The New English Bible

by H. Knowles, NEB

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I'm more of a believer in Occam's Razor. However, any text that has been kicking around for thousands of years is worth a look from a purely literary standpoint, just as the Odyssey and the Ramayana are.

Apparently we're not allowed to eat shellfish!

edgeworth | Nov 11, 2008 |

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The New English Bible successfully combines readable prose with, what I am assured is, an accurate translation.

It is one of very few popular biblical translations to genuinely start from scratch, rather than just rehashing the KJV yet again. The desire to get back to the sources is, of course, an admirable one which places the editors in the tradition of Jerome, Erasmus, and Luther.

The NEB was also originally conceived as a spectacular ecumenical project, with pretty much every church body going having a hand in it.

With so much going for it, it is a pity that everyone favours the NIV (bad) and the NRSV (boring).

OwenGriffiths | Apr 18, 2008 |

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The New English Bible: the Old Testament by Oxford University Press

The New English Bible; New Testament by Oxford University Press

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The New English Bible

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New Testament, 1961

Old Testament and Apocrypha, 1970

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Jesus of Nazareth

Jairus

Joses (Joseph, brother of Jesus)

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The Holy Spirit

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IN THE BEGINNING OF CREATION, when God made heaven and earth, the earth was without form and void , with darkness over the face of the abyss, and a mighty wind that swept over the surface of the waters.

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