[Uucf-bible] Uucf-bible Digest, Vol 54, Issue 4
Adin A. Eichler
5skandhas at gmail.com
Sat Nov 8 13:25:39 EST 2008
Thanks (y gracias) to everyone for your detailed recommendations.
I will research each one by one.
Take good care.
Adin Eichler
San Francisco
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.
- Zechariah 9:11-12
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> 1. Modern translation of Bible (Adin A. Eichler )
> 2. Re: Modern translation of Bible (RevRonRobinson at aol.com)
> 3. Re: Modern translation of Bible (rjrosen1 at verizon.net)
> 4. Re: Modern translation of Bible (Timothy Jensen)
> 5. Re: Modern translation of Bible (RevRonRobinson at aol.com)
> 6. Re: Modern translation of Bible (erikanollwebb)
> 7. Re: Modern translation of Bible
> ( Francisco Javier Lagunes Gait?n )
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:50:16 -0800
> From: "Adin A. Eichler " <5skandhas at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Uucf-bible] Modern translation of Bible
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> Can anyone recommend a good, modern translation of the Bible with
> commentary?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Adin Eichler
> San Francisco
>
>
> Whenever the people are well-informed, they
> can be trusted with their own government.
> - Thomas Jefferson
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 14:44:14 EST
> From: RevRonRobinson at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Uucf-bible] Modern translation of Bible
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> Adin, hi. I normally recommend the study bibles for either Harper Collins
> or
> Oxford which come with good introductions and footnotes. Not perfect but
> good
> especially for non-scholars. It is the New Revised Standard Version. For
> extra there is the Harper's Bible Commentary. blessings, Ron Robinson,
> _www.uuchristian.org_ (http://www.uuchristian.org)
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> Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:14:16 -0600 (CST)
> From: rjrosen1 at verizon.net
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> Adin,
>
> I agree with Rev. Ron's recommendations. But remember that these
> bible/commentary combinations have information limitations based mainly
> on
> space. And some of them have info preceeding each book, while others also
> include notes within the texts. Its helpfull to have one or more good
> separate commentaries around just in case you want to delve into a book
> or
> passage more deeply.
>
> Also, when purchasing the Harper Collins or Oxford editions, be sure to
> get the latest editions. These have been updated within the past two
> years
> or so.
>
> Another excellent bible is the recently published Orthodox Study Bible.
> The New Testament translation is from the New King James Version, and the
> Old Testament is the St. Athanasius Academy Septuagint (SAAS). Give this
> one serious consideration.
>
> The Jewish Publication Society produces The Jewish Study Bible.
> Excellent. Obviously, and understandably, the only limitation is its lack
> of The New Testament.
>
> Richard
>
> Richard J. Rosen
> Brier, WA
>
> Nov 7, 2008 10:55:10 AM, uucf-bible at lists.uua.org wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend a good, modern translation of the Bible with
> commentary?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Adin Eichler
> San Francisco
>
> Whenever the people are well-informed, they
> can be trusted with their own government.
> - Thomas Jefferson
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:05:42 -0500
> From: Timothy Jensen <uucleric at mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re: [Uucf-bible] Modern translation of Bible
> To: "biblical conversation, study, and spirituality"
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> Actually, I suspect we ALL can. Before I just answer your question
> though, I have a few of my own. Specifically, what are you planning to
> use this Bible for? General Reading? Academic Bible study? Personal
> Devotional study? These kinds of considerations can shape the answer to
> your question quite profoundly.
