The GBBJ corpus may be explored in various ways. You may browse the corpus by text type. Alternatively, you may browse the contents of the corpus by biblical book. You may also browse the corpus by inflected and lexical forms.

At various points you will have the option of either viewing a document or reading a description of it. If you choose to view it, the text will appear in both diplomatic and normalized form (Default Visualization). You will have the option of viewing the normalized text alongside its Hebrew source, Septuagint translation and Hexaplaric variants (Parallel Aligned Text).

Browse Corpus by text type

The documents of the corpus have been divided into two types:

  • continuous translations (T)
  • glosses (G)
  • Documents are identified by name and class-mark. The name typically consists of a corpus number (e.g. T2) and biblical book (e.g. Jonah).

    To view a text click its name. For a description of the manuscript click its class-mark

    Browse the corpus by biblical book

    You may browse by biblical book. Each GBBJ document contains Greek glosses or translations of the Hebrew Bible. They have been divided into sections according to biblical chapter and verse: the Greek text may be studied in relation to its Hebrew source. When you click the name of a book, a list will appear of the GBBJ texts in which it is either glossed or translated. To view a text click its name. The biblical verse you have selected will appear. Scroll up or down to view the rest of the document. For a description of the manuscript click its class-mark.

    Browse for Greek and Hebrew word occurring in the GBBJ Corpus

    You may browse for any Greek word occurring in the corpus. Greek words are indexed in three ways: 1) by lexical form, 2) by inflected form, and 3) by part of speech.

    You may browse for Hebrew words with Greek translation equivalents. Hebrew words are indexed in three ways: 1) by lexical form, 2) by inflected form, and 3) by part of speech.

    Text Views

    Default Visualization:

    On the left is the normalized text; on the right is the diplomatic text. The document is divided into sections by biblical verse. You may scroll up or down to view the entire document. To see a note, click the number. You may choose to view the normalized text alone.

    Parallel Aligned Text

    Click the tab marked Parallel Aligned Text to view a verse of the normalized GBBJ text together with its Hebrew source (MT), Septuagint translation (LXX) and Hexaplaric variants (Hex).