The New English Bible: New Testament - Modern Translation for Bible Study, Church Services & Personal Devotion

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This authoritative translation of the New Testament into living, modern English has long been awaited by the English-speaking world. It is a completely new translation--the consummation of thirteen years of devoted scholarship. In the modern history of the Bible it is a momentous event. The New Testament is the first part of what became the New English Bible. It is not a revision of previous English versions, but a translation of the whole Bible from the original languages into the English we use today. It was inspired by the urgent and common need felt among the churches for a Bible not obscured by an archaic language but enlivened by a clear and contemporary vocabulary. The leading Protestant churches in the British Isles joined in the enterprise, and outstanding Biblical and literary scholars were accordingly invited to carry out the task of translation. It was a formidable task. The translators, under the direction of the eminent Biblical scholar, Dr. C. H. Dodd, set themselves to give a rendering of the original Greek texts which would be at once faithful, meaningful, and clear. The aim of these men was to grasp and convey the spirit of the original. They went back to the best Greek texts; they weighed the findings of modern textual critics,, and they made full use of recent linguistic researches. They sought then to render into living English the full meaning of the Greek. The fruit of these thirteen years of patient scholarship is a translation of the New Testament which is a tribute to the excellence and beauty of the English language. The varying moods and styles of the original, its changing rhythms in prose and poetry, have been recaptured here in English which breathes fresh life and vigor into the meaning of the scriptures. The translation aims to be in style neither traditional nor modernistic. It is offered simply as the Bible to all those who will use it in reading, teaching, or worship.