the Geneva Bible, which means you get an exact copy of the original (including margin notes from the translators!).

Original Translation. Original Commentary. Original Illustrations. If you are looking for one of the most original Bibles—this is it! Use this Bible as your main translation, next to another version, or simply as a must-have keepsake from Christian history!

Key Features of the Geneva Bible: Then and Now

The Geneva Bible was a monumental achievement in the history of Protestant Bible translation. Born in a time of religious and political upheaval it helped foster Scripture literacy among the common people of England and offered for the first time “study resources” to make the Bible easier to understand. Enjoy these key features:

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NOW (Find out why this particular version of the Geneva Bible is a top pick)

Not all modern Bibles include illustrations. Yet, the Geneva Bible of 1560 did! It was created so both the common people and church leaders could deepen their understanding of the Bible—and included labeled diagrams and maps!

Please note: This is a facsimile. It will not include a Strong’s concordance or other modern features. Yet with commentary in the margins, this revolutionary “study Bible” still holds incredible insights for modern readers.

Fascinating Facts About The Geneva Bible

Hackett’s grammar is arranged in 30 lessons which makes it excellent for intensive study over the period of 1 semester, or for 2 semesters over the course of an entire school year. During the study the student will encounter several new approaches to learning the language. First, Hackett lists verbal forms from 1st person to 3rd person, rather than the traditional approach of 3rd to 1st. She acknowledges that the traditional way is counter intuitive with English speaking students because they learn their verbs from 1st to 3rd.

Second, rather than introducing both strong and weak verbs together, Hackett divides them and presents all strong verbs first, and then introduces weak verbs near the end of the book. Again, the principle in play here is to follow a formal order that layers and slowly introduces nuance into the language rather than shifting back and forth between straight forward items, and more difficult aspects of the language.

Third, Hackett also jettisons what she believes are “old-fashioned methods” of teaching the Hebrew verbal system in favor of a more simple, but also more descriptive system using the terms “prefix conjugation” and “suffix conjugation”. She also uses ve-qatal to describe what is popularly known as the “converted perfect”.

Fourth, unlike many Hebrew grammars, Hackett introduces her verbal forms logically. She notes, “It is a logical progression to begin with the prefix conjugation and lead up to the consecutive preterite. The consecutive preterite is the form beginning students must know thoroughly in order to read most biblical prose, and in order to lead them to that form, I needed to introduce the jussive, and in order to introduce the jussive, I first needed to present the prefix conjugation.”

Finally, Hackett introduces several new pedagogical techniques in her grammar. She emphasizes accent marks in her exercises, though both are artificial, or written by Hackett rather than taken from the biblical text. But Hackett’s goal justifies her actions; she wants “to present both disjunctive and conjunctive accents to the students, and at this early time in their biblical Hebrew study, the impossibility of some of my combinations will not affect their learning the [accent] system as a whole.” Along with this Hackett does stress the memorization of paradigms, and supplies verbs, where needed, to complete the paradigm even if a particular verbal form does not appear in the Hebrew text.

The CD which accompanies the book contains several helpful features for the student, not least of which is its helpful pronunciation guide. This includes the pronunciation of all Hebrew-to-English exercises in lessons 1-15, and the first two exercises of lessons 16-30. It also supplies the full pronunciation of Genesis 22.1-19, a common text used by instructors to help students learn pronunciation. Lastly, the answers for the books exercises can be found on the CD-ROM, and an additional workbook containing graded reading of biblical passages, glosses, additional vocabulary, is in the works and will be keyed to this book.

This volume presents a comprehensive synopsis of the Scriptures (in Hebrew and Greek) quoted in the New Testament, including variants and Second Temple Jewish literature.

Israel’s Scriptures in the New Testament offers scholars and advanced students of the Bible with a tool to facilitate study of the text behind every confirmed use of the Old Testament in the New Testament. For over two hundred OT chapters quoted in the NT, this volume provides brief commentary, source texts in Hebrew and Greek versions, corresponding NT text(s), Jewish sources that use the same OT material, and extensive text-critical details. The volume is intended to be used for rigorously comparing (1) the Hebrew/Aramaic textual form of the OT with the Greek translation(s), (2) each OT source text with its NT quotation, and (3) NT texts with each other where they quote the same OT source. This book provides the essential raw materials for studying the phenomenon of biblical intertextuality across the entire canon of Christian Scripture as well as other Second Temple Jewish writings.

This textual synopsis is the most exhaustive resource of its kind available for biblical studies.

Over one hundred years later, Spurgeon's classic devotions continue to encourage Christians with the message of God's love. Each meditation is founded on a single verse of Scripture, inspiring and exhorting readers to rely upon God's care and to respond with deeper service and trust. NIV edition with ribbon marker, Subject and Scripture indexes.

