New Testament TransLine

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Summary: Helpful
Review: "I have been a pastor for almost 20 years and your TransLine is an extremely valuable resource! One of the challenges confronting pastors is time - especially taking the time to outline the passage so it is accurate, excellent and memorable. Your work has been a lifesaver for me! I appreciate your labor of love so much. I use your book almost every day and have recommended it to many friends."

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Summary: Outstanding Study Resource
Review: After perusing the New Testament Transline all I can say is--"WOW!" Being a teacher and perpetual student of New Testament Greek, I am amazed at just how well-done this resource is. It so closely parallels the New Testament Greek, and yet is not unintelligible for English readers. And the commentary notes and concise word studies (drawing from BGAD and Lidell and Scott) are truly outstanding. The author does a good job of providing a variety of interpretations without allowing his own biases to come to the surface. No grinding the proverbial "theological ax" here. And the fact that so many of the words provide links utilizing the GK numbering system makes further and more comprehensive study possible for the enthusiast. All of this makes this resource a "must" for any pastor, teacher, or just anyone who wants to do the kind of indepth, deep-down study that lovers of God's word love to do. I give this resource not merely a "5" but a "10" star rating.

The only way it could possibly be improved is if they could do a parallel format including the Greek text. I hope Zondervan will consider doing that. Kudos to author Michael Magill for a truly outstanding work!!!

Rating:
Summary: Outstanding Study Resource
Review: After perusing the New Testament Transline all I can say is--"WOW!" Being a teacher and perpetual student of New Testament Greek, I am amazed at just how well-done this resource is. It so closely parallels the New Testament Greek, and yet is not unintelligible for English readers. And the commentary notes and concise word studies (drawing from BGAD and Lidell and Scott) are truly outstanding. The author does a good job of providing a variety of interpretations without allowing his own biases to come to the surface. No grinding the proverbial "theological ax" here. And the fact that so many of the words provide links utilizing the GK numbering system makes further and more comprehensive study possible for the enthusiast. All of this makes this resource a "must" for any pastor, teacher, or just anyone who wants to do the kind of indepth, deep-down study that lovers of God's word love to do. I give this resource not merely a "5" but a "10" star rating.

The only way it could possibly be improved is if they could do a parallel format including the Greek text. I hope Zondervan will consider doing that. Kudos to author Michael Magill for a truly outstanding work!!!

Rating:
Summary: Helpful
Review: New Yestament Transline certainly helps readers to see the flow of the text. If has lots of useful notes and is very useful for word studies. It does not, however, include the Greek text of the New Testament.

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Summary: A great referee!
Review: The TransLine is absolutely excellent. The text is fresh and fairly easy to read, even though it is a literal rendering (read the Intro to understand the translation specifics). One could actually use the text as a primary translation; the wording and sentence structure is modern. (However, due to the literal nature, some of the tenses seem strange.) The notes are necessary to fully understand the text and options chosen.

The translator notes are concise but helpful. They express little in the way of unneeded bias and fairly delineate various interpretive options. I find the freedom from denominational bias to be refreshing.

The outline form can be distractive at times, but does help to break down the flow of the author's arguments.

I will use this book extensively to prepare Bible studies or in my own study. It is a little bulky to carry around, but that's a small price to pay. If you read the Bible a lot, you'll need the TransLine. Five stars!

Rating:
Summary: A great referee!
Review: The TransLine is absolutely excellent. The text is fresh and fairly easy to read, even though it is a literal rendering (read the Intro to understand the translation specifics). One could actually use the text as a primary translation; the wording and sentence structure is modern. (However, due to the literal nature, some of the tenses seem strange.) The notes are necessary to fully understand the text and options chosen.

The translator notes are concise but helpful. They express little in the way of unneeded bias and fairly delineate various interpretive options. I find the freedom from denominational bias to be refreshing.

The outline form can be distractive at times, but does help to break down the flow of the author's arguments.

I will use this book extensively to prepare Bible studies or in my own study. It is a little bulky to carry around, but that's a small price to pay. If you read the Bible a lot, you'll need the TransLine. Five stars!

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Summary: New Testament Transline
Review: This is the best NT out yet.The text follows the greek text as close as possible in english.The flow of thought of the greek comes out very nicely in the outline format as well as greek idoms and exspressions of thought.The notes on facing page(all right pages)are excellant.This NT is an excellant work and for those of us who have a working knowledge of NT greek,it will help you to read the greek NT.