1970: The first complete version of the New American Bible is published. It consists of new translations of Old Testament done from the Greek and Hebrew between 1952 and 1970. 1986: A revised New ...

Almost 20 years in the making, a revised Old Testament uses updated language to get readers closer to the ancient texts. Copies of the New American Bible, a Catholic Bible in English first ...

At the stated meeting of the managers of the American Bible Society ... proposing to this Society to print an edition of 20,000 copies of the R[???]val Esthonian Testament and Psalms; from ...

It’s hard to imagine a more influential book than the Bible. When its ancient Old Testament and not-quite-as-ancient New Testament are taken into account, the Bible has been a part of the human ...

Two hundred years ago, the American Bible Society was founded to distribute ... “Good News for Modern Man,” which provided the New Testament in accessible language rather than a strict word ...

The New Testament translation was last revised in 1986. By way of comparison, the translation portion of revising the New American Bible's Old Testament began in 1994 and was finished in 2001.

American Bible Society executive Barbara Bernstengel said that while the society applauds the pastors’ outreach, "the wording is misleading and inappropriate for a New Testament cover.

After beginning with a question about the change in American ... New Israel. And as you point out in your question, even the least pious, indeed deist, of Founders leaned heavily on the Old ...