Comments on: REB selections from 1 Timothy

By: Lingamish

Lingamish — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:21:35 +0000

The answer is, no, it doesn’t match the Greek. But I kinda like it.

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:55:23 +0000

I asked Peter Kirk that question a while back – if he’d heard any rumblings of an REB update – and he seemed to indicate that the REB wasn’t in significant use these days in the UK except in a few of the more liberal churches. I thought I read somewhere that the Jerusalem Bible might be getting a third update, but I can’t be sure right now.

By: R. Mansfield

R. Mansfield — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:55:26 +0000

It’s hard to imagine that the REB is approaching two decades in age now. I wonder if there are any plans for a third revision.

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:27:04 +0000

Yes, the REB has been my favorite “reading” Bible for a long time now, even with the odd British’isms. I also have a text-only hardback from Cambridge that looks and feels like a classic literature tome, and the translation reads like it too. I don’t know if the REB’s translation voice matches the tone of the original languages, especially in the NT, but it certainly is beautiful to read!

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:58:26 +0000

I also have the REB red NT and have read it and enjoyed most of it – some places are unique or it has an “English” wording from across the sea but it is refreshing.