Research Guides: Selected Resources for the Study of the Hebrew Bible: Bible Translations

Ancient Translations - Greek

A new English translation of the Septuagint
Also available in print format at Haverford and Swarthmore at BS742 P54 2007

Ancient Translations - Aramaic

The first link is to the entire set of targums of the Aramaic Bible. The next five records are to Targums of Genesis and Exodus.

The Aramaic Bible: the Targums
The Targum Onqelos to Genesis
Targum Neofiti 1, Genesis
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, Genesis
The Targum Onqelos to Exodus
Targum Neofiti 1, Exodus

Study Bibles

The Jewish Study Bible by Adele Berlin (Editor); Marc Zvi Brettler (Editor); Michael Fishbane (Editor)
Publication Date: 2004-01-04
This Jewish Publicaton Society translation comes with numerous notes. NOTE: It also includes a number of excellent essays on various topics.
The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha by Michael Coogan (Editor); Marc Z. Brettler (Editor); Carol Newsom (Editor)
ISBN: 0195289552
Publication Date: 2010-03-19
The New Oxford Annotated Bible uses the New Revised Standard Version translation.
The HarperCollins Study Bible by Wayne A. Meeks (Editor); Jouette M. Bassler (Editor); Harold W. Attridge; Society of Biblical Literature Staff
ISBN: 006078685X
Publication Date: 2006-08-22
New Revised Standard Version.

Online Resources

Biblestudytools.com
This commercial online source allows you to compare two translations of a verse or you can compare all of the dozens of translations at once. It includes standard translations like the New Revised Standard Version.

Chapter-by-Chapter MP3 Recordings of the Hebrew Bible

Direct links to recordings in Hebrew on the Israeli Snunit Kodesh site, provided by Audio Scriptures International and the United Bible Society

This is not a translation. It provides audio of the Hebrew Bible that " are not chanted with a melody, but are clearly pronounced in Sephardic-style Hebrew."