Miscellaneous Free Translations

Some of these works may be of greater interest to some of my audience than to others, but I'm thankful that each of the following currently available for free. Thanks to Roger Pearse for pointing me in the right direction:

Armistead, Mary Allyson - The Middle English Physiologus: A Critical Translation and Commentary (link) (127 pp.)

Bennett, Byard John - The Origin of Evil: Didymus the Blind's Contra Manichaeos and its Debt to Origen's Theology and Exegesis (link) (404 pp.)

Croft, Alice Thomspon - Didymus the Blind on 1 Corinthians 15 (link) (146 pp.)

Haase, Barbara S. - Ennodius' panegyric to Theoderic to Great: A translation and commentary. (link) (110 pp.)

Hegedus, Timothy Michael - Jerome's commentary on Jonah: Translation with introduction and critical notes (link) (pp. 163)

Heisler, Jeanne Marie - Gnat or Apostolic Bee: A Translation and Commentary on Theodoret's Commentary on Jonah (link) (242 pp.)

Pettipiece, Timothy James - Heracleon: Fragments of early Valentinian exegesis. Text, translation, and commentary (link) (189 pp.)

Pratelli, Simone Isacco Maria - Gregory Barhebraeus' Commentary on the Twelve Prophets in the "Storehouse of Mysteries". Introduction, Critical Text, and Translation. (link) (164 pp. + 44 pp.)

Shute, Dan - Peter Martyr and the Rabbinic Bible in the Interpretation of Lamentations (link) (908 pp.)

Smith, Yancy Warren - Hippolytus' Commentary on the Song of Songs in Social and Critical Context (link) (578 pp.)

-TurretinFan

Resources: Adferit

Adferit is a news feed on Twitter (link to feed). The guy who runs it, Matthew Lankford (who also runs my unofficial Facebook fanpage), provides a variety of interesting news items in any easy to digest and access format.

Resources: Aomin.org

My friend Dr. White is the director of Alpha and Omega Ministries and an elder (Reformed Baptists apparently don't distinguish between teaching and ruling elders) at the Phoenix Reformed Baptist Church. His website, AOMin.org, is full of a variety of resources. There is of course the blog, where I am a contributor (link). There is also a page of apologetic helps (link to page) on specific topics, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, and Roman Catholicism. There is also information about how to visit Dr. White's Internet Relay Chat (IRC) text chat channel (link to information). Furthermore, there is information on his twice weekly webcast, the Dividing Line (link to information), which can be heard live in streaming format and is normally uploaded shortly afterward in a podcast format.

Resources: Triablogue

Triablogue has a wealth of information thanks to its high quality contributers (link to Triablogue). Back in 2007 they kindly featured one of my posts on Molinism (link to the post). Molinism, Arminianism, Romanism, Atheism, and many other -isms are addressed by the erudite blogging team.

Resources: Iron Sharpens Iron

Iron Sharpens Iron is a radio program, but it has an Internet presence. You can visit the blog here (link) and you can listen live daily from 6-7 pm local time (NY) here (link). The Iron Sharpens Iron program is hosted by dynamic host Chris Arnzen. He was gracious enough to invite me on to discuss Harold Camping's erroneous views of Scripture and the end times (link to episode).

Resources: Lane Chaplin

Lane Chaplin has several resources of interest. The first is Lane's Blog which also serves as a clearinghouse for his other resources. He has a podcast called "Rightly Divided." He also has a very popular YouTube channel, which is the leading source of sermons by Paul Washer but also has numerous other videos of interest. Lane has also kindly served as a moderator for my series of debates with William Albrecht.

Resources: RealApologetics.org

RealApologetics.org (motto: Because Method Matters) provides a variety of resources relating to, you guessed it, apologetics. There are a number of papers (link) as well as a blog (link). There is also a series of podcasts known as the Provocative Microphone (I was honored to appear as a guest on one episode). It hasn't been especially active recently, but I understand that the owner plans to get it going again in May.

Resources: "This Week in Calvinism"

Lee Shelton IV posts (generally weekly) an item he calls "This Week in Calvinism" (link to the series). It covers interesting posts on Calvinism, including criticisms of Calvinism. My understanding is that he uses "Calvinism" quite broadly; where or not I'm mistaken in my understanding, his round-up posts are enjoyable.

