The PlowShare Mission

The PlowShare Mission exists to allow a deep study of the actual Greek and Hebrew Bible texts (1550 Stephanus and 1525 Ben Chayyim) using an online Interlinear Bible.  It does not exist to provide comparisons amongs hundreds of different and varied translations as this is contrary to its purpose.  Its purpose is to act as a stepping stone to the Greek and Hebrew texts allowing the student to dig deep into the Word itself, thus "PlowShare".  The intent is to "bring the English speaking person to the Word of God, and not the Word of God to the English speaking person."


Therefore, the priority is to enable the student to begin and continue the study of the Word of God itself, using the online interlinear bible or the print editions.

Concept for concept, Context for context, Word for word.™ Yes, all three!

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Biblical Source Texts

The Greek text is certified as the 1550 Stephanus text from Erasmus.

The Hebrew text is verified as the 1525 Ben Chayyim and is being certified for complete accuracy.

As the online Greek Interlinear Bible was set as a first priority, it has the most support and attention to detail.

The online Hebrew Bible was first brought online January 2008 in only eight days.  While below the full measure of quality intended for it, the online Hebrew Interlinear Bible is now being attended to.  Even as-is, it is immediately useful and is provided as a courtesy.  Its present state is not reflective of the developer's full intent or ability. 

Browser Requirements

Firefox 3

The PlowShare Online Bible Study web application prefers Firefox 3.5+, but requires Firefox 2.0+ at a minimum (or W3C standards compliant browser). 

PlowShare was initially developed using IE 5.5 and Firefox 0.9.  However, due to a continual lack of web standards in Microsoft Internet Explorer, support for the bFirefoxrowser was dropped.  PlowShare requires a web standards compliant browser like Firefox 2.0 or later.  As of this writing, only Firefox is supported, though Google Chrome and Safari work well also.  Opera seems to work every other version or so.

 

 

Testimonials

PlowShare is a fast, simple to use, and extremely powerful online Bible study tool.

Jonathan,

I had a chance to look at this and it is an impressive accomplishment. I cannot think of a single thing that I would want to know about the original language that you have not provided. The color coding and other codes are brilliant. The flyovers are great. It is nothing short of being a great tool. Everything that I tried is fast.

I also like what you do when I click on one of the Strongs numbers-nice touch.

Regarding the discussion we had concerning the Greek text. As I think about it, the really great thing about the Stephanus text is that it is probably the least controversial. Even though I see value in modern research on the text, I am also aware that the differences are so minor that I would use this tool without concern. On the other hand, many who would gain benefit from your work, would shy away from it were it not based on this text. So this is a good choice.

The only recommendation that I have is that you get a Paypal account and add a link so that people can contribute.

Mr. Don Curtis

Jonathan,

I got on to the website.  Your work is amazing.  It shows an incredible desire to honor the Lord and his word.  Thank you for making this availiable to the people of God.  I believe it will have an important role in the coming days.  Bless you.

Mark N.

Jonathan,

I will finish my first read of your Bible translation, and I love it - actually to the point I find it difficult to read any other bible.  Kudos to you Jonathan.  God Bless.

John Ahlberg
TLE Christian Academy

 

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