Monthly Archives: July 2008

The amplified woman

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: July 30, 2008
No, I’m not talking about Joyce Meyer. In the comments to Rick Mansfield’s missive on the rising fortunes of the NLT translation, there was an interesting side discussion about the Amplified Bible, which is seemingly unique in its effort to catch the range of functional meanings of a passage through the use of multiple renderings [...]
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The business of Bibles

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: July 28, 2008
Kevin O’Brien has written a thoughtful article on the business of Bible publishing, especially related to the market opportunity of “niche” Bibles. He describes the various factors of “can we?” vs. “should we?” when it comes to making publishing decisions. I’m far too familiar with Kevin’s dilemnas, having spent almost 10 years in the software publishing [...]
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Just a quick note about the NLTSB…

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: July 27, 2008
First, a huge “thank you” to the team at Tyndale for providing me with a review copy of the NLT Study Bible (NLTSB) to look at and post about. The package arrived Friday afternoon just as we were finishing up packing for a weekend away with friends in northern Minnesota. Needless to say, my planned [...]
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NLT Study Bible: focusing on historical context

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: July 23, 2008
Sean Harrison has written a short post on the NLT Study Bible blog about “How is the NLT Study Bible Different?” In it, he makes statements that are music to my ears: Basically, the NLT Study Bible focuses on the meaning and message of the text as understood in and through the original historical context. [...] [...]
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Kingdom life: “Roommates for Jesus”

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: July 22, 2008
HT: more fire The New York Press has a compelling story about a communal Christian house in Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn) run by blogger Jason Storbakken: [They] are taking part in a form of cohabitation that few young New Yorkers could fathom: communal living with a religious twist. [...] It is a multiracial bunch, mostly made up of non-native [...]
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