Resources: Monergism.com

Probably most of my readers are already familiar with this site. For those that are not, Monergism.com provides a wealth of theological resources, many hosted and many more linked. It not only has links to countless articles but also to mp3s, if you prefer audio. If you prefer to have theology in print, there is a bookstore (Monergism Books) connected with the site.

More Digitized Books

I was pleased to see that there is a digitization project underway in Switzerland. While I have not found any of the particularly rare books for which I was looking, there are a number of excellent works published in Geneva that have been digitized (link to accent). One of those books is even in English, although Latin dominates, and French takes the lion's share of the remainder.

Thanks to Historical TheoBlogy for bringing this to my attention.

- TurretinFan

Free Audio: Foxes' Book of Martyrs

Get more information here.

Good News for Lutherophiles

At least, I think it is good news. Todd at Historical Theoblogy has a report on a digitization project that aims to digitize 100,000 volumes: all the extant volumes that were published in Germany (well, in the German-speaking lands) in the 16th century (link to report). Obviously, a significant percentage of these works will be German or Latin. Nevertheless, it represents a treasure trove, especially for those interested in things related to Martin Luther.

Enjoy!

-TurretinFan

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

Rob Lundberg at The Real Issue has the inside scoop on how you can get the subject film for free (link).

-TurretinFan

Free Sermons from a Famous Pastor

I'm not a big fan of John MacArthur because of my concern for accurate, precise theology. Nevertheless, he is a very powerful preacher and many people have been blessed by his ministry. Now, I have learned (thanks to Matthew Kratz and The Truth Will Set You Free) that one can now get free sermons of his - maybe as much as forty years worth. Enjoy (discerningly)! (link)

-TurretinFan

Who is to Blame for Svendsen's Book?

In response to this post (link) promoting a freely-downloadable mp3 related to Eric Svendsen's book, "Upon this Slippery Rock: Countering Roman Catholic Claims to Authority," Mr. Bellisario provided the following commentary, which I intersperse with my comments:

MB: "Wow. If Sola Scriptura is so simple and easy to get, then why do all of these simple-simons need Svendsen's book to explain it all?"

I answer: As you can see from the title of the book, the reason is the false claims of the advocates of Catholicism. Furthermore, of course, while Sola Scriptura is simple and easy to get ("the Bible is the only infallible rule of faith that we have") sometimes the devious and even Jesuitical objections to it are not simple and easy to get, and can be confusing for some people.

MB: "It's not Sola Scriptura, its Sola Svendsen."

I answer: This is just silly. Mr. Bellisario should know better than to make this kind of claim. Reformation Christianity does not deny the value of teachers, it just doesn't elevate them to the level of God's own Word: Scripture. Svendsen never makes himself out to be an infallible rule of faith - a fact that should be as simple and easy to get as Sola Scriptura itself.

MB: "Scripture isn't plain enough for all of you to understand. You need Svendsen to rescue your faith! Wow this is too good to be true."

I answer: This criticism seems to be founded on the same false premise as the one above, in which Sola Scriptura leaves no place for teachers. It's also based on a further straw man, which is the idea that the position of Sola Scriptura means that ALL doctrines of Scripture are alike plain. Of course, the truth is different from the straw men. There is a role for teachers in the church, and one of their roles is to help explain doctrines - including the less clear doctrines. Furthermore, of course, even though Sola Scriptura is a very simple concept, the issues become complicated by heretical objections from a variety of sources, principally those who bow the knee to the Roman Pontiff (one knee only, of course, as explained in Steve's post here)

MB: "I just love the advertisement for his book. All we need now is Billy Maze to sell it on lat night TV. Call now and you'll receive Svendsen's set of chopping knives for cutting out Rome's heresy!"

I answer: This scoffing does tend to serve as a thing that speaks for itself as to the attitude of the critic. No further comment, therefore, is needed.

-TurretinFan

Free Books in Florida

If you are in Florida and are a suitable candidate for receiving freebies (a seminary student or a poor elder, for example) you may want to check out this option, which really seems too good to be true (link).

