Original Languages Library is a complete library of Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, Latin, and English resources for advanced biblical research, with nearly 200 books, grammars, lexicons, and more worth over $4,500.00 in print! Original Languages Library gives you a complete library of books for studying the other ancient languages—at 90% off the equivalent print editions.
Study all major texts, like the NA26 and BHS, and view morphology on mouseover. Parse every Greek or Hebrew word in your passage the click of a button. Run a complex morphological query across your library and search results appear in seconds. View stunning graphical renderings of morphology, translation, syntax, and more. Access dozens of premiere grammars and lexicons. Listen to the Greek and Hebrew text with advanced audio functionality. Double-click any word in any language and your preferred lexicon automatically opens to the exact entry. Original Languages Library does all this and more in the time it takes you to walk to your bookshelf, pull off a cumbersome lexicon, and find your entry.
Whether you’re an accomplished textual or translation scholar, or you’re learning Greek or Hebrew for the first time, Original Languages Library combines the books you need with the advanced tools of Logos Bible Software 4 in a way that’s right for you.
A Massive Library
Original Languages Library contains nearly 200 resources:
- Over 30 English Bibles and interlinears
- Over 20 original language grammars and tools
- Two dozen lexicons
- Two dozen texts in the original languages, like the NA27 and the BHS
- Thousands of high-quality maps, photos, infographics, and other media on the ancient world
- 20+ volumes from the latest in biblical studies
- Fresh English translations of nearly a dozen ancient extra-biblical texts
- Lots more—almost 200 resources in Original Languages Library!
Easy. Powerful. Fast.
Original Languages Library not only provides you with a massive electronic library for studying the ancient languages, but it is also powerful and easy to use. Logos Bible Software 4 is robust enough for seasoned pastors and scholars, but accessible to Bible students of all levels. With its powerful, intuitive tools, Logos Bible Software 4 gets you into the Word. Whether you’re working on your dissertation or learning Greek or Hebrew for the first time, Logos Bible Software 4 is the tool for the task.
Fast and Intuitive. With one click you can go to your Home Page, open your library, search for words or phrases, and more. As soon as you launch a search, Logos 4 searches you entire library and returns your results in seconds. Whether you’re searching your entire library or performing a complex morphological query, it’s all under one search tab.
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Every Book Opened to the Right Page. Tell the Passage Guide what you want to study, and in seconds it brings back commentaries, cross references, images, maps, handouts, topics, sermon helps, and more—all opened to the right page.
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Greek and Hebrew for Everyone. Logos 4 makes Hebrew and Greek study accessible to English Bible students. The Exegetical Guide analyzes your passage word by word in its original language and displays definitions from dictionaries. Get insight from leading grammarians. See where biblical manuscripts differ. Observe the structure of the text.
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Faster, Smarter Searching. Logos 4 indexes your entire library, so you can search thousands of books in less time than it takes to pull one print book off your shelf. More than 100,000 hits for holiness in less than 1 second means more time studying and less time searching.
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Visualize the Bible. Learn about and share the Bible with thousands of beautiful maps, infographics, diagrams, charts, and graphs.
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Personalized for You.With Logos 4, you can tag your books. Create and share lists. Set your own reading plans. Logos 4 is tailored to your needs and fully customizable.
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Electronic Books Included
English Bibles
With Original Languages Library, you have instant access to a dozen Bibles. All major modern English translations are found in Original Languages Library, including the ESV, the NRSV, and many more. You’ll also find classic translations like the KJV and the Douay-Rheims.
Stay on top of your reading every day with a customizable Bible reading plan tailored to your schedule. Compare versions visually. Click cross-references. With Logos 4, any Bible reference in any book automatically opens to your preferred translations. The words of Scripture are now at your fingertips!
View the complete list of English Bibles in Original Languages Library in the Comparison Chart.
Interlinear Bibles
Reverse interlinears are built directly into many English Bibles in Original Languages Library, allowing you to see the Greek or Hebrew behind your text. Highlight a portion of the text in one interlinear, and Logos 4 will highlight the corresponding text in your other open Bibles. Original Languages Library contains reverse interlinears for the ESV, NIV, NASB, NRSV, and more.
The Logos folks have done a great job of putting tools together, such as the integrated reverse interlinear and enhancements to tools like the Exegetical Guide, and the new ability to sync layouts, notes, highlighting, bookmarks, and settings makes it easy for me to stop working at the office and continue at home right where I left off. Version 4 of Logos Bible Software will be a great asset to many pastors.
—Chris Roberts, pastor, Florida
View the complete list of Interlinear Bibles in Original Languages in the Comparison Chart.
Ancient Language Texts and Morphologies
Read the Bible in the original languages. Study extra-biblical literature. Scholars and students of the ancient languages now have access to a collection of over two dozen texts and morphologies in Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Aramaic, Latin, and Syriac. Original Languages Library contains all major Greek and Hebrew texts, such as the Nestle-Aland 27 and the Biblia Hebraica Stuggartensia. Many texts come with morphological tagging and searching for in-depth linguistic and textual study.
View the complete list of ancient language texts and morphologies in Original Languages Library in the Comparison Chart.
