Greek Week

Three new Greek texts added: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894), Westcott-Hort (1881), and Robinson-Pierpont (2000). The goal is to pair these with their associated English translations: King James Version (KJV, 1769), American Standard Version (ASV, 1901), and World English Bible (WEB, 2012 and earlier). This sets the stage for 4 correlated versions: KJV / TR, ASV / WH, Byzantine / RP2000, and Alexandrian (using Nestle 1904 and New Heart English Bible, already imported), once the remaining translations are imported. More information about all of these texts is available on The BRIDGE Bible website.

New Inverted Editions

Field testing of the Kindle version showed that it would be very helpful to include the translated verse along with each footnote. And someone suggested offering the Greek as the primary text, with the translation in the footnotes. Both of these concepts have now been implemented, as options. So, the main text on top can be either English or Greek, and the the footnotes below can include the English, in addition to (or instead of) the Greek (for a total of 9 concurrent footnote options), in both the printed and Kindle versions. This proved to be much more difficult to create than anticipated, but is now available. A small sample of new formats enabled by this change is available in the "Inverted" portion of the "Examples" section of The BRIDGE Bible Website. Please respond with any questions, suggestions, or comments. Thank you.

BAV/BBV Available

The BRIDGE Byzantine Version (BBV) and BRIDGE Alexandrian Version (BAV) and are now available. The BBV is based on the World English Bible (WEB) and the BAV is based on the New Heart English Bible (NHEB). The NHEB is based on the WEB, which is derived from the American Standard Version (ASV). The BBV and BAV both include section headings (pericopes) from the Lexham English Bible (LEB). The WEB and NHEB are public domain, but since the BBV and BAV include some edits (adding pericopes, tweaking the punctuation, etc.), I needed to come up with new names for them. They aren't intended to be "new" translations, but simply minor derivatives of the WEB and NHEB.

Kindle Edition Preview

Without access to very thin "Bible" (India) paper, a publisher, a market, or the funds to create those, I have turned to Amazon's Kindle to produce a portable version of this concept. Full but imperfect prototypes have been produced and are available. I really like the potential of this format (with hot links to various internal sections). It lets the user choose (and change) the font size, and provides the opportunity to create and offer a tremendous amount of material (i.e., pages) without increasing the bulk (size) of the resulting product - perfect for this type of application.

Final Editions and Parting Thoughts

The final two editions have been posted: the Standard LEB mid-size (1 Vol. v012o) and Philippians Standard2 (PLFP08C2HR2Col B50 LEB2 v012o). These are Reference Editions with 2 columns and large margins. They show what's possible, but are still far from perfect.

I've tried to illustrate and create a new type of study Bible, but don't have the resources to take it any further. Many issues remain in the areas of marketing, content, technology, printing, and business. I learned a lot, among which is that the remaining issues and other concerns have convinced me to direct my attention elsewhere. If you are reading this and have any interest in this project, please contact me via the information provided on the About page.

New Editions Added

The "Standard" edition was expanded to include "perfect page proportions" for improved aesthetics and for writing notes in the margins. This is called either the Writer's or Study edition (internally). 3 versions of Philippians were uploaded (1 column, 2 column, and large print), and 6 versions of the entire New Testament in 1 volume (same options, but in 8.5 x 11 and 6 x 9 sizes). The extra space for notes is handy, but comes at the cost of more pages and larger page size. The 8.5 x 11 inch version is the same number of pages as the 8.5 x 11 inch 1 column Standard edition (~1,000 pages), but twice the number of pages as the 8.5 x 11 inch 2 column Standard edition (~500 pages).