In this week’s All Things Considered, Richard Littledale explores how the work of Bible translation begun by John Wycliffe ...
“The Catholics have done it; the Protestants have done it; AND NOW THE JEWS ARE GOING TO DO IT!” So began a 1956 solicitation letter for, of all things, a new Jewish translation of the Bible. Fifty ...
Have you ever wondered which are the best and most accurate bible translations according to scholars? Before we get into any deeper analysis, let’s first make some things clear. There are over ...
NIV vs. KJV: Surveys and searches suggest the translation that most Americans are reading is actually not the bookstore bestseller. When Americans reach for their Bibles, more than half of them pick ...
The Bible has sold more copies than any other book, and it’s been translated into 349 different languages (though parts have been translated into far more—upwards of 2000 languages). In addition to ...
As good as many modern versions are, they often do not allow us to hear what the Holy Spirit actually said Translations are both a gift and a problem for the body of Christ. As members of that body, ...
English-speaking Christians were handed the King James Bible 400 years ago. But much of it was copied from a translation made 50 years earlier by William Tyndale. Rev. Paul Cross, who teaches at the ...
10th June 1953: The first issue of the first edition of the 'Authorised Version' of the English Bible, printed in London in 1611 by Robert Barker. Commissioned by King James I, it is also known as the ...