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) is known to be the definitive edition of the Hebrew Bible. It is widely regarded as a reliable edition of the Hebrew and Aramaic scriptures and is still the most widely used original-language edition among scholars.

For the first time, the text of the BHS is offered here in a particularly reader-friendly edition. The text-critical apparatus is replaced by a dense network of reading and translation aids at the bottom of each page.

The BHS Reader’s Edition at a glance:

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The writers of the Bible, like any other authors, were dependent on a vast array of literary sources from their time—the ancient world. Many of these documents are tragically lost, but what remains provides insight into the voluminous, fascinating, complex, and dynamic literary world that shaped the expressions of faith found in the Old and New Testaments. Part of these extant sources are known as the Pseudepigrapha. This collection of Jewish and Christian writings shed light on early Judaism and Christianity and their doctrines.

This landmark 2-volume set includes all 65 Pseudepigraphical documents from the intertestamental period that reveal the ongoing development of Judaism and the roots from which the Christian religion took its beliefs. A scholarly authority on each text contributes a translation, introduction, and critical notes for each text. Edited by James H. Charlesworth, The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha includes contributions from E. Isaac, B. M. Metzger, J. R. Mueller, S. E. Robinson, D. J. Harrington, G. T. Zervos, and many others. Originally published by Yale University Press, the leading critical translation of these ancient texts is now available from Hendrickson Publishers in paperback—and at a fraction of its original price.

Available in a two-volume set, or as individual volumes:

Volume 1 contains “Apocalyptic Literature” and “Testaments” that reflect a wildly varying trend towards apocalypticism in ancient Judaism. Yet, despite the existence of this movement on the fringe of Judaism, the movement maintained a definitive influence, and produced amazing, if not disturbing, literary expressions. There can be no doubt that these writings shaped the apocalyptic imagination of the biblical authors and helped to shape the way early Christians interpreted the promised return of Jesus Christ.

If the contents of Volume 1 were not enigmatic enough, Volume 2 is, arguably, even more cryptic in its contents featuring expansions of the Hebrew Bible—legends and wisdom literature, prayers and psalms, and fragments of lost works. While these works are not so imaginative as Volume 1, they do much to aid our understanding how the religious life of Judaism was lived and practiced in the ancient world, after the Old Testament closed and Christianity began to emerge.

As a unit, the two volumes, like no other collection of texts available, illuminates the literary, social, religious, and theological context in which the Bible was shaped. They are an indispensable tool providing great insight into how religion functioned and how it was expressed in both official and unofficial circles.

Editor James H. Charlesworth is the George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature and director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project at Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey. He also directs the Syrus Sinaiticus Project at St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai. Charlesworth is a world-renowned translator, particularly of pseudepigraphical material, and the author of Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls, The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, The Serpent: A Symbol of Life or Death? and The Historical Jesus.

The individual book of Isaiah from the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS).

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) is known to be the definitive edition of the Hebrew Bible. It is widely regarded as a reliable edition of the Hebrew and Aramaic Scriptures and is the most widely used original-language edition among scholars.

This stand-alone volume of Isaiah is identical in content and appearance to the book of Isaiah in the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. The booklet is printed on sturdy paper and has a writing margin for notes, making it ideal for intensive study of the Hebrew text.

Isaiah is edited by D. Winton Thomas.

If you have studied Biblical Greek, you know that even after two or three semesters in the classroom it can be easy to soon forget most of what you learned, especially vocabulary. After entering the working world, most of us who studied Greek in seminary or college find it challenging to pay much attention to the language, let alone achieve our primary goals of exegeting and meditating on God’s Word in the original Greek. Keep Up Your Biblical Greek in Two Minutes a Day: Volume 1 has been specially designed to build on your previous study of Greek and help you read a small amount of the New Testament in its original language every day in an easy, manageable, and spiritually enriching way. It does not replace the need for a grammar or textbook; rather, it complements grammatical study by helping you to build a robust vocabulary and to review morphology and syntax in a completely inductive way, and without using any grammatical jargon.

The page for each day presents:

Keep Up Your Biblical Greek in Two Minutes a Day: Volume 1 is designed to help you reconnect with Greek in an easy and enriching way and to empower you with the vocabulary you need to begin again reading the New Testament in its original language.

A lifelong bird watcher, beloved theologian John Stott took seriously Jesus' exhortation: "Behold the fowls of the air." When he wasn't preaching, teaching, or writing, Stott spent much of his free time traveling and observing birds in their natural habitat. This volume contains his compilation of photos and thoughts inspired by the majesty and beauty of the birds, and the Biblical and moral lessons they can teach us. This collector's edition of The Birds Our Teachers, includes 150 of Stott's color photographs, a DVD of his Falkland Islands trip, and an audio version of the text.