Saturday, 1 November 2008

Searching in vain for deep enough Bible study resources in French

My research for the Ephesians course has reinforced the disparity between the Bible study resources in English and French - nothing available at local Christian bookshop; took ages to find a Greek concordance/dictionary even available overseas or on the net; then they were either ancient (1800's), too simple, or the one that maybe would fit the bill way too expensive.

Finally all I could do was to use some of the free internet or computer based tools - but since I'm trying to pass on skills for students these are limited to the 2 with computers and the 2 uni students who know how to use them in cybercafés. For the others needing 'hardcopy' resources which are affordable there is very little options for serious study of the biblical text.... Some of the copyright-free stuff on the net I've been able to photocopy for them but they fall into the 'ancient' category!