The Common English Bible
March 3rd, 2012. Filed under: This & That.
I received a review copy of this Bible courtesy of Audra Jennings of the B & B Media Group Inc. It’s a ThinLine Bible which is a very nice size – comfortable in hand, but print not too small to read easily.
I chose to receive a copy with the apocrypha. These books are not part of the Hebrew Scriptures and are of questionable authorship or authenticity, but I wanted to read them for historical background.
I prefer the translations that put the words of Jesus in red letters, but am adapting to reading this one. For my devoted time, I go back to either the Revised Standard or New Revised Standard translations, as I’m most comfortable with them. This is from my Bible college days, and is well marked and with notations in the margins. (Before college I thought a person was never supposed to write in the Bible.)
I will be posting on this translation through May. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comment section or go here to read it for yourself.