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The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language

vronsky — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:54:43 -0800

"At least once in your life you should read the Bible all the way through because it does not say what you expect it to say, no matter what you expect it to say. Here is the translation of the Bible you want to read: The Message. This new street-wise paraphrase is looser than a translation and so irks purists. But it is storming Christian campuses and youth groups with its boldness, readability, and strong vernacular. Translated by one amazing guy, it's as far from old King James as one can imagine. For those who find the Bible warmed-over old news, The Message is like reading it for the first time. --KK" (full text) also via cool tools -- The Qur'an: A New Translation The Way of the Sufi The Zen of Islam Mahabharata, Comic Book Quick intros to Hindu classics

Robert W. Funk, 1926-2005

matteo — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 11:44:12 -0800

We are going to inquire simply, rigorously after the voice of Jesus, after what he really said.
Robert Walter Funk, who died September 3, was the founder of the Jesus Seminar and one of the most influential New Testament scholars of his generation. The Jesus of Nazareth discovered by the Jesus Seminar was a wisdom teacher whose parables proclaimed the arrival of God's kingdom. He was not, in the judgment of the Seminar, the messiah of the end-times (.pdf file, go to page 5 and 6). Also: Funk's 21 theses.

New Bible 'Revolves' Around Teen Girls

ArsncHeart — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 01:00:13 -0800

This review from ABC News, covers a new version of the New Testament - designed to look like a fashion magazine, and marketed towards teen girls. [more inside]