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REB Compact Edition (Revised English Bible) |
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Manufacturer: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS*
ISBN: 0191000094
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Description As a person who is well-read but have never really read the Bible, I am so glad I found the Revised English Bible. Growing up, I was always surrounded by bibles (especially the King James Version), but they never made much of an impact on me; I could understand the words well enough, but I couldn't feel their immediacy. So when I decided to seriously read the bible, I decided to look for an modern translation. I think I found the right one in the REB. Upon reading it, I was struck by how lucid the bible's ideas were presented to me. Take for example the famous 1 Corinthian 13 (?gIf I speak with the tongue of angels...?h) The following is from the New International Version (starting at 13:8):
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. ... Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Compare that with the REB translation:
Love will never come to an end. Prophecies will cease; tongues of ecstasy will fall silent; knowledge will vanish. For our knowledge and our prophecy alike are partial, and the partial vanishes when wholeness comes. ... At present we see only puzzling reflections in a mirror, but one day we shall see face to face. My knowledge now is partial; then it will be whole, like God's knowledge of me. There are three things that last for ever: faith, hope, and love; and the greatest of the three is love.
Upon reading the REB version, I was struck by the rhetorical unity in Paul's argument about love: its eternal, whole nature vs. the passing, partial nature of knowledge, and how God relates to us via love. The words engage you to follow the argument to its conclusion. The rhetorical trail in the NIV, I think, is a bit murkier. This is why I love the REB so much. The bible has become a joy to read. The REB, with its beautiful sentences, shows why the bible is one of the world's great literature. It illuminates and enlightens.
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