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Jewish Publication Society Old Testament

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Jewish Publication Society Translation (1917)

The Holy Scriptures, according to the Masoretic Text. A New Translation with the Aid of Previous Versions and with Constant Consultation of Jewish Authorities. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1917.

This version of the Old Testament is an American Jewish revision of the English Revised Version of 1885, done by a committee of seven members appointed in 1908 by the Jewish Publication Society and the Central Conference of American Rabbis. Of the seven members, only the chief editor, Max Margolis of Dropsie College, was a professional Bible scholar. The other members were Solomon Schechter, Cyrus Adler, and Joseph Jacobs, representing the Publication Society, and Kaufman Kohler, David Philipson, and Samuel Schulman, representing the Conference of Rabbis. The initial draft of the revision was done by Margolis in about a year, and this draft was reviewed, discussed and amended by a majority vote of the committee during meetings that were held from 1908 to 1915. – Description from http://www.bible-researcher.com/jps1917.html




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Septuagint

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Septuagint

The Septuagint

Sometime between the 4th and the 1st century BCE, Jewish scholars, in an attempt to broaden the reach of the Jewish Bible, translated the bible into Greek, producing the_Septuagint. Due both to the process of translation as well as the source material, this translation resulted in extra books being added to the canon which are not generally recognized by Orthodox Jews or Protestant Christian Churches. The Septuagint is one of the main sources for the Greek authors of the New Testament.




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Reina Valera 1960

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La Reina-Valera es, en un sentido estricto, el conjunto de revisiones hechas por las Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas de la revisión de una de las primeras traducciones de la Biblia al castellano (la Biblia del oso) y, en un sentido más amplio, incluye las revisiones hechas por otras entidades que se basan en los textos de la Reina-Valera. La obra fue hecha a partir de la traducción realizada al castellano por Casiodoro de Reina, basada en la traducción que a su vez realizó San Jerónimo de los textos originales en hebreo y griego (La Vulgata) y fue publicada en Basilea, Suiza, el 28 de septiembre de 1569.1​2​ Su traductor fue Casiodoro de Reina, religioso español convertido al protestantismo.2​ Recibe el sobrenombre de Reina-Valera por haber hecho Cipriano de Valera la primera revisión de ella en 1602.2​




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NASB New American Standard Bible 1977

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AUTHOR: The Lockman Foundation
AVAILABILITY: Immediate download and unlock of module
PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS: Includes more than 17,000 translator’s notes and 93,000 cross references.
READING LEVEL: 11

1971, updated 1995. A revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Formal modern English; somewhat difficult but more readable than KJV.




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Since its completion in 1971, the New American Standard Bible has been widely embraced as “the most literally accurate English translation” from the original languages. Millions of people, students, scholars, pastors, missionaries, and laypersons alike, trust the NASB, learning from it and applying it to the challenges of their daily lives. Discover what the original text says, word for word.This is the original 1977 edition of the NASB. It includes italics for words which are not in the original, poetry styling and small caps, chapter headings, numerous translator’s notes (more than 17,000) and cross-references (more than 93,000).NOTICE: You may be interested in checking the NASB Bundle that includes the 1977 edition of the NASB, along with the 1995 update and more resources. Upgrades are not available.

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