The world's most widely known Bible translation, using early seventeenth-century English. Its powerful, majestic style has made it a literary classic, with many of its phrases and expressions embedded ...
In the first sessions of the Synod of Dordt in November 1618, before the delegates of the Synod even addressed the divisive Arminian controversy, they joined together to commission a new Bible.
Ironically, these days there are 58 English-language versions of the Bible for sale. There also happens to be a Reader’s Digest version. In the end, the first official English-language Bible was ...
Last spring, the National Council of Churches commissioned the Society of Biblical Literature to lead a review and update of the New Revised Standard Version translation of the Bible. The new NRSV ...
The Vulgate became the predominantly used Bible of the Middle Ages and has endured to this day as a translation that at least one prominent linguist considers one of the very best available. “ ...
He presented the text as intended by them, but introduced consistent modern spelling and presentation for ease of use. The Bible is small enough to carry on the person and comes either with or without ...