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The World English Bible (WEB) is an English translation of the Bible freely shared online. [5] The translation work began in 1994 [ 4 ] and was deemed complete in 2020. [ 2 ] Created by Michael Paul Johnson with help from volunteers, [ 1 ] [ 6 ] the WEB is an updated revision of the American Standard Version from 1901.
The Common Bible of 1973 ordered the books in a way that pleased both Catholics and Protestants [citation needed]. It was divided into four sections: The Old Testament (39 Books) The Catholic Deuterocanonical Books (12 Books) The additional Eastern Orthodox Deuterocanonical Books (three Books; six Books after 1977) The New Testament (27 Books)
The Bible is the world's most published book, with estimated total sales of over five billion copies. [179] As such, the Bible has had a profound influence, especially in the Western world , [ 180 ] [ 181 ] where the Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed in Europe using movable type . [ 182 ]
The Common English Bible (CEB) is an English translation of the Bible whose language is intended to be at a comfortable reading level for the majority of English readers. [2] The translation, sponsored by an alliance of American mainline Protestant denomination publishers, was begun in late 2008 and was finished in 2011. [ 3 ]
A scroll of the Book of Job, in Hebrew. The Book of Job consists of a prose prologue and epilogue narrative framing poetic dialogues and monologues. [4] It is common to view the narrative frame as the original core of the book, enlarged later by the poetic dialogues and discourses, and sections of the book such as the Elihu speeches and the wisdom poem of chapter 28 as late insertions, but ...
The Contemporary English Version or CEV (also known as Bible for Today's Family) is a translation of the Bible into English, published by the American Bible Society. An anglicized version was produced by the British and Foreign Bible Society , which includes metric measurements for the Commonwealth market.
The Bible is the most translated book in the world. The United Bible Societies announced that as of 31 December 2007 [30] the complete Bible was available in 438 languages, 123 of which included the deuterocanonical material as well as the Tanakh and New Testament.
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