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The Modern Language Bible
The Modern Language Bible reflects both competent evangelical scholarship and contemporary American Language style. The accuracy, dignity and message of God's Holy Word has been carefully retained in this up-to-date translation. Modern man is again invited to hear God speak to him in contemporary style.
1240 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1980
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July 20, 2009
I had a little Berkeley Version NT that the Giddeons put out many years ago and found the wording very easy to understand. I bought a paperback Modern Language Old and New Testament but wore out the binding so pages were falling out. This copy I am now enjoying is a hardcover.
The inside of the jacket states the following, "The Modern Language Bible reflects both competent evangelical scholarship and contemporary American language style. The accuracy, dignity, and message of God's Holy
Word has been carefully retained in this up-to-date translation. Modern man is again invited to hear God speak to him in contemporary style.
This translation, a revision of the Berkeley Version, reflects competent evangelical scholarship. The Berkeley Version of the New Testament was originally published in 1945, and underwent complete revision in 1969. The Old Testament portion, first released in 1959, has been continually updated and improved with subsequent editions. The result of such careful work is a modern translation unsurpassed in accuracy, clarity, simplicity and pertinence."
That is quite a claim. Not so sure all would agree that it is "unsurpassed" in all those areas, I just know that as a child of the '60s it is easy to feel right at home with the language style. I do also enjoy the New Living Translation and should probably do more side-by-side comparing of the two.
The inside of the jacket states the following, "The Modern Language Bible reflects both competent evangelical scholarship and contemporary American language style. The accuracy, dignity, and message of God's Holy
Word has been carefully retained in this up-to-date translation. Modern man is again invited to hear God speak to him in contemporary style.
This translation, a revision of the Berkeley Version, reflects competent evangelical scholarship. The Berkeley Version of the New Testament was originally published in 1945, and underwent complete revision in 1969. The Old Testament portion, first released in 1959, has been continually updated and improved with subsequent editions. The result of such careful work is a modern translation unsurpassed in accuracy, clarity, simplicity and pertinence."
That is quite a claim. Not so sure all would agree that it is "unsurpassed" in all those areas, I just know that as a child of the '60s it is easy to feel right at home with the language style. I do also enjoy the New Living Translation and should probably do more side-by-side comparing of the two.
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