If you are a lector ...
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This book is very helpful in helping me understand the Bible text used in every Mass.  Provides background so you can better understand the story.
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I recommend this book for those who are trying to read the Word of the Living Lord God but do not have an established command of the English language.  If the JKV or NIV becomes a little to complex, then this is a good book to settle into.  Not to mention it's just good to have a couple of these to have on hand to hand out to young readers and those with reading difficulty . . . because overall reading the Word is good . .
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...to the Gospels.  If one has no knowledge of the Gospels coming in to this book, it would not be a problem, as Kazantzakis skillfully incorporates many of the stories and parables of Jesus. However, he adds some new twists to characters like his mother Mary, and Judas, etc.  I achieved a real sense of his Apostles as peasants and as true "common men" who were uncertain about whether this was the Messiah that the Hebrew Scriptures spoke of.  It was a little long working up to the crucifixion, but the last 100 pages were extremely interesting as one became witness to the human vs. divine struggle of Kazantzaki's Christ.  This book is a good fictional account for those wellversed in the New Testament, or for those whose experience with the Gospels has been limited.  Negative comments: First, if you are familiar with the New Testament, I think you will find the review of the gospel stories too tedious.  Secondly, for a fictional Jesus, I enjoyed Jose Saramago's The Gospel According to Jesus Christ much more than Last Temptation.
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This would be fine for an earlier reader.  I was looking for something for my adult student studying for
entry exams, so it was way to easy for her.  But thank you.
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Fantastici book. We use it in our Sunday evening Bible study. Many times we only get through a single Scripture reference. We will probably finish in January . . . a span of three years for the book! You can do it much, much faster . . . but the doctrines presented (from Scripture) really deserve a more thorough study. It's not milk or meat . . . it's gnawing on the gristle and bone of the Word!
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Lectura formativa y muy interesante.  Te exige alta concentracin para conectar nombres de personas y lugares con los conocimientos que tenemos de la vida de Cristo.  Disfrut mucho su lectura y la recomiendo.  Todos debiramos leerlo, cristianos o no.
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First of all, you can get this book for free or for a small donation from Jehovah's Witnesses.

Here are some thoughts from two scholars:

I think it is a legitimate and highly useful aid toward the mastery of koine (and classical) Greek. After examining a copy, I equipped several interested second-year Greek students with it as an auxilliary test. After learning the proper pronunciations, a motivated student could probably learn koine Greek from this source alone...The text is based on that of Brooke F. Westcott and Fenton J. A. Hort (1881, [respectively], but the translation by the anonymous committee is thoroughly up-to-date and consistently accurate.... In sum, when a Witness comes to the door, the classicist, Greek student, or Bible student alike would do well to place an order. - Thomas N. Winter, University of Nebraska, THE CLASSICAL JOURNAL, "The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures, Translated by the New World Translation Committee". (illustrated with a full presentation of the Greek and English texts of John 1:1), April-May, 1974, pages 375-6.

I have just completed teaching a course for the Religious Studies Department of Indiana University, Bloomington....This is primarily a course in the Gospels. Your help came in the form of copies of The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriprures which my students used as one of the textbooks for the class. These small volumes were invaluable to the course and very popular with my students. Simply put, it is the best interlinear New Testament available. I am a trained scholar of the Bible, familiar with the text and tools in use in modern biblical studies, and, by the way, not a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. But I know a quality publication when I see one, and your 'New World Bible Translation Committee' has done its job well. Your interlinear English rendering is accurate and consistent to an extreme that forces the reader to come to terms with the linguistic, cultural, and conceptual gaps between the Greek-speaking world and our own. Your 'New World Translation' is a high quality, literal translation that avoids traditional glosses in its faithfulness to the Greek. It is, in many ways, superior to the most successful translations in use today. - Dr. Jason David BeDuhn, quoted in The Watchtower, February 1, 1998, page 32.
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Pretty big fan of this product. Yes, the print is a bit small, but they cram an incredible amount of material into a fairly reasonably sized book. Upsizing the font could have a serious impact on the size of this volume - and it's already a bit large. It is good for research, but not great for sitting down and reading at length. If you want to read the OT or NT in Hebrew or Greek (respectively), buy a Hebrew OT or a Greek NT. The interlinear is a study tool, and a fine one for this price.
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This reader is recommended by Paul F. Distler in Teach the Latin I pray you in his Extensive reading suggestions.
The readings are Classical stories Troy, Horatius, Hannibal and then the continuing story of the Invasion and Conquest of Britain. You only need to know 1st and 2nd declension and present and perfect of verbs to be able to read the first 4 stories. 10-14 lines of Latin to read per reading. The table of Contents tells you what new bit of grammer is used in each story. (NO passives, acc + inf, or subjunticves) Vocabulary only 500 of the most common words. There are helpful translation notes, grammar explanations, and a few English to Latin sentences. It looks really good. (He alwo wrote "A Second Latin Reader". If you can't find it in Amazon.com try Amazon.co.uk Jacobulus
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Such a perfect compliment to the KJV, whether a long-time student of the Scriptures, or a new convert. The language is much simpler to follow than the KJV, or revised additions, while staying true to the Word. The "giant-print," is a great advantage to anyone older, like me, or someone with restricted vision.
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Good value and "amplifies" the scriptures with the Greek and Hebrew meanings.  Sort of like having your Strong's built into the Bible text.  It is a bit awkward for reading, but good for Biblical research.
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Teenagers and young adults read. Physics, chemistry, history, The Grapes of Wrath, economics. You name it. They are told to read it. And, for the most part, they do read (if they want to graduate high school or college!).  Academic reading is a pathway to adulthood. You just have to do it.

