This Edition constitutes the most significant contribution to the restoration of the Sacred Text, particularly with regard to the Hebrew text of the Old Covenant.
Its format is presented in the same layout and sequence used by the Apostles and the Early Church in the first century AD.
Faithfully following the translation style of previous Editions, the Textual Bible is based on the best critical text available, according to the advances in the Critical Hebrew Bible evaluated according to the four principal witnesses: the Masoretic Text, the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Septuagint, and the manuscripts of the Judean Desert. For the New Covenant, the twenty-eighth edition of the Greek New Testament is used.
Faithful to its predecessors, the Fourth Edition has been produced under the unsurpassed discipline of Contextual Translation, which expresses, without compromise, not what the Sacred Author could have said, but what He said in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
Like its previous editions, but greatly benefited by the latest archaeological discoveries, computer technology applied to manuscripts, and the advancement of biblical studies, the Textual Bible is an extraordinary instrument for exploring the depths of God's Word.
Through its text, this edition includes more than 12,000 footnotes, in addition to relevant material for the Special Passages section, expanded to more than 300 notes of exegetical and theological interest.