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  • Submitted: Jun 13 2012 10:16 PM
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  • Author: Johann (John) Bengel
  • e-Sword Version: 9.x - 10.x
  • Tab Name: Gnomon

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Download Bengel, John - Gnomon of the NT (Commentary + Dictionary) - (5 vols) 1.0

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New Testament Language / Interpretation Greek Exegesis
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Author:
Johann (John) Bengel

e-Sword Version:
9.x - 10.x

Tab Name:
Gnomon

e-Sword Edition:
This commentary has been re-made, with 25%+ more content, including 7,000+ verse comments. The commentary is now verse by verse, with 16 megabytes of text. Greek and Hebrew are properly formatted for e-Sword. Footnotes are also included, shown as gray text below the paragraph where referenced or at the end of a verse's comment.

Both the zip and the self-installing exe contain three modules: the commentary (cmtx module with tab name: Gnomon), the dictionary (dctx module with tab name: Gnomon), and a book module containing supplementary information and indices (topx module).

(Some books have Book Comments. Either in the Book Comments or in the first few verses, Bengel presents an outline of the entire book.)

About Gnomon
John Bengel's Gnomon is a classic Greek New Testament Commentary, the fruit of twenty years labor. Bengel condenses more matter into a line than other writers say in pages. It is said that Bengel could convey in two sentences where other authors needed two pages to say.

Bengel modestly entitled his work a Gnomon or index, a symbol of his desire for the reader to ascertain the meaning, than to save him from the trouble of personal investigation.

Bengel's principles of interpretation were to import nothing into Scripture, but to draw out of it everything that it really contained, conforming to grammatico-historical rules—not to be hampered by dogmatical considerations; and not to be influenced by the symbolical books. Bengel's hope that the Gnomon would help to rekindle a fresh interest in the study of the New Testament was fully realized.

Through his authorship of the Gnomon, Bengel is regarded as the pioneer of the modern Bible commentary. His Gnomon exerted considerable influence on exegesis in Germany and beyond. John Wesley's Notes on the New Testament, which were widely-read and extrememly influential in the English-speaking world long before Bengel was translated, were largely a paraphrase of Bengel.

One of the definitions of Gnomon is the raised part of the sundial that casts the shadow. While the basic function of a sundial is simple, its function serves the greater purpose of telling time and guiding our day. In the same way the sundial serves a purpose in our lives, knowing the New Testament (as well as the entire Bible) is imperative for every Christian.

Reviews
C. H. Spurgeon wrote that Bengel's NT commentary "is the Scholar's delight! Bengel condensed more matter into a line than can be extracted from pages of other writers."

John Wesley said of Bengel, "I know of no commentator on the Bible equal to Bengel" and referred to him as, "The great light of the Christian world."

Philip Schaff, who edited and wrote portions of the American edition of Lange's Commentary, said Gnomon is "a marvel of condensation and spiritual insight ... and will remain a classic."

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What's New in Version 1.0 (See full changelog)

  • Up;oaded Mac/e-sword 11 version.


A pretty remarkable update! Thanks for such an outstanding job Josh - again, well done!
Thanks Larry. As usual, Brent's Tooltip software made this possible. No ToolTip=no revised commentary, not with 7,000 comments to process. And Raymond's database editor saved valuable time. What a blessing these tools are.
Will there be the OT Version?
I'm not aware Bengel wrote commentary on the Old Testament.

Josh,

 

Do you have a version of this in continue book form and not in verse-by-verse cmt form?

Where Can I request a Modual to be made ?

Where Can I request a Modual to be made ?

http://www.biblesupp...odule-requests/

It looks like Bengel is a commentator's commentator. I got his name from the excellent JFB (Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (my mentors)) commentary. His eloquence allows him to be very accurate. I'm smart but Bengel is a bit rich for my regular use, so I'll only use the Gnom when KJV, JFB and AMP leave me still wanting.

Unfortunately the ctmx does not take on my fonts settings in eSword like the other commentaries do. The font is very small and hard to read for those of us with bad eyes.

My friends and I found this article very detailed and reasonable. The tutorial at the beginning was helpful and made it easy to understand how to play the game papa's burgeria to go.


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