Comments on: In search of a common Bible: the Revised English Bible http://heissufficient.com/2007/09/04/in-search-of-a-common-bible-the-revised-english-bible/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-search-of-a-common-bible-the-revised-english-bible A personal walk in a wilderness of words Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:32:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ken Diercouff http://heissufficient.com/2007/09/04/in-search-of-a-common-bible-the-revised-english-bible/#comment-178 Ken Diercouff Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:50:52 +0000 http://heissufficient.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/in-search-of-a-common-bible-the-revised-english-bible/#comment-178 The REB is in places a literary masterpiece. Most of it reads great and somewhat poeticallly. However, this is a British translation, and it is filled with a lot of Britishisms. I don't have my copy with me now or I would give some examples. Also, the REB uses several renderings for "flesh," which could confuse a new reader. I wish that a scholarly American group could get the copyrights to the REB and modify some of the difficult passages. The REB is in places a literary masterpiece. Most of it reads great and somewhat poeticallly. However, this is a British translation, and it is filled with a lot of Britishisms. I don’t have my copy with me now or I would give some examples. Also, the REB uses several renderings for “flesh,” which could confuse a new reader.

I wish that a scholarly American group could get the copyrights to the REB and modify some of the difficult passages.

]]> By: Blog reading level vs. translation preference « He is sufficient http://heissufficient.com/2007/09/04/in-search-of-a-common-bible-the-revised-english-bible/#comment-177 Blog reading level vs. translation preference « He is sufficient Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:03:13 +0000 http://heissufficient.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/in-search-of-a-common-bible-the-revised-english-bible/#comment-177 [...] versions, I’ve gone back (for the time being) to a combination of the NASB (formal) and the REB (functional), both translations with fairly high reading levels if I recall [...] [...] versions, I’ve gone back (for the time being) to a combination of the NASB (formal) and the REB (functional), both translations with fairly high reading levels if I recall [...]

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