New English Bible
The New English Bible | |
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Publisher | Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press |
Copyright | Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press 1961, 1970 |
In the beginning of creation, when God made heaven and earth, the earth was without form and void, with darkness over the face of the abyss, and a mighty wind that swept over the surface of the waters. God said "Let there be light", and there was light;
God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, that everyone who has faith in him may not die but have eternal life. |
The New English Bible (NEB) is an English translation of the Bible. The New Testament was published in 1961 and the Old Testament (with the Apocrypha) was published on 16 March 1970.[1] In 1989, it was significantly revised and republished as the Revised English Bible.
Background
Near the time when the
Translation
In due time, three committees of translators and one committee of literary advisers were enlisted to produce the New English Bible. Each of the translation committees was responsible for a different section of the Bible: the Old Testament, the Apocrypha, and the New Testament.
The work of translating was typically undertaken in this fashion: A member, or members, of one of the committees would produce a draft of a book, or books, of the Bible (typically from the section in which they were assigned) and submit the draft to the section committee. Occasionally a scholar outside the committee would be invited to participate in this phase of the translation process and was asked to submit a draft of the book or books with which he or she had renowned experience. This draft was then distributed among the members of the appropriate committee. Members of the committee would then meet and discuss the translation choices made in the draft. The draft that resulted from this meeting of the concerned committee was then sent to the committee of literary advisers, who would revise the draft in co-operation with the translators. When a consensus on the draft was reached, the final draft would be sent on to the Joint Committee, which was head over the four sub-committees.
For the
For the
For the New Testament the New English Bible translators relied on a large body of texts including early Greek New Testament manuscripts, early translations rendered in other languages (those aside from Greek), and the quotations of early Christian writers and speakers. The main source text of the New English Bible's New Testament can be found in
Form
The translators of the New English Bible chose to render their translation using a principle of translation called
This method of translation is in contrast to the traditional translations of the Authorized Version (
As a result, the New English Bible is necessarily more paraphrastic at times in order to render the thoughts of the original author into modern English.
Reception
Because of its scholarly translators, the New English Bible has been considered one of the more important translations of the Bible to be produced following the
The New English Bible was produced primarily by British and European scholarship (for example, Whitsuntide is rendered in 1 Corinthians 16:8 rather than Pentecost).
The New English Bible was produced before
The NEB with the Apocrypha is one of the versions authorized to be used in services of the
Contributors and sponsors
- Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland
- British and Foreign Bible Society
- Church of England
- Church of Scotland
- Congregational Church in England and Wales
- Council of Churches for Wales
- Irish Council of Churches
- Religious Society of Friends
- Methodist Church of Great Britain
- National Bible Society of Scotland
- Presbyterian Church of England
Members of the committees
Chairman of the Joint Committee responsible for translation
The Most Rev Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York (1961–1974).[7]
Old Testament committee
Apocrypha committee
Prof
New Testament Committee
Prof
Literary Committee
Scholarly Associates
Prof G.W. Anderson, Rev Matthew Black, Prof J.Y. Campbell, J.A.F. Gregg, H. St J. Hart, Prof F.S. Marsh, Prof John Mauchline, Dr H.G. Meecham, Prof C.R. North, Prof O.S. Rankin, Dr Nigel Turner.
Publications
- New English Bible. Bible Society. 1 January 1990. ISBN 978-0564002016.
- New English Bible, with Apocrypha. OUP. 1 January 1970. ISBN 978-1117062006.
References
- ^ "Britons Labored Long: New Bible Version Aims at the Young". Pittsburgh, PA, USA: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (published 16 March 1970). Associated Press (NYC, NY, USA). 15 March 1970. p. 2. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ISBN 978-0007108947.
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Eliot, T.S. (16 December 1962). "Letter of T.S. Eliot on the style of the New English Bible". Sunday Telegraph: 7. Retrieved 22 August 2019 – via Bible Research.
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Gifford, Henry (October 1961). "English ought to be kept down: The New English Bible: New Testament. By Oxford University Press; Cambridge University Press, 1961, 8s. 6d". Essays in Criticism. XI (4) (published 1 October 1961): 466–470. ISSN 0014-0856.
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Nicolson, Adam (2 August 2005). God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible. NYC: HarperCollins Publishers. p. 154. ISBN 978-0060838737.
- ^ "Constitution of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church" (PDF). Canons of the General Convention: Title II Worship: Canon 2: Of Translations of the Bible. p. 55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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Haynes, Kenneth (29 May 2008). Hill, Geoffrey (ed.). Collected Critical Writings (1st ed.). ISBN 978-0199208470.
Further reading
- Carter, Cecil (1976). The New English Bible. Prince George, B.C.: C. G. Carter; [S.l.]: distr. by the Trinitarian Bible Society (Canada). N.B.: An assessment of this English version of the Bible.
- Ebor, D., (Editor) (1970). The New English Bible with the Apocrypha. Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press.
- Lockyer (Sr.), H., (Editor), et al., (1986). Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc. ISBN 0-7852-5051-4
- ISBN 0-19-285439-9
- Nicolson, A., (2003). God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible. New York, NY: ISBN 0-06-083873-6