|  From the Author . . . That's the stack of bibles I own. Plus a few more. Some I love for reading, some for study. You probably have a similar pile. So why do you need another bible?
The Ancient Roots Translinear Bible (ARTB) ushers in a new era of bible study. It’s a new method specifically designed for bible lovers like you who don’t know Hebrew or Greek to approach the word of God as if they really could read it in the ancient languages.
How is this possible? Back up for a moment and think about the great breakthroughs in bible study. In 1890, James Strong invented the Strong’s numbering system and concordance for the King James Version. For the first time, bible lovers who didn’t know Hebrew or Greek could look beyond the English words on the page and “see” the original words. The Strong’s numbering system was particularly helpful for bible lovers who could not read or pronounce the ancient languages to be able to share their insights by referring to the number instead of the word. In the 1970’s, Edward Goodrick and John Kohlenberger reviewed and validated his work and brought it into the 21st century by creating the Strongest Strong’s series.
And what about Schofields revolutionary cross-reference system invented in 1909? For the first time, it gave bible lovers who didn’t know Hebrew or Greek a shortcut to find the related words in the ancient language without having to look at a concordance.
And how about J.P. Green’s revolutionary Interlinear bible in 1976 which put the English side-by-side with the text? For the first time, the bible lover in the pew could view things that were previously only available to scholars.
I own all these books—as well as a lot of software resources. But I found that as I was doing bible study, I would have multiple reference books, multiple versions of the bible and checking out details on the computer. Often I would lose the sense of the text just trying to figure out all the information I was given from other sources. I wanted to be able to read the text, pure and simple, and bask in the "real" word of God. I was ready for a new approach. Are you?
The Translinear method was born from a detailed scientific analysis of several bible versions. A portion of the analysis can be found in the Compare Bible Versions section of this website. (I will be publishing the remaining analysis of 14 bible versions under the Truth in Translation series. Truth in Translation: Old Testament (The Science and Business of Bible Translations) is expected to be available in late summer.) The light went on for me when I realized that the reason we needed things like cross-references and Interlinear bibles because none of the bibles that had been published to date were close enough to the original language. They have extra words, are missing many unique words, and were not utilizing English consistently with the original language. So all the classic bible study tools were needed to find out what the ancient text really said.
But what would happen if all the all the ancient words matched the English language 100% of the time? You wouldn’t need a cross reference column. You wouldn’t need to compare them in an Interlinear bible. You wouldn’t need to double check the original word in a concordance.
Or think about the number of footnotes in a typical study bible. Have you ever noticed that many footnotes tell you the "real" meaning of the word? In ARTB, the "real" word is in the text! So the number of footnotes is dramatically reduced. A bible study with a version that matched the Strong’s numbers would mean that all those reference books could be put on a shelf, and you'd be free to soak in the word of God.
The trademark lawyers recommended patent lawyers: Maybe I was onto a new method to be "magic glasses" for bible lovers who don't know Hebrew. So the word translinear was born to convey that this ins not a normal translation. It's far more exact, a "cleaned up data base" and the methodology applies well beyond this project.
The highest compliment I've received so far is from a Hebrew professor in town: "This would be very beneficial for our students, mainly because they will be able to tell much more than the usual translation gives them concerning some of the features of the original languages without having to know those languages." And I didn't even bribe him.
Put on the "magic glasses" and see the Old Testament exactly the way it was written. Transport yourself to the Ancient Roots of the original language with the most exact methodology ever published for completeness and consistency. Join me and enjoy the outpouring of insights.
Read the authors comments about concordances
James Strong’s classic available at Amazon.com
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