Add the Hebrew Bible... in Hebrew!
I'm simply shocked and terribly disappointed to see that you have chosen to redesign a website that was perfectly (I say this seriously) fine, and already far more impressive than any other Bible site in its functionality, instead of focusing on new content. Actual CONTENT! I asked you about this a couple of years ago, and got an enthusiastic reply, but nothing has happened.
The Hebrew Bible is available on several websites, completely open for free use, as no website has anything to add - it's just the original, timeless Bible! All you have to do is feed the text to your system. I'm really, really disappointed.
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IC commented
What?!?... I'm the writer of the above suggestion, and I'm glad I popped in to check it because maybe you could explain your assertion - and especially the strange certitude in which you express it - that "you can't give us the "original, timeless Bible" because you can't travel back in time to preserve it for archaeologists to find". Is it your belief that the original Bible (referring to the Old Testament here) wasn't preserved correctly? If so, what interest - religious or otherwise - do you have in studying it? And in your opinion, what time in history would be ancient enough for the "original, timeless Bible" to be found?
The New Testament, of course, is useless in Hebrew because it's a translation. It should be noted that some scholars believe the Greek NT manuscript from which all other versions were translated to be a translation itself, and therefore it should be labelled as "original" with caution.
What's the "Biblia Sacra Utriusque Testamenti", and what advantages does it include? It has to be a toweringly outstanding publication in order to justify the licensing issues, as you said, and extra payment which could be used for something else. -
stuckfly
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Sometimes you can't add major content without rebuilding a site, but yeah, having the OT in Hebrew and the NT in Greek available as a single version would greatly help, especially when arguing doctrine against people whose translation is, shall we say, not produced by a reputable team of scholars. Obviously, it's not as simple as "feeding the text into your system", as there are licensing issues and code needed to correlate verses and so on. And you can't give us the "original, timeless Bible" because you can't travel back in time to preserve it for archaeologists to find. But please add a Hebrew OT and Greek NT version. The Hebrew Bible should be avoided because it presents the NT in modern Hebrew, which carries the same problem as the Septuagint presenting the OT in ancient Greek. For the sake of consistency and to offer a standard work reasonably close to its original language I suggest the Biblia Sacra Utriusque Testamenti, available from United Bible Societies, which offers the OT in ancient Hebrew and the NT in ancient Greek based on the latest manuscript evidence and scholarship in a single volume. That is, if you can get authorization to put it on the website!
May God make it so:)
