New American Bible, Revised Edition

The New American Bible, Revised Edition is available online now. Thanks to Catholic Bibles for the tip!

The Truth New Testament?

Does anyone have the Truth New Testament by Colin Urquhart?  If so, could you please send me John 14:6 and 2 Timothy 3:16-17?

The Kingdom New Testament

The Kingdom New Testament by N. T. Wright has been announced on HarperCollins website.  It is due to be released on October 25th.  It will be available in hardback or e-book.  It is available for pre-order from Amazon.com.  From the HarperCollins ad:

From the man Newsweek called “the world’s leading New Testament Scholar,” N. T. Wright, comes a fresh, vivid translation of the New Testament.  This is The Message for a new generation. Not in centuries has such a powerful new translation of the Scriptures arisen for Christians everywhere, changing the way the entire English-speaking world can access the books of the New Testament. Wright seems to do the impossible, at once achieving a closer match to the Scripture’s original Greek, invoking more appropriately gender-neutral terminology, and providing a more natural, readable tone to the readings—even while magnifying the vibrancy and urgency of the original works. For Christians worldwide, this stunning new translation of the New Testament from the author of Simply Christian and Scripture and the Authority of God is a crucial way to re-claim the message of the Bible.

Bible Software for iPad

There are so many different Bible applications for the iPad that I don't hope to even list them all.  I certainly won't be trying all of them.  One I am trying out right now is called "YouVersion".  It can be used on the web or on many different devices.  There are apps for the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android, Windows Phone, HP Web OS, Java, Symbian and Mobile Web.  One can read the ASV, AMP, CEB, CEV, CPDV, Douay, ESV, GNT (with or without deuterocanonicals), GWT, HCSB, KJV, LEB, MSG, NASB, NCV, NET, NIV, NIV (1984), NIV-UK, NLT, OJB, TNIV and WEB.  Many of these are available to download for offline use.  All the above versions are available whenever your device has web access (3G, Wifi, etc).  The NIV, NIV 1984, NLT and TNIV can only be used online.

I tend toward pretty basic Bible use.  I want to be able to look up a passage and read through whole books easily.  I don't usually use the notes or book mark features.    My goal with devices and their apps is that I can carry more versions than I could in paper.  I use the iPad to supplement, not replace, my paper Bible.  If I cannot quickly get to a verse in a particular application then I won't use it.

Reading straight through is fairly easy.  Tapping left and right arrows on the screen move from one chapter to the next (and back).  Swiping the screen up and down moves through the chapter itself.  Jumping to a verse is easy as well.  One tap brings up a scrolling list of books.  Tap the book and a nice large chapter matrix appears.  Tap the chapter and the verse matrix appears.  Tap the verse and you're there.  I found the larger numbers helped my clumsy fingers.

I should add that right now I am only downloading/using free Bible applications.  YouVersion is free to use.  Registration is required to download versions and is also free.

Illustrated Bible for iPad

I've recently added an iPad to my bag of tools.  In looking at different Bibles for this platform, I'll be sharing what I find from time to time.  This morning I found a free sample (the book of John) of the Illustrated Bible.  This is an app, not a e-book or PDF.  If you have web access, you can view many more samples of the Illustrated Bible at the Illustrated Bible website.

Win a Haydock Bible Set!

The blog Catholic Bibles is giving away a two volume set of the Haydock Bible.  Click this link to visit his blog and see the details.

Rheims/Vulgate New Testament

I just noticed a new addition to the Internet Archive.  It is a parallel New Testament containing the Rheims New Testament and the Vulgate Latin.  Visit The Vulgate New Testament : with the Douay version of 1582 in parallel columns (1872) to read it online or download a PDF.

Bibleartbooks

There is some interesting work going on at Bibleartbooks.com. As the home page states, their purpose is:

Bibleartbooks is a Christian arts ministry whose purpose is to bring people into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ, through the use of comic books, art and stories.

Click on Publications, then books or digital books to view some of his illustrated Bible stories.

New NIV Study Bible

Thanks to Catholic Bibles  for this link to a sample of the new NIV Study Bible.

Two Interesting Notes

I just got back from a much needed vacation.  I've got a couple interesting items to share today.  The first is a title page of a 1532 Tyndale New Testament.  I won't steal any thunder from Bibles of the Past who was the one who first showed it to me.  Visit his site for a scan of the page, information about it and a link to a biography where this edition is mentioned.

The other concerns the Christian Community Bible.  It has been through many editions.  The copy I have is the seventeenth edition.  But the Internet Bible Catalog recently posted samples of the 1st and 2nd editions.  Many differences in the texts show up in these samples.

Waterproof Bibles

A visit to a local Christian book store turned up an interesting new Bible.  It is the Waterproof Bible series from Bardin and Marsee Publishing.  I've see similar Bibles before, but those were coil bound or folding New Testaments.  These are full Bibles and are normally bound.  Each is 5 7/8" by 8 3/4" in an 8 pt font.  The pages are made of a synthetic plastic material that is indeed completely waterproof.  According to the publisher, you can still write and underline on these pages!



The Bibles I've found on Amazon.com so far are:

• NIV - Blue Wave
  
• NIV - Sportsman's Edition
• NIV - Pink Floral
• ESV - Blue
• ESV - Pink
• ESV - Tree Bark
• NLT - Pink
• NLT - Blue
• NLT - Tree Bark
• KJV - Pink
• KJV - Blue
• KJV - Tree Bark

There are also smaller editions containing just the New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs.  These are 4 1/4" by 7" in a 7 point font.  The editions available are:

• NIV - Pink
• NIV - Blue
• NIV - Tree Bark
• ESV - Pink
• ESV - Blue
• ESV - Tree Bark
• NLT - Pink
• NLT - Blue
• NLT - Tree Bark
• KJV - Pink
• KJV - Blue
• KJV - Tree Bark
  

Helen Spurrell's Old Testament Translation

I can't remember who asked me about Helen Spurrell's Old Testament translation. But one has come up for sale on E-Bay. The seller has several other unique translations for sale as well.

UPDATE: This is not an original (Thanks, Pastor Stephen!) - it is a reprint. In an answer to a question, the seller stated, "This reprint, was a small run of copies, published by Penfold Book and Bible House and actually printed in Great Britain at the University Press, Oxford."