-TurretinFan

Free Apologetics Course

The Parchment and Pen blog has made available for free an apologetics course taught by Rob Bowman (link). That would appear to be Rob Bowman, president of the Center for Biblical Apologetics, not Rob Bowman the noted filmmaker. While I would certainly not be able to endorse absolutely every aspect of Bowman's viewpoints, and while I am particularly concerned by the apparent lack of historical awareness of the course (as evidenced by the dearth of recommended readings from notable Reformers or early churchmen and the fact that the KJV is not even an acceptable version for Scripture memorization for his course), nevertheless given the price, it may be worth checking out.

-TurretinFan

Bibles.org.uk

I recently came across a an interesting web site that appears to have as its primary focus the propagation of the Bible. One of the most interesting aspects of the web site is that it has a number of resources available both via its own website but also via the self-publishing website LuLu. According to the information on the website, the LuLu publications are at the cost set by LuLu, which entails no royalties for Bibles.org.uk. Obviously, there is no way for me to verify this, but the costs are very low in most cases.

Those on an even more limited budget will find interesting the free resources available not only from the Bible.org.uk website, but also via LuLu. I've provided an index of those resources, below, for my readers' convenience.

Bible Versions

Bulgarian

Bulgarian Bible based on 1940 edition, revised by Bibliata.com

Dutch

Dutch Statenvertaling Bible

English

The Geneva Bible 1599

Geneva Bible 1599 (Facsimile)

KJV 1611 Bible

KJV 1613 Bible (Facsimile Edition w/Apocrypha)

The Companion Bible

French

French Bible Louis Segond Version

Gothic

Gothic Bible and Dictionary

Greek NT

Byzantine Majority Greek NT

Erasmus Greek-Latin New Testament 1522

The New Testament in the Original Greek Byzantine Textform 2005

Greek NT (Critical Editions)

Bibles.org.uk "4 in 1" Greek NT

Novum Testamentum Graece, Editio Octava Critica Maior (Vol I)

Novum Testamentum Graece, Editio Octava Critica Maior (Vol II)

Hebrew

Westminster Leningrad Codex v4.5

Westminster Leningrad Codex v4.5 (LARGE TYPE)

Salkinson-Ginsburg's Hebrew New Testament

Latin

Latin Vulgate Bible (Biblia Sacra juxta Vulgatam Clementinam)

Polyglot

Complutensian Polyglot, Vol I: OLD TESTAMENT

Complutensian Polyglot, Vol II: NEW TESTAMENT

Septuagint

Cambridge Septuagint Vol I: Genesis - IV Kings

Cambridge Septuagint Vol II: I Chronicles – Tobit

Cambridge Septuagint Vol III: Hosea - IV Maccabees

Slavonic

Ostrozhskaya Biblia 1581, Volume I

Ostrozhskaya Biblia 1581, Volume II

Swedish

Swedish 1917 Bible

Russian

Библия Russian Synodal Bible

Bibles.org.uk Fifth Edition of Russian Synodal Bible

Spanish

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 Bible

Syriac

Syriac Dictionary

Bible: Young's Literal Translation.

Syriac Grammar and Gospels

Ukrainian

Ukrainian Bible

Yiddish

Yiddish New Testament (PDF)

Massoretic Materials

The Massorah compiled from Manuscripts (volume I)

The Massorah compiled from Manuscripts (volume II)

The Massorah compiled from Manuscripts (volume III)

The Massorah compiled from Manuscripts (volume IV)

Apocryphal / Patristic Materials

Gospel of John: Coptic MS Q

The Book of Enoch (Greek-English-Russian)

The Greek text of I Enoch

Stromata

I have linked only to the "free" items. There are other items available as well. There are also some more questionable items. For example, the web site contains a Russian translation of one of Ellen G. White's works, which is disappointing to see.

Bibles.org.uk Main Page

Bibles.org.uk LuLu Web Page

Enjoy!

-TurretinFan

Grudem On-Line

I'll confess that I greatly prefer Hodge, Shedd, Calvin, Turretin, Dabney, Ames, Ridgley, and Reymond to Grudem, and even prefer Berkhof to Grudem, nevertheless many of my Reformed Baptist brethren seem to enjoy Grudem's Systematic Theology. That volume is now freely available on-line.

-TurretinFan

I've decided to remove the link, after reading the following article (link), which I cannot verify, and which contains certain misrepresentations upon which I won't elaborate.