New English Bible
Americannoun
noun
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This mostly felicitous British rendition updates the New English Bible of 1970, shedding thees and thous and many male nouns and pronouns.
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But as a popular work now intended both for broad public consumption and church use, the New English Bible may well be the most notable effort in centuries.
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He earned a double first at Cambridge, has written nine books and coordinated the translation of the New English Bible from Greek and Hebrew.
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Still, the language does not "fly as high" as that of the New English Bible, and Father Sloyan admits: "It may be said that, being American, we have done the lowbrow thing."
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The New English Bible, its translators hope, will not only introduce the Scripture to those for whom it has been a closed book but will also freshen its meaning for those who know it well.
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