The New English Bible: New Testament
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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A landmark achievement in sacred literature, The New English Bible: New Testament presents the foundational scriptures of Christianity in a fresh, authoritative modern translation, commissioned by a joint committee of Protestant churches and first published in 1961. This edition chronicles the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ through the four Gospels, and details the dramatic spread of the early Christian church through the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Book of Revelation — rendered in clear, dignified contemporary English that swept away the archaic cadences of the King James tradition. The translation represents a monumental scholarly undertaking, drawing on the finest biblical scholars and linguists of the mid-twentieth century to produce a text of both academic rigour and spiritual immediacy. Rather than revising existing translations, the committee returned directly to ancient Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic sources, producing a version that is at once faithful to the original manuscripts and accessible to the modern reader. For students of theology, history, or literature, this Penguin edition remains an indispensable window into the texts that shaped Western civilisation — and a testament to the enduring power of words to transform the world.
Genre: Religion
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark achievement in sacred literature, The New English Bible: New Testament presents the foundational scriptures of Christianity in a fresh, authoritative modern translation, commissioned by a joint committee of Protestant churches and first published in 1961. This edition chronicles the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ through the four Gospels, and details the dramatic spread of the early Christian church through the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Book of Revelation — rendered in clear, dignified contemporary English that swept away the archaic cadences of the King James tradition. The translation represents a monumental scholarly undertaking, drawing on the finest biblical scholars and linguists of the mid-twentieth century to produce a text of both academic rigour and spiritual immediacy. Rather than revising existing translations, the committee returned directly to ancient Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic sources, producing a version that is at once faithful to the original manuscripts and accessible to the modern reader. For students of theology, history, or literature, this Penguin edition remains an indispensable window into the texts that shaped Western civilisation — and a testament to the enduring power of words to transform the world.