Do you surf the NET?

Do you surf the NET?   I don't mean the interNET;  I mean the NET Bible.   This blog is (in part) intended to point believers to helpful and useful resources, and the NET Bible is one such resource that might prove almost invaluable to you or someone you know.

The NET Bible (New English Translation) is a relatively new translation by biblical language scholars and first released in 1996.  Continual refinements and recent improvements have made this translation very easy to access and study, especially if you do computer-based bible research.   It is completely free to use online or to download, or if you prefer a hardcopy this can be purchased.   Although there are some big names involved in the development of the translation, let's focus on the Author of the scriptures rather than the men who are the scholars and instrument of God:  2 Tim 3:16, "Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness" (NET)

Lumina is the measure of light being radiated in all directions from a solitary source.   It is appropriate that the NET Bible calls it's interface page "Lumina".   The NET Bible can be directly accessed at the Lumina interface here:  https://lumina.bible.org

The Lumina interface provides for comprehensive searches, selection of any scripture, daily bible readings, scholarly notes and provision to make and record your own.   The daily bible readings are structured for reading the entire bible in a year (or 90 days if you prefer!)   You can customise your homescreen to exclude non-scriptural headings, chapter and verse numbers.  In a parallel column, you can select commentary notes, Dr. Thomas Constable's notes, maps, original language text and parallel bibles.

I could set out to do a critical review of the NET Bible, but it has already been done by many others.  Here is a fairly balanced review by a critic named Michael Marlowe if you want to dig deeper into the translation.  In places, Marlowe seems to attempt to discredit the translation, especially in his comments about the source of the translators, but in doing so he actually paints it in a pretty good light.   http://www.bible-researcher.com/net.html  (The NET Bible has 22 editors and translators;  17 are or have been professors at Dallas Theological Seminary, and another 5 were students there).

My blogspot today does not seek to endorse the NET Bible translation, or Marlowe's review; simply to highlight the NET to you as an option for study.   I have found that the NET Bible is a very credible translation.

The downloads page is here:  https://bible.org/article/net-bible-download.  You can also download the NET Bible phone App (Lumina) and the Olive Tree Bible App in the App Store or here:  https://www.olivetree.com/store/home.php?cat=262&language=1&sort=title_popular&free=on.