tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873216556228508960.post198930528995846190..comments2023-11-18T16:25:49.639-05:00Comments on The Flying Inn: How to Keep People From Reading the BibleRick Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452333419811372713noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873216556228508960.post-61826720543167217972011-10-05T06:23:58.754-05:002011-10-05T06:23:58.754-05:00When I'm teaching or studying I like to have a...When I'm teaching or studying I like to have an edition with all the notes and columns, etc. When I'm just reading the Bible though, I like to use an edition written in paragraphs with as little obtrusiveness as possible from notes and other things. I like to use the NEB for this sometimes, though the translation isn't great. When I'm reading the OT, I use the JPS Tanakh translation which reads well, and I would very much like to get my hands on a Jerusalem Bible as it is one of the only translations that consistently uses "Yahweh" instead of "LORD" throughout the OT.Rick Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07452333419811372713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873216556228508960.post-28072425648773385112011-09-29T11:25:07.334-05:002011-09-29T11:25:07.334-05:00Very interesting -- I have a KJV edition of "...Very interesting -- I have a KJV edition of "The Bible, designed to be read as living literature," which seems to have followed most of the recommendations in Quiller-Couch's playbook to make the Bible more readable and more like a "regular book." Devotionally, I still usually use editions that are more like the kind Q-C criticizes. How about you?Ioannes Augustushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087483228696986599noreply@blogger.com