>
> As a general, all-around study Bible I still prefer the Oxford Annotated
> NRSV with Apocrypha
> <
> http://www.amazon.com/Revised-Standard-Version-Bible-Apocrypha/dp/0195283309/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226089207&sr=8-17
> >
> and its companion Commentary
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Bible-Commentary-John-Barton/dp/0198755007/ref=ed_oe_h
> and Atlas
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Bible-Atlas-Adrian-Curtis/dp/0191001589/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226089207&sr=8-20
>
> These three volumes alone are a fantastic Bible study library that could
> easily last you a lifetime. For general reading I also enjoy the
> so-called "Good News" Bible (or TEV "Today's English Version") simply
> because it DOESN'T sound like "scripture" and thus is easier for me to
> curl up with. Oxford used to do a study edition of it as well, but it
> no longer seems to be in print. This looks like the closest thing to it
> though
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Good-News-Bible-Deuterocanonicals-Apocrypha/dp/0840712715/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226089864&sr=8-3
>
> Along these same lines, I've also been reading Clarence Jordan's Cotton
> Patch Gospel -- four volumes, and so far as I know only available as a
> set through Koinonia Farms (although I do see multiple individual
> volumes on Amazon)
>
> I love things put out by the Jesus Seminar, so also near the top of MY
> list would be their four color translation of the Five Gospels
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Five-Gospels-Really-Search-AUTHENTIC/dp/006063040X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226091259&sr=8-1
>
> And then for the truly monumental Bible and Commentary in one, try the
> 12 volume New Interpreters Bible. Don't panic at the price; it's the
> sort of thing you can (and should) collect one volume at a
> timehttp://
> www.amazon.com/New-Interpreters-Bible-Set-Index/dp/0687332311/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226091460&sr=1-15
>
> Finally, I've always been kind of a sucker for parallel translations
> which allow you to look at different versions side by side. Here's one
> that looks pretty good, in that it combines four of what I would
> describe as the "better" more conservative translations in a single
> volume.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Comparative-Study-Bible-Revised-ZONDERVAN/dp/0310903335/ref=pd_cp_b_1
>
> I could go on, but this is doubtlessly more than enough. The only thing
> I would add is that there are now plenty of fantastic on-line Bible
> study translations and tools now also. Here's one I think is one of the
> best: http://biblos.com/
>
> Hope this does it for you!
>
> Tim Jensen, Portland ME
>
> Adin A. Eichler wrote:
>
> >Can anyone recommend a good, modern translation of the Bible with
> >
> >
>
> >commentary?
> >
> >Thank you in advance.
> >
> >Adin Eichler
> >San Francisco
> >
> >
> > Whenever the people are well-informed, they
> > can be trusted with their own government.
> > - Thomas Jefferson
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 16:55:27 EST
> From: RevRonRobinson at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Uucf-bible] Modern translation of Bible
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> Thanks Tim for the fuller response and especially for mentioning Cotton
> Patch Gospel and Koinonia. If I haven't for the group, I recommend you rent
> the
> DVD of Briars in the Cotton Patch, about the Rev. Clarence Jordan and
> Koinonia
> and the remarkable story of the Christian community in Georgia doing its
> integrated work in the early 1940s and birthing eventually Habitat for
> Humanity.
> Folks can rent the DVD I know through netflix. It is perfect in length for
> a
> small group viewing and discussion. And powerful. Its message of what a
> small
> group can accomplish living in the spirit of Jesus is a good lesson for us
> all.
> blessings
> Ron
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> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 12:57:27 -0700
> From: erikanollwebb <erikanollwebb at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Uucf-bible] Modern translation of Bible
> To: "biblical conversation, study, and spirituality"
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> I like the The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, New Revised
> Standard Version.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Adin A. Eichler <5skandhas at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Can anyone recommend a good, modern translation of the Bible with
> > commentary?
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > Adin Eichler
> > San Francisco
> >
> >
> > Whenever the people are well-informed, they
> > can be trusted with their own government.
> > - Thomas Jefferson
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 17:24:06 -0600
> From: " Francisco Javier Lagunes Gait?n " <unitarius at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Uucf-bible] Modern translation of Bible
> To: "biblical conversation, study, and spirituality"
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> Hi Adin!
>
> In Spanish there are a couple of good resources I would recommend to you,
>
> The best for professionals, (alas a little bit technical in its language
> comments) is:
>
> "Sagrada Biblia (Versi?n cr?tica sobre los textos Hebreo, Arameo y Griego)"
> by Francisco Cantera Burgos & Manuel Iglesias Gonz?lez, Biblioteca de
> Autores Cristianos, Madrid, 2000 (a reprint from the 1979). It is a
> translation preapared by some of the most acclaimed Catholic scholars of
> the
> 1970's.
>
> One great resource for begginers study is the dynamic interconfessional
> translation (in Americas' Spanish) "Biblia de Estudio Dios Habla Hoy",
> Sociedades B?blicas Unidas. It is the first edition by SBU to include
> historical-critical comments. In an everyday spanish.
>
> Saludos fraternos desde M?xico,
>
> Francisco Javier Lagunes Gait?n
> Integrante de la
> Libre Congregaci?n Unitaria de M?xico
> http://lcum.blogspot.com/
>
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