Rainbow Good News Bible: (GNB)

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Also provided is a unique range of NEW features to help young children get the most out of the Bible and to find their way around: All D ynamic Equivalence Bibles are thought-for-thought Bibles. Dynamic Equivalence is simply the more technical term for thought-for-thought. After several months of interesting events, God’s judgment was “restrained” and the rain stopped ( Genesis 8:2), resulting in a rainbow that appeared in the sky.

This new approach to translation has been embraced by a wide range of Bible translations since. These include the NLT, the Jerusalem Bible, the NIV Bible, the CSB, and dozens more. Dynamic Equivalence is how a huge number of Bibles are translated to this day, but was pioneered in the Good News Bible. This means that the Good News Bible is firmly and proudly a thought-for-thought Bible. Its goal is to always communicate what is meant by the Bible text in a way that readers today can immediately grasp. How Easy is the Good News Bible to Read? For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life. - John 3:16 Finally, in 1976, the Good News Bible was finished. Published as ' Good News Bible: The Bible in Today's English Version' , the full-Bible edition would be known by many names: The Good News Bible, the Good News Translation, and Today’s English Version. Thought-for-thought Bibles operate under a different approach. They use a greater level of textual interpretation throughout their translation process. This includes taking in wider contexts and meanings as a guide to what the original text meant and how that text would appear in today’s language.Through the plain language, the Bible's message is made easily accessible to everyone, and according to recent research it is the preferred translation of those who do not read the Bible. Most editions include the iconic line drawings by Swiss artist Annie Vallotton. Adding to this, the Good News Bible was embraced across a large portion of Christianity and continues to be the Bible of choice for many Churches across the UK. And not only the UK, but across the world. Its elegant line drawings and immediately-graspable text have remained fixed in the hearts of Christians for decades. The Rainbow Good News Bible is ideal for use with children in primary schools and churches. It contains all the usual features of the Good News Bible as well as full-colour inserts, new introductions, 100 famous Bible stories, and a clear Bible overview. The Bible children choose to read. Retaining the tried and trusted Bible text along with Annie Vallotton’s famous line drawings, this ebook edition contains the following helpful Table of contents for finding book, chapter and verse The GNB comes in many editions published by Bible Society and HarperCollins, including most recently a Sports Edition in the year of the 2012 Olympics. It was anglicised for the British market by the British and Foreign Bible Society. Sample verse

This version of the Bible is like having a well-informed, fun friend helping you understand how it all fits together and pointing out bits to enjoy or wonder about. The illustrations are simply gorgeous, while the design and layout invite you to explore further.’ Two-colour throughout – helping to break up the text, highlight key information and improve the visual appeal Annie Vallotton’s signature style of line drawings was a perfect fit for the simple and clean text of the Good News Bible. Both the bible and its illustrations championed the simple and expressive truth of God’s word. The New Testament was first published as ‘Good News for Modern Man’ by the American Bible Society in 1966, and then the whole Bible was printed as Today's English Version (TEV) in 1976. In the USA it is now called the Good News Translation (GNT). As an example, this sentence you are currently reading would score at a Grade Nine on the readability test.

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The King James Bible arose from the need for an English Bible amongst the general population of 17th century England. The NIV Bible was birthed from a need for a Bible that reflected the language of 1970s America. The Messagefollowed that cause as modern English had moved on a lot since then.