The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs)
by Eugene H. Peterson
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Author: Eugene H. PetersonEdition: Paperback
Published: 2007-01-22
ISBN: 1600061354
Number of pages: 606
Publisher: NavPress Publishing Group
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Book Review: This is Not the Bible
Summary: 1 Stars
Look, I'm going to make this as simple as is possible. This book is not the Bible. It is a mistranslation, and a deliberate one. What this means is that every time the "translator" came to some passage that they thought you would have a hard time understanding, they asked themselves:
"What does this passage mean? Forget what it says, what does it mean?"
They DID NOT ask themselves:
"How can I translate what this passage says into contemporary, easy to read English?"
What this means is that every time the "translator" thought that a part of the Bible might be confusing, he took away your ability to puzzle over the Scripture. He said to himself, "It's more important that they think it says something easy to understand than it is for them to think about what it means."
Now, I'm hardly dogmatic when it comes to your Bibles. I know some Biblical Hebrew, so I take translation seriously, but I think that many of the Bibles that are out there have good things to add. Here are some many examples:
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The Bible: Authorized King James Version (Oxford World's Classics) - This Bible has beautiful language, but it can be difficult to read because it is not contemporary English. There are some translation issues as well, but for the most part it is very accurate. A good Bible.
Holy Bible, Revised Standard Version - An easy to read contemporary translation of the Bible.
The Holy Bible: New International Version - This is easy to read. It does have some issues with paraphrasing "confusing passages," but they are not nearly as prevalent. Still, I don't recommend it, but it is at least closer to a Bible than this "Message" piece of garbage.
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Now, before you buy this book you should really ask yourself these question seriously:
If the Bible has places in it that are confusing or difficult to understand, do you want to take one man's word for what those confusing parts mean, without even being made aware of which parts he is completely rewriting in order to make it "easier to understand"?
Without knowing him?
Without understanding his beliefs?
Or, would you prefer to read the Bible, another way? You could, for example, skim the confusing parts, and mark them with little post-it notes. Then, when you have read the Bible, you could come back to those post-it notes in a leisurely fashion, one post-it note for the month, and re-read the passage, and really think about what it could mean.
It isn't that hard to read the Bible. If you buy this book, you will have a travesty, not a Bible.
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