Ancient Texts in Translation
Read the key texts from the ancient world in English. Study the cultures of Jesus’ time by reading Josephus. Learn about the sacred texts which didn’t make it into the Bible by reading apocryphal and pseudepigraphal literature. Original Languages Library includes fresh English translations of important extra-biblical literature, such as the Armana letters, ancient Egyptian literature, apocryphal and pseudepigraphal literature, and more.
View the complete list of English translations of ancient texts in Original Languages Library in the Comparison Chart.
Original Language Grammars and Tools
Original Languages Library provides you with an impressive compilation of nearly two dozen of the most important reference grammars and ground-breaking tools for understanding the original languages. In Original Languages Library, you’ll find multiple Hebrew and Greek grammars, plus language helps for Latin, Aramaic, and more.
I'm awed by the new exegetical guide. It now offers to find whatever I have in my library on visualizations, apparatus (Nestle-Aland, etc.), grammars, as well as the word-by-word access to every lexicon I have that treats the word.
—Bill Stonebraker
View the complete list of original language grammars and tools in Original Languages Library in the Comparison Chart.
Original Language Lexicons
Study etymological history. Learn the pronunciation of Greek and Hebrew words. Find usage examples. With two dozen lexicons available in Original Languages Library, you have all the dictionaries and lexicons you need to study the ancient languages. What’s more, Logos 4 makes your lexicons easier to use than ever before: double-clicking on any word in any language automatically searches your lexicons for a match.
View the complete list of original language lexicons in Original Languages Library in the Base Package Comparison Chart.
Bible History and Culture
Original Languages Library contains resources on culture, archaeology, and more. It includes the Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, The Dead Sea Scrolls and Modern Translations of the Old Testament, and the 2-volume Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians. These books provide important insight on the people, places, and events of the Bible.
View the complete list of Bible History titles in Original Languages Library in the Comparison Chart.
Bible Reference
Bible dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference books are essential for understanding the topics described in Scripture. Original Languages Library contains the NAS Exhaustive Concordance, the Dictionary of Bible Themes, Trench’s New Testament Synonyms, Collin’s Thematic Thesaurus of the Bible, and much more.
In Logos 4, references are extensively linked, which means you can navigate thick volumes at the click of a button. No more scanning indexes looking for the right article, or losing your place while you track down a cross-reference. With the speed of Logos Bible Software 4, you can put your reference library to work.
View the complete list of Bible Reference titles in Original Languages Library in the Comparison Chart.
Bible Introductions and Surveys
Original Languages Library contains introductory volumes on the key people, places, and events in Scripture. This library includes Exploring the New Testament, Exploring the Old Testament, Exploring the Basics of the Bible, and Synonyms of the Old Testament.
View the complete list of Bible Introductions and Surveys in Original Languages Library in the Comparison Chart.
Biblical Studies
Original Languages Library includes in-depth studies from the field of biblical scholarship, such as the 17-volume Bible Lessons Commentary and the 7-volume New Testament Studies Collection.
View the complete list of Biblical Studies resources in Original Languages Library in the Comparison Chart.
Taking advantage of web-based services, an updated interface, and thoughtful cross-references, it raises the bar for Bible-study software. It goes beyond even the most complex searches . . . to allow simple, intuitive and powerful links across an entire Bible study library. This is an entirely different way of digging into Scriptural texts and reference works. In just a few clicks, the system presents meaningful summaries complete with graphics. With just a few clicks more, you can drill down to the sources. And you can customize the connections to present the research results in a way that fits the way you work. This changes everything.
—Steve Kaminski, Ph.D., South Carolina
Maps, Photos, and Media
Learn about and share the Bible with thousands of beautiful maps, infographics, diagrams, charts, and graphs. Logos 4 pulls information from one-of-a-kind databases and renders it visually like you’ve never seen it before. Apply filters. Graph your text. View thousands of images from the Holy Land. Export your graphics to your handout or PowerPoint presentation at the click of a mouse.
View the complete list of media resources in Original Languages Library in the Comparison Chart.
Lectionaries
Original Languages Library contains 7 lectionaries to aid your sermon preparation and worship planning. View next Sunday’s readings in full. Re-read the lectionary texts from last Sunday. Study future readings—next week, next month, next year. Stay in step with the liturgical year. In addition to the ecumenical Revised Common Lectionary, you’ll also find lectionaries for Catholic, Lutheran, and United Methodist churches.
View the complete list of lectionaries in Original Languages Library in the Comparison Chart.
Parallel Passages and Harmonies
Learn how various sections of the Bible combine to form a unified narrative. With parallel passages and harmonies, you can discover the similarities and differences between sections of Scripture. Original Languages Library contains a dozen parallel passages and harmonies. You’ll find classic harmonies, as well as harmonies available exclusively in Logos, like Rick Brannan’s harmony of the Pastoral Epistles.
View the complete list of parallel passages and harmonies in Original Languages Library in the Comparison Chart.
Original Languages Library
- Incredible Value. Get nearly 200 resources at 90% off retail.
- Easy Download. Begin using your library today.
- Payment Plans. Spread the cost over an entire year.
- No Risk. 30-day money back guarantee, no questions asked.
- Easy to Use. Logos 4 is fast, intuitive, and easy for you to use.
- Updates Itself. Get the latest and greatest with automatic updates to your books while you sleep.