Miscellaneous Bible translations

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These are other translation projects which are worthy of note which are not easily classified in the other groups:

Anchor Bible Series - The Anchor Bible is a translation treating the Bible merely as a historical text; each book is translated by a different scholar, with extensive critical commentary. Most translations of the Bible have been authorized or made by religious people for religious use. However, historians and philologists have studied the Bible as an historical and literary text and this is the most well known of these secular translations.

Jefferson Bible - Not a translation, but a work of US President Thomas Jefferson that omits everything except the non-miraculous sections of the four canonical Gospels. All that remains is an entirely mundane account of the life of Christ, regarded by the deist as not the son of God, but still the most profound ethical teacher ever known to the human race.

New English Translation - The NET Bible ® (acronym for New English Translation) is a free, on-line English translation of the Bible,

World English Bible - The World English Bible (also known as WEB) is a public domain translation of the Bible that is based on the 1901 American Standard Version, the Greek Majority Text, and the Hebrew Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia.

the word on the street - This is the Bible as performance art. In the words of the author, ""No way is this the Proper Bible. It’s a trailer for, an intro to, an overview of The Bible (capital "B"). For those who’ve never read it, And those who’ve read it so much it’s gone stale on them".

[The Aussie Bible (Well, bits of it anyway)] - This is not actually a complete Bible, but more a highly selective paraphrase by Australian author and journalist Kel Richards. The Aussie Bible is a re-telling of the story of Jesus' life from His birth to resurrection in the Australian vernacular

[The Joseph Smith Translation]. A translation of the King James Version of the Bible done by Joseph Smith Jr., the first president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Claimed to be inspired the Lord to restore truths to the Bible text that had become lost or changed since the original words were written.

Book of Yahweh - This "sacred name" version of the Bible is published by The House of Yahweh in Abilene, Texas. It is a modern English translation which uses the names Yahweh and Yahshua in place of God and Jesus. It also uses the Hebrew forms of place and personal names, particularly where the name of Yahweh is part of the name (such as Yeremyah for Jeremiah). Its translator claims it to be one of the most accurate English translations available anywhere today, although it eschews much of Christian theology and dogma due to its alleged pagan origins. It also does not distinguish between the Old and New Testaments, maintaining that the New Testament, rather than being a "New" covenant, is a "re-"newal of the "Old" covenant.

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