I can't judge the translation as of yet... I haven't spent enough time with it. But, the Kindle Version does indeed have a TOC (Table of Contents) that is linked to the pages of text. Therefore (against the other reviewer's experience), one can click on Matthew 13 and be taken to that chapter lickity-split; one can tap Acts 3 and be sent there via the TOC link. The TOC is on page 2 of the Kindle edition. THere are also two links to the Table of Contents. Or perhaps the easiest way to get to the TOC is from the Kindle menu, simply choose: Table of Contents. (If it is so easy to use, then why might have the other reviewer said there was NO TOC??? Perhaps his book (like mine) opened up within the Preface, instead of the title page??? If so, the other reviewer might have missed it.
JJ
In response to someone's question about "Does this Kindle book support SEARCHING?" I wrote some of the following:
Say you wanted to SEARCH for all occurrences of SATAN in the ALT New Testament:
Simply click the SEARCH feature and type in SATAN. Search.
A second or two later, 44 results are found and listed in a search results box. CLick on a result and the bible will take you to that verse in the Bible.
BUT, what it doesn't give me is the 44 references... not the Biblical reference (such as Acts 5:3, or such). It tells me, "Page 92" and a location number... but it doesn't tell me the scripture reference unless I click on it. Why not? it is NOT a Bible Application... it is a "book" that can use a search feature. Sometimes it is easy to tell the verse and chapter by what is before it and what is after. Huh? The display of the results will have the VERSE NUMBER in the actual results... something like:
"...pigs being fed. (31) So the DEMONS began calling to Him, Saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go awake into the herd of pigs." Page 14, Location 882
OK, notice about five words before Demons and about 15 to 20 words after. Also notice no specific scripture reference is given, just PAGE 14 is shown next to the result. Why? It ain't a Bible App. It is an online book. In other words, the verses are NOT in a large database-like program, so it CAN'T return to me "Matthew 8:31" or something like this. BUT *(nicely) also notice that verse 31 shows up in the result window because that verses number appears in the book itself. That often is enough to clue you in to where you are at in a book. However, if you want to know specifically that we are in Matthew's book, the 8th chapter, 31 verse, then you need to click on that result in the RESULT WINDOW and the ALT book will go to that chapter and verse. Voila... it is easy to see your chapter and verse now. Yes, that is not as nice as Logos Bible App or Olive Tree, but, this translation isn't available (as far as I know) as a Bible App. So, we are left with a Kindle epub book. not bad. I can search and I can use the table of contents to move about... but I can't type a verse and land on a specific verse, like a Bible app does. Make sense?
OK, one other thing.... when you do a search, the results display in a seperate window... up to 200 results. BUT WHAT IF YOU TYPE "JESUS" for your search? Well, as you scroll through the many, many hits, you will see the search paused after 200 hits/results. Just tap it and it continues the search! Great! Turns out there are 900 some results for Jesus. So I had to click "continue" in the search box 4 times... but then it does continue to show all 918 (?) results for Jesus. And again, I can now click on the ones I am interested in to see that result in context of the ALT Bible.
Searching is fast, fast. Even phrase searching is fast. I thought one search was broken, however. I searched for SON OF MAN. Nothing. No results. Son of God returned lots of hits. I tried backing up before the book of Matthew to find SON OF MAN. Still nothing. I realized why when I looked up 8:20 in Matthew and saw, "Son of Humanity" :) So, it has got to be worded as the ALT translation words it. :)
I trust that helps. While I don't use ALT for my daily Bible (so I am not concerned that there isn't an App for it (unless it may be in Logos... I didn't check)), there really is little reason to own it in a hardcopy form for me. ANd with the low cost of a Kindle version, it does even more than the paper version for me. No, it is not fast to navigate (cause it is not an app), but it is handy to have and I reference it when I want to see a very literal translation.
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Good for a literal translation; get the Companion Volume too
Reviewed in Canada on July 9, 2021