The ''Apostolic Bible Polyglot'' (ABP), originally published in 2003 is a

Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...

translation by Charles VanderPool.Registered U.S. Copyright, 1995, to Charles Lynn VanderPool.
/ref> The ABP is an English translation with a

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interlinear gloss In linguistics and pedagogy, an interlinear gloss is a gloss (series of brief explanations, such as definitions or pronunciations) placed between lines, such as between a line of original text and its translation into another language. When gloss ...

and is keyed to a

concordance Concordance may refer to: * Agreement (linguistics), a form of cross-reference between different parts of a sentence or phrase * Bible concordance, an alphabetical listing of terms in the Bible * Concordant coastline, in geology, where beds, or la ...

. The numbering system, called "AB-Strong's", is a modified version of Strong's concordance, which was designed only to handle the traditional

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of the

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, and the Greek text of the

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. Strong's concordance doesn't have numbering for the Greek O.T. The ABP utilizes a Greek

Septuagint The Greek Old Testament, or Septuagint (, ; from the la, septuaginta, lit=seventy; often abbreviated ''70''; in Roman numerals, LXX), is the earliest extant Greek translation of books from the Hebrew Bible. It includes several books beyond th ...

base for the O.T. and, therefore, required a modified system. The numbers and the Greek word appear immediately above the English translation instead of side by side, as is common in many interlinears. The Apostolic Bible Polyglot also contains ''The Lexical

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'' of the ABP,ABP Lexical Concordance
/ref> ''The English Greek Index'' of the ABP,
/ref> and ''The Analytical

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'' of the ABP.ABP Analytical Lexicon
/ref> Despite utilizing a Septuagint textual basis for the Old Testament, it does not include the

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that are found in the Septuagint.

History

The original typed text of the ABP followed the

Codex Vaticanus The Codex Vaticanus ( The Vatican, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 1209), designated by siglum B or 03 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), δ 1 ( von Soden), is a fourth-century Christian manuscript of a Greek Bible, containing the majority of the Greek Old ...

- Sixtine text family. Then with the acquisition of the 1519

Aldine Bible The Aldine Bible (full title: ''Πάντα τὰ κατ᾿ ἐξοχὴν καλούμενα βιβλία, θείας δηλαδὴ γραφῆς παλαιᾶς τε καὶ νέας. Sacrae scripturae veteris novaeque omnia.'') is an edition of ...

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format from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, of the Netherlands, a comparison was made between the Sixtine and Aldine texts, where one reading was chosen over the other. With the acquisition of the 1709 edition of the Greek Old Testament, edited by

Lambert Bos Lambert Bos (23 October 1670 – 6 January 1717) (or Lambertus Bos or Lammert Bos) was a Dutch scholar, critic and forerunner of Tiberius Hemsterhuis. Lambert Bos was born at Workum in Friesland, where his father, Jakob Bos, was headmaster of the ...

, the 1518

Complutensian Polyglot The Complutensian Polyglot Bible is the name given to the first printed polyglot of the entire Bible. The edition was initiated and financed by Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436–1517) and published by Complutense University in Alc ...

variants, located in the extensive footnote sections, were added for comparison with the Sixtine and Aldine texts. With further comparison it was decided to choose mainly the text where two printed editions agreed. But since that time the acquisition of a full set of the Complutensian Polyglot Bible in facsimile format enabled a closer comparison to be made, not only of variant readings, but also chapter and verse variations, along with punctuation. As various

manuscripts A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in ...

become available, these will also be compared with the text of the ''Apostolic Bible'', and changes may be made. The Vatopedi manuscript, available from the

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in microfilm form, is one such manuscript among many that will be used for comparison.Official Introduction to the ABP
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Structure

The ''Apostolic Bible Polyglot'' is the first numerically coded Greek Old Testament. It allows study of both Hebrew- and Greek-based scriptural texts in the same language, and a student may follow the association of a word from either the New Testament to the Old Testament or vice versa. The trilinear format has the AB-Strong numbers on the top line, the Greek text on the middle line, and the English translation on the bottom line. The text is separated into books, chapters, section headings, verses and footnotes. ABP is in electronic downloadable PDF form, CD-ROM form,
/ref> and print form.
/ref>

References

External links

Official Site: apostolicbible.comOnline version #2Online version #3
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Apostolic Bible Polyglot, The Bible translations into English 2003 books Study Bibles Electronic Bibles Polyglot bibles 2003 in Christianity Editions of the Septuagint