Author: Pastor David

God’s Word Translation

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AUTHOR: Baker Publishing Group
AVAILABILITY: Immediate download and unlock of module
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS: Includes passage headings, paragraphs and poetry indentation, footnotes
DESCRIPTION

GOD’S WORD Translation (GW) accurately translates the meaning of the original texts into clear, everyday language. Readable and reliable, GW is living, active, and life-changing.




GW was translated by a committee of biblical scholars and English reviewers to ensure accurate, natural English that preserves the styles of the biblical writers.

The GW translation team weighed the various factors that affect readability as they produced the translation. The readability of GW is not an accident. It is the result of the team’s careful use of readability principles.
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Revised English Bible Evaluation

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From Tyndale Archive.com

In 1974, the Joint Committee of the Churches, which had produced the New English Bible, decided to begin a major revision of the text. By this time, there were changes in the composition of the Joint Committee. The Roman Catholic Church, with representatives from the hierarchies of England and Wales, of Scotland, and of Ireland, entered into full membership. The United Reformed Church, which was a recent union of the Presbyterian Church of England and the Congregational Church, was represented. Then representatives of the Salvation Army and the Moravian Church joined the committee. Continue reading →