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Summary: A nice translation, good notes.
Review: I enjoyed the translation. It is in nice literary English. The notes are interesting. On a personal note, this particular edition of the bible served as the primary one I used in high school. The explanatory notes were helpful.The main deficiency here is that four deuterocanonical books important to the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches are not included: 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, Prayer of Manasseh, and Psalm 151. This bible would also benefit from a greater explanation of the problems of canonicity that have lead to the deuterocanonical/protocanonical distinction. My description of this problem is motivated by my own family's necessity for an ecumenical bible (we are Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Byzantine Catholic).
Rating:
Summary: A nice translation, good notes.
Review: I enjoyed the translation. It is in nice literary English. The notes are interesting. On a personal note, this particular edition of the bible served as the primary one I used in high school. The explanatory notes were helpful. The main deficiency here is that four deuterocanonical books important to the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches are not included: 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, Prayer of Manasseh, and Psalm 151. This bible would also benefit from a greater explanation of the problems of canonicity that have lead to the deuterocanonical/protocanonical distinction. My description of this problem is motivated by my own family's necessity for an ecumenical bible (we are Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Byzantine Catholic).
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