So if you have ever ministered to students, then you know it is a challenge to get them to read the Bible, much less enjoy it. I can't tell you how many times I have heard a student (high school or college) say to me, "I don't have time to read the Bible because I have so much homework and I have to read x-amount of pages before Friday." I get it. I use to be there. But we can't be content this. If you don't read your American history textbook, you may be clueless about the Boston Tea Party. If you don't read your Genesis or Romans, you will be clueless about matters of eternal significance.

So the question comes up, "How do we get young people to read the Bible?" My answer is that we must start small and do our best to make the Bible exciting, compelling, dramatic, yet at the same time faithfully represent of the actual words of God. For many of us, we immediately think that this applies to teaching the Bible with words (in youth group, summer camps, etc.). That is good and helpful, but what if it meant actually illustrating the Bible graphically? You know, providing some teeth to the biblical story in a way that might resonate with a teen. Alex Webb-Peploe and Andr Parker have done just that with a new graphic novel titled The Third Day.

The Third Day is, what the authors call, a "graphic realization" of the Bible. It's not a "comic book" (read here to learn the difference). The book tells the story of Luke 22-24, which traces Jesus' last hours before his crucifixion and resurrection. The story begins with Judas' deal to betray Jesus and ends, as the Gospel of Luke does, with Jesus' resurrection and ascension. The novel uses the complete text of Luke 22-24 from the Holman Christian Standard Bible. No one can argue that the book is a compromise of the Holy Scriptures because it used the "worldly medium" of graphic novel. The words are the exact words Luke wrote down, only beautifully represented with graphics.

Now about that graphic representation. It's superb. It's gritty, raw, and dark---far removed from the sanitized representations in Sunday School material or Hollywood movies. Jesus and his disciples look like the rag-tag bunch the Gospels make them out to be. The scenes, most prominently people's faces, draw out the pain, anger, heartache, fear, brokenness, sadness, and unspeakable joy of the narrative's tone. The Third Day brings the Passion narrative to life with a punch. It's a refreshing reminder that the gospel, though timeless, actually happened in a specific historic context at a certain point in time.

One particular scene that was helpful for me was after Jesus shared the Passover meal and the disciples argued about who is the greatest. The authors depicted the "dispute that arose among them" as a physical confrontation, in which one disciple grabs the shirt of another (imagine grabbing someone to throw them up against the wall) as they stand nose-to-nose. In the West a "dispute" is usually done across a boardroom table with a Starbucks in hand. I can't know if the art represents reality, but it makes me stop, think, and reconsider my assumptions of the text. That's what good art, not to mention preaching and teaching, is supposed to do.

I highly recommend The Third Day for young people who find the story of Jesus (or the church's modern re-telling of it) boring, uninspiring, or unrealistic. If you're a parent or a youth minister, get a copy (or many copies) and give them away. My hope is that God will use this graphic novel, and others like it, to help young people to take Scriptures and the gospel story within it seriously.
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The Expositor's Study Bible is great.  It gives you information on each verse without you having to go to different areas of the Bible to get clarity or a definition.  I have learned quite a bit and it reads like a story.
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If you are looking to study God's word the way it is was meant to be read this is the bible for you. While it is easy to use be it known you should be a little more advanced in understanding the word of God to appreciate this fully.
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Anyone who wants to begin reading the Bible annually....this is a great tool....if you get behind it is very easy to catch up...won't get discouraged.
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In my opinion the fastest way to get a grip on where the Bible comes from, and where we should be going with how we take G-dly things into consideration.

The "Hebrew" is a mix of Aramaic & Hebrew, and unless you know what your doing, will mean little at first. But as you study the English on the one side, you will see the Script on the other side "light up" to the point where if you do it often, in time you can read in the total dark because the pages actually light up. Pretty cool stuff. Outside the Zohar, I know of few other books than this that 'do this'.

A must have if your serious about G-d stuff!
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I Strongly Encourage You to Listen to an Audio Bible While Reading Your Bible

Do you have trouble reading your Bible on a consistent basis? Do you find your mind wandering or yourself spending more time seeing how far you have read (or how far you have to go) instead of focusing on what you are reading? Do you end up justifying reading a short portion simply because it feels like a lot of work just to read a chapter or more? Maybe this will help you.

There are many audio Bibles out there- in which someone is reading the passage of the Bible for you to read along with. They started out with Alexander Scourby reading the King James Version. Then many others.

This leads up to my personal favorite- The Word of Promise Audio Bible. It features over 200 professional actors and actresses, including Jim Caviezel as Jesus (you may remember him portraying Jesus in The Passion of the Christ). This performance uses the NKJV (New King James Version) word for word and is well done.

I have listened to the book of Matthew so far. There were some features I noticed that I really enjoy, and that sets this apart from other audio Bibles I have heard before. First, the narrator does not say, "chapter 1, chapter 2, etc." before each chapter. While this may be slightly confusing (especially if your CD player or iPod accidentally gets set to "shuffle," which happened to me), it allows the reading to flow better. Also, some slight wording is removed for the sake of flowing more like a conversation. I do not mean in ANY way that verses or important passages are removed. I mean when it is written that someone says something, or someone replied, it is removed, because it is implied in the audio.

Looking at the website created for the Word of Promise Audio Bible, they also encourage a small group 40 day study. With their reading schedule, small group participants read along as they listen to the audio Bible. Over about 30-40 minutes a day, readers can get through the New Testament in 40 days.
I think this will greatly strengthen your Bible reading. Because of being bombarded by entertainment on a daily basis, it is easy for our minds to be distracted. A radio-like performance of reading the Bible, along with occasional music and even sound effects, may help you keep attention and even bring what you are reading even more alive and real to you.

I encourage you to try this out. You can even start with free samples. You can find several different chapters on The Word of Promise's iTunes podcast page.

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
-Romans 10: 17