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Tuxedo_Mark
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I would post a poll, but it allows only ten choices. 
I got Good News Bible in Todayās English Version from Sunday School. Itās more of a paraphrase than I translation. Itās notable for including both the Hebrew and Greek versions of Esther, separately, as well as the various additions to the Greek texts of other books. It also includes the books that are in the Orthodox canon. I donāt read it much, though, because itās physical, and that would involve me having to walk over and pick it up.
When I do feel like reading the Bible, itās the New American Standard Bible, because of all of the footnotes.
However, one that Iāve been looking into recently is The Unvarnished New Testament. The translator, Andy Gaus, disregards tradition and translates the original Greek directly into modern English. Itās quite fascinating.
I got Good News Bible in Todayās English Version from Sunday School. Itās more of a paraphrase than I translation. Itās notable for including both the Hebrew and Greek versions of Esther, separately, as well as the various additions to the Greek texts of other books. It also includes the books that are in the Orthodox canon. I donāt read it much, though, because itās physical, and that would involve me having to walk over and pick it up.
When I do feel like reading the Bible, itās the New American Standard Bible, because of all of the footnotes.
However, one that Iāve been looking into recently is The Unvarnished New Testament. The translator, Andy Gaus, disregards tradition and translates the original Greek directly into modern English. Itās quite fascinating.
Iām just pointing out that these things would make me wary of ascribing too much weight to it.
ļø Msgr. R.A. Knoxā and āSheed & Wardā in gilt letters on the spine. Mine doesnāt have a dustjacket, but I would guess that it probably came with one. But I like that itās so plain and nondescript looking, and it has a nice sturdy feel to it, being a bit heavier than one would expect owing to the wonderful paper itās printed on. Thereās no bleed-through at all, and itās really easy on my eyes to read. Plus, itās all in a single column format, which I very much prefer. So at least the American edition of the New Testament came out during the war. The leather one though, which I also have in front of me, is listed as December 1945, and it was published in London by Burns, Oates and Washbourne, Ltd āPublishers to the Holy Seeā. So that one came out a few months after the war ended. And it certainly looks to me like it came from the publisher leather bound, because itās in fantastic shape, as though someone bought it and then just stuck it on a shelf. The leatherās black and so are the endpapers, and it all matches the traces of fabric that are visible at the edge of the spine. Sorry, I donāt know the actual name for that part of the book thatās fabric in between the paper and the spine itself, but itās all too perfect to be custom made I think. Maybe Iām mistaken, but I just have the sense that it was issued that way. Itās about the size of a standard mass market paperback, the type you would see at the end of a grocery store checkout lane, standard genre fiction size. The complete Knox Bible I have is the one published by Baronius, with a black hardcover. I like it a lot, but if they ever come out with the exact same Bible in that flexible burgundy cover their Douay-Rheims are offered in, I think I might pick up a copy. Iām guessing Baronius probably hears stuff like that all the time, so I wonāt bug them. Iāll just wait and see if it ever happens.