Modern Language Bible

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Book Overview

Trustworthy scholarship and contemporary usage mean that The Modern Language Bible is a useful resource for pastors, students, and laypeople. This thorough revision of the 1959 Berkeley Version is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 094357580X
• ISBN13: 9780943575803
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Hendrickson Pub
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.5" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

My Favorite Translation!

As a lay person, I don't know Greek, so I make frequent use of my Strong's Concordance and Thayer's Lexicon to check on the original meaning of many words. Out of my approximately 30 old and new translations of the Bible, I find this one to be "dead on" in nearly every case. The footnotes are the best I've found. I've read them all, as they are so helpful. I've had it rebound three times and keep coming back to it. I plan to by a new one and have it bound in leather before using it!

Great and easy to understand.

This was a great bible to purchase. It is in modern day english which is very easy to understand than the King James Version. It also gives great tips or references to what is going on or what words mean at the bottom of every page.

A Good Modern Bible

The Modern Language Bible is a revision of the Berkeley Bible that Gerrit Verkuyl originally did.This Bible reads easily.The chronological dates are printed over some of the books and chapters.That is helpful as well as the modern equivalents of weights,distance,and money value.Two examples are Deut.3:11"Og king of Bashan was the last survivor remaining of the Rephaim,his bedstead was a couch made of iron 13 1/2 feet long and 6 feet wide."And a footnote on MT 26:15 "these pieces of silver were probably silver shekels equal in mid-twentieth century US currency to a little more than one dollar per shekel.Judas' price for betraying Christ was from thirty to thirty five dollars." That kind of puts things in a different perspective,a modern perspective.It is a lot easier to understand terms like feet rather than cubits or dollars as opposed to shekels. Another important aspect of this version is that it stays true to the Messianic promise and prophecies of the Old Testament. Subject Descriptions and Chapter numbers at the top of pages are nice for navigating this book. The footnotes are extensive and they are some of the better Bible footnotes that I have come across to date.This would make an excellent study Bible for anyone interested in a modern version of the Bible.As far as accuracy goes,the Modern Language Bible-New Berkeley Version is an accurate translation.

One of the Best Translations

The Modern Language Bible aka the New Berkeley Version is based on Hebrew and Greek texts and was translated by Gerrit Verkuyl. This translation so well balanced, it can be used for study, devotions, and public reading. It does not use archaic language, but it also avoids colloquialisms. For example, in the NIV, Matthew 27:24 is rendered: When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. "I am innocent of this man's blood," he said. "It is your responsibility." The Modern Language Bible rendered the passage: When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing but instead a riot was brewing, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this man; you yourselves see to it." One of the unique features of this Bible are the footnotes at the bottom of each page, which provide historical, theological, and devotional information. For example, the two footnotes for Isaiah 7:14 state: n) The Hebrew term "almah" is also applied to Miriam at about 14 {Ex. 2:8}; and to Rebekah, whose virginity is affirmed {Gen. 24:16}. The Greek translation made before Christ, has parthenos, usually rendered "virgin." o) God with us. An unusual child indeed {cf. Isa. 8:8; 9:6}. The Modern Language Bible is an excellent tool for both study and devotional purposes.