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This acclaimed translation is a revision of the best-selling New English Bible. Compiled by a committee representing all major churches, the REB is praised for its modern style and accuracy. It is regarded as the most eloquent and literary translation available.

The REB updates The New English Bible, retaining the latter's elegant literary style, but removing its archaisms. The REB employs a modest amount of inclusive language (e.g. 'brothers and sisters' for 'brothers') and is good for public reading. Like the NEB before it, the REB... Read Full Overview

The Revised English Bible is a home-grown Bible version produced by scholars from all the main UK churches, some of whom had worked on the REB's predecessor version, the New English Bible, twenty years earlier. The translators strove to produce natural, everyday English that... Read Full Overview

Specially designed for public reading, the REB Lectern Edition would make an exceptional gift for a church. It shares the same page numbering and layout as the Cambridge REB Standard Text Bibles. This Lectern Bible is bound in black imitation leather over boards and has three... Read Full Overview