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From: bch@unc.UUCP (Byron Howes )
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: You gotta be kidding.....
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Date: Fri, 28-Oct-83 00:30:47 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 28 00:30:47 1983
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The New English Bible is a complete retranslation incorporating all known
texts to its date (1947-1968.)  In cases where documents disagree, footnotes
are given including all variants on the text.  It is not based on previous
translations nor is it a revision of previous translations.  While it is,
indeed, of Protestant authorization, the so-called Apocrypha have also been
retranslated and are included in the edition that I own.  The New English
Bible is well regarded for its accuracy and I have not found British usage
and spelling to be any particular obstacle to understanding.  In fact, I
find the somewhat stark formality of the language to be refreshing in com-
parison to the somewhat trendier revisions and translations of the Bible
that have appeared in this country.


					Byron Howes
					UNC - Chapel Hill
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