New English Bible
Americannoun
noun
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Jesuit Corbishley argues that Britain's still incomplete New English Bible could easily be modified for Catholic use; other Catholic scholars favor the Revised Standard Version, which is used in many Catholic seminaries.
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Now all this is changed; Naked Lunch will now be available at the friendly neighborhood bookstore, right there beside Youngblood Haivke and The New English Bible.
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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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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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But the New English Bible that is being translated by British Protestant scholars is no such trifle.
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