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Summary: Good Bible
Review: This is a fairly decent Bible, but it is difficult to read. I really wish that the bracketed parts were not the same color as the normal text. They should come out with a version where all of the normal text is black, and the bracketed parts are a light (but visible) gray. This would make reading it so much easier. Sometimes I just don't care what's in the brackets, and want to read fluidly, but it's so difficult! You constantly have to move your eyes around to find where the brackets begin and end, start reading, stop, look, start, stop, look, etc.
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Summary: A Great Second Bible for the Bible-literate
Review: This is an excellent Bible for those who want a literal (not paraphrased) translation that is scholarly but also easy to understand. It opens up familiar texts and gives them a bright new color. Psalm 23 is a good example of this. This is the Bible to buy if you want to take a fresh new look at the Word of God but don't want a Bible that reads like a children's book.
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Summary: There's nothing closer to the truth!
Review: This version has been my favorite for years! There's just nothing like it, short of learning the Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic languages on your own and then reading the original texts in their original writings!The Amplified version expounds on all important words and gives you the original intent and meaning, according to the language spoken at that time and/or the original language used to pen the scriptures. You'll never read another version that brings this much understanding to your studies! Alan Horvath
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Summary: Great Bible
Review: This version of the bible is somewhat hard to read in that it's choppy. It takes a little more concentration on your part to get the whole picture being painted with this paraphrased bible, but does add more insight into the true meaning of God's word. Although it's not as easy to read as the NIV or NLT versions, I still recommend it for a more expanded learning experience.
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Summary: Outstanding Second Bible
Review: When reading the Bible in different translations readers are often struck by the different words used by different translations. That is even between two Literal (word-for-word) translations (like the King James and the NRSV). When you get into a Dynamic Equivalence translation (like NIV) or a Free translation (like Phillips) you can be astounded, and wonder if the translators were using the same source material. Idealy, students of the Bible should be able to read it in the orginal Hebrew, Aramaic, and koine Greek. But that's an ideal the vast majority of us will never be able to meet. Enter the Amplified Bible. The purpose of the AB is to give English readers a better feel for the original material by amplifying the translation. The AB starts with an excellent Literal translation and then uses brackets and parentheses to amplify any word that doesn't have a literal English equivalent. Brackets []contain clarifying words or comments not in the original. Parentheses () include additional meanings to the original word that the English word doesn't, for example the Greek work transliterated as pisteuo, is usually translated as 'believes', but in the orginal actually means much more. See my example from John in the next paragraph. John 11:25- "Jesus said to her, I am [Myself] the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on) Me, although he may die, yet he shall live." Why do I title this "Outstanding Second Bible"? I find that for my first read thru on any section, I prefer to use a good study Bible, as the amplified material interrupts the flow of the narrative. Especially for those new to Bible study, the amplifications can be confusing. Read your primary Bible first, then look at the AB to ensure you have a good grasp of the word meanings. My personal recomendations for primary study Bibles are: for Literal translation, the "Harper-Collins NRSV Study Bible", and for Dynamic Equivalence translation, the "Concordia Self-Study Bible (NIV)". To sum up, the Amplified Bible is an outstanding tool for anyone interested in serious Bible study, my only caveat is that it shouldn't be your primary text.
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Summary: Add this volume to your shelf.
Review: While you'll want to stay with your traditional Bible as your mainstay, you'll also find the Amplified Bible a most helpful and welcome reference. Think of it as a dictionary or thesaurus, which is the category in which I rate it five stars. It helps me understand references and images that I would have completely missed, thus enriching my reading. If you don't mind having some help with an ancient text, add this serious effort to your collection. (By the way, this book comes in more than one edition, and the extras included will vary. Some editions have a summary of each Book, for example, while others do not.)
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Summary: It's not the Word of God
Review: Yet another translation of the Holy Bible?!!
'How many versions of the Holy Bible do you Christians need?' surely is the question an unbelieving world will ask.
Why don't you get out and preach the gospel rather than hide inside and scuffle through all your translations, dictionaries and concordances?!
The AB meaning in many places is different to the KJV.
I have found 15 cases just from casual reading including
HEBREWS 6 v 2... 'Baptisms' changed to 'Purifying'
ROMANS 16 v 1... 'Servant' changed to 'Deaconess'
MARK 10 v 21 'Take up the Cross' omitted entirely This should be enough to raise concern... if you really love the Word of God and fear the warnings about 'adding or taking away' from it. Finally the Westcott and Hort greek text from which the AB is derived was found to be hopelessly at fault...
"The fact that the Revisers have discredited a passage so important as the ending of Mark's Gospel is enough in itself to arouse suspicion as to their entire work, and to create a feeling of uncertainty as to their fitness for the great task entrusted them. For the evidence in favour of the authenticity of that passage is simply overwhelming."
pg 95 True or False. Which Version
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