In the Beginning, Again

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A word cloud of John 1:1-18

In the Beginning

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A word cloud of Genesis 1.

Colossians Word Cloud

This week, at our weekly Bible study, we are beginning a study of Paul's Letter to the Colossians. Here is a word cloud I just made. Words that appear more frequently are larger.

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Here is what the Colossians cloud looks like from the Greek text

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The Sermon of Heaven on Earth

This word cloud is generated on the text of the Sermon on the Mount (I call it the Sermon of Heaven on Earth). The words that are most prominent are the words that are most frequently used. For example, notice here: Father, heaven, whoever, kingdom, blessed.

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Walking Barefoot

Here is a word cloud generated from my book, Walking Barefoot: Living in Prayer, Faith and the Power of God. What is interesting about word clouds is that they are generated according to word frequency in a document. Words that occur more frequently appear larger in the cloud.

There is an interesting effect that occurs here with red, blue and green on a field of black. The red stands off the page a little bit. Click the image above for to see this more prominently.

Praying With Fire

Here is a word cloud generated from my book, Praying With Fire: Living in Prayer, Faith and the Power of God. What is interesting about word clouds is that they are generated according to word frequency in a document. Words that occur more frequently appear larger in the cloud.

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The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth

This is a word cloud I created for my book, The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth: Keys to the Kingdom of God in the Gospel of Matthew. What is interesting about word clouds is that they are generated according to word frequency in a document. Words that occur more frequently appear larger in the cloud.

Sixty-Six Word Clouds for the Word

This clip shows the "word cloud" for each book of the Bible. Pause and ponder.

A Little Coltrane in the Night

More Conversational Hebrew

Here is a link for learning more conversational Hebrew, including greetings, prepositions, questions, colors, days of the week, months of the year, and numbers. Also, Hebrew words that are useful for shopping, dining and in first aid emergency. Much more. Very helpful.

(Ivrit is the Hebrew word for "Hebrew.")

Imagine

Imagine reading my books on your iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Kobo, Nook or smartphone. Because you don't just have to imagine it ~ you can do it. All our books are now available in ePub, Kindle and PDF here.

Apps are available for iPads, iPhones and smartphones to read all these formats.

BTW, Amazon has just dropped the price of its Kindle to $189 ~ and that includes FREE 3G. More info ...

Books in 60 Seconds ~ Even in Bright Sunlight!

Amazon has been advertising for a while about how, with the Kindle reader, you can download books in 60 seconds (over their free 3G wireless network). It also has a long battery life (up to one week on a single charge). It also now reads PDFs (that's a new feature, I think). And the Kindle books are also accessible on the Kindle apps for iPad, iPhone and other smartphones.

But here is where they stand out from iPad, and what they highlight in the video below: They are easy to read ~ even in bright sun light!


You can find out more about it here (they've just cut the price to $189).
 

BTW, did I tell you that all my books are now available in Kindle? Yeah, and if you have a Kindle reader (or a Kindle app for your iPhone or iPad), you can be reading them in 60 seconds.

Itay Pearl ~ Chipopo

Music from Israeli artist, Itay Pearl. In Hebrew, which, as you know, I am learning. Very nice stuff here. First heard it on Jewish Soul Radio.

Learning Hebrew ~ Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament

Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament
by Jenni, Westermann and Biddle
(Preview using Amazon's "Look Inside" feature)

Just got this in the mail today. Looks good ~ 330 in-depth articles on Hebrew roots, plus their derivatives, so it covers thousands of  Hebrew words found in the Old Testament. It is helpful to know some Hebrew, but not essential because this lexicon is keyed to Strong's numbers. I have found the companion New Testament lexicon to be very helpful, so I look forward to using this one. The price is very good, too ~ this 3-volume set is available at Amazon for just $39.95.

Learning Hebrew ~ Memory Tools

Here are some handy memory aids to help me learn Hebrew. Just came in from Amazon yesterday.

Old Testament Hebrew Vocabulary Cards ~ Yes, the old reliable flash card system. Used it when I was learning English as a kid. Using it now as I learn Hebrew. This set (1000 cards) not only includes the Hebrew words and the their meanings in English, but also grammatical usage, verb forms and frequency of usage in the Old Testament.

Biblical Hebrew Laminated Sheet ~ This is a handy reference sheet for the various aspects of Hebrew alphabet and grammar: the consonants, vowel letters and vowel points, forms of the definite article, conjunctions, prepositions, adjectives, pronouns, construct chains, verb conjugations and, of course, the forms of the seven verb stems. (I'm expecting that, at some point, this will all start coming together for me). This is a durable laminate sheet and is actually four pages (an 11x17 sheet folded in half). I will be keeping this very handy, as I quite sure I will need to refer to it often.

BTW, both of these aids are keyed to Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar by Gary D. Pratico and Miles V. Van Pelt. I already have one grammar I am using, but I expect I will probably also get this one as well. There is also a website related to this grammar and these aids that has some other resources, including some free downloads.

The Eye of God

Here is a stunning photograph from the Hubble space telescope. It has been called, for obvious reasons, the Eye of God.