The Old Testament Hebrew-English Dictionary (Complete Biblical Library | CBL)
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
The Complete Biblical Library was a remarkably ambitious undertaking involving over 500 Bible scholars and researchers. It took over 20 years to produce an exhaustive reference set, unlike any other. The result was a 39-volume library detailing the entire Bible, blending all study tools into one resource.
The CBL's unique interface of fresh, precision study tools makes it ideal for the Bible scholar and the serious student. The Old and New Testament collection set contains an Old and New Testament Study Bible, a Hebrew-English Dictionary, a Greek-English Dictionary, a Various Versions volume, a Harmony of the Gospels, and a Greek Grammar.
Such a combination of biblical and theological material has not been produced in any previous work. The Complete Biblical Library is special because it employs a system which is usable by those who have little or no knowledge of Hebrew or Greek, yet will appeal to theologians at the highest level of scholarship. For all who use this work, it will open wider the door to the richness of the original text of the Old and New Testaments.
Reviews
3 ratings
Brent Phillips
1/1/2024
Once again I find two earlier reviews of a Logos product that are completely worthless. Why? Because the reviewers did not bother to give any comments as to WHY they found the product to be 2-stars or 5-stars. Why does Logos even allow such reviews that do not let others really know anything useful about their products? Well, I first purchased this product from the original publisher (Wordsearch) and it was very, very good! When Wordsearch shut down and sold "The OT Hebrew-English Dictionary" of the CBL to Logos, I eagerly purchased it from Logos. BUT I quickly found that the Logos version of this module was and is BROKEN! I emailed customer service at least three times and they NEVER bothered to fix the problem. (Some of the responses indicated that they did not understand what the problem was; others simply said they would look into it and I never heard back from them; and finally they just ignored the problem altogether.) If you want to see what this problem is, simply go to Genesis 1:1 in the CBL Interlinear and try and find the definition of the VERY first word. All you will get is the definition of the preposition and not the noun in the CBL OT Hebrew-English Dictionary. Thus, the Hebrew-English module is CRIPPLED! (By the way, the Greek-English module works perfectly!) So, you have to go to the trouble of looking up the main word in the compound term "manually"; which is a lot more difficult, unless you know a little Hebrew. I would give this CBL module five stars, if it worked perfectly, but since it's broken, it is hardly worth much. Why? Because there are a lot of compound terms in the Hebrew (CBL Interlinear) Bible. What is the problem with the Logos module? Well, there are hundreds of Hebrew terms that are comprised of TWO parts -- two words joined together (compound words). These words are usually the main term preceded by a preposition. The problem is you "click" on the compound word and you ONLY get the definition for the preposition, but NOT for the the main term. (I even asked them if I was doing something wrong or if there is a way to "get to" the other word -- a "work-around". They never replied.) By the way, if anyone has found a work-around for this broken module, or if Logos actually fixes this broken module, I will be very happy to delete or update this review.
Juan C Pimentel Benitez
1/12/2023
Ken McClurkin
3/2/2022
