Paraphrases of Erasmus

The Paraphrases of Erasmus on the New Testament were originally written in Latin, in about 1535. They were first translated into English by Miles Coverdale and others in about 1549. The University of Toronto Press is publishing a series titled "The Collected Works of Erasmus." Within that series are new English translations of Erasmus' paraphrases. Here are the ones published so far:

Sider, Robert D., ed. Collected Works of Erasmus: Paraphrase on Matthew. University of Toronto Press, 2008. ISBN 0802092993. 408 pages. Translated by Dean Simpson. Publisher's web page

Sider, Robert D., ed. Collected Works of Erasmus (volume 49): Paraphrase on Mark. University of Toronto Press, 1988. ISBN 0802026311. 234 pages. Translated by Erika Rummel. Publisher's web page

Sider, Robert D., ed. Collected Works of Erasmus (volume 48, 2nd volume): Paraphrase on Luke. University of Toronto Press, 2003. ISBN 0802036538. Translated by Jane E. Phillips. 292 pages. Publisher's web page. The first part (Luke 1-10, Volume 47 is not yet published).

Sider, Robert D., ed. Collected Works of Erasmus (volume 46): Paraphrase on John. University of Toronto Press, 1991. ISBN 0802058590. Translated by Jane E. Phillips. 371 pages. Publisher's web page

Bateman, John J., ed. Collected Works of Erasmus (volume 50): Paraphrase on Acts. University of Toronto Press, 1995. ISBN 0802006647. Translated by Robert D. Sider. 389 pages. Publisher's web page

Sider, Robert D., ed. Collected Works of Erasmus (volume 42): Paraphrases on Romans and Galatians. University of Toronto Press, 1984. ISBN 0802025102. 192 pages. Publisher's web page

Sider, Robert D., ed. Collected Works of Erasmus (volume 44): Paraphrases on the Epistles to Timothy, Titus and Philemon, the Epistles of Peter and Jude, the Epistle of James, the Epistles of John, and the Epistle to the Hebrews. University of Toronto Press, 1994. ISBN 0802005411. 413 pages. Translated by John J. Bateman. Publisher's web page

New version of the Hebrew Psalter

An interesting work is underway which the author, Bob MacDonald, calls "an emerging portrait of the Psalter." It is presented as a colorful map of the Psalms. See his work at "The Editing of the Hebrew Psalter", his blog at drmacdonald.blogspot.com and a PDF about his work is here.

Messianic Prophecy Bible Project

A new project is underway (getting started?) to produce a Bible that can be used in evangelism to Jewish people. The website is http://messianicbible.com/. It isn't clear if this will be a new translation or a revision on an existing one.

Context Group Version

Today's "new" version comes after I was re-browsing a great page called Online Translations of the Bible. Not hard to guess what it is about.

The version I noticed is called the Context Group Version and "is fairly literal, but takes into account the cultural insights of the Context Group scholars." The version, by Joseph Morovich, is to be found here, more about the version here and information about the Context Group is here.

Spoken English New Testament

When I first made an entry in my book The Bible Version Encyclopedia (the second edition will be called The Encyclopedia of English Bible Versions), the Spoken English New Testament wasn't finished yet. When mention of it was made over on the Better Bible Blogs, I naturally clicked to visit it again. Dr. Mealy has all the books ready (it may still be in translation/revision) and available at his website, Simple Gospel.

Trinity Bible

I noticed this link on the Better Bibles Blog today. It is called the Trinity Bible and is a work in progress. Portions are available for download.

1 Corinthians 13

If you are a collector of Scripture translation portions, here's another one for you. It is a translation of 1 Corinthians 13 found on the Better Bibles Blog. The post is by Suzanne Mcarthy, the translation by Carl Conrad.

The Book of King Solomon

Here's something different for you - "The Book of King Solomon." This isn't a translation of a canonical Scripture. William Chamberlin sent this one along to me. The Book of King Solomon was supposedly written by a court historian to the king. The translation is reportedly from a manuscript given to the translator by an elderly relative. What do you think?

Graphe - Our New Bible

The translators are listed at the website for "Graphe - Our New Bible" now. View them by clicking here.

Accent Translation

William Chamberlin drew my attention to another translation. This one is called the "Accent Translation." You can view it on the author's (Lane Keister's) blog here. Begun in February of 2006, this may be inactive now as the last post was in September of 2006.

Literal English Translation Bible

This is included with the Bible Library software from Ellis Enterprises. The copyright (for the translation) in the old version I have is 1988. However, a recent article in the Journal of the International Society of Bible Collectors, Bible Editions and Versions, brought this to my attention. The article is a regular column by William Chamberlin titled The Bible Online. While this literal translation is obviously an older version, it doesn't appear to be mentioned much. Thanks to Mr. Chamberlin for this one!

ESV Apocrypha

Two or three bloggers drew my attention to changes on the ESV FAQ Page making reference to an ESV apocrypha. There will be an ESV edition that includes the apocrypha though it will not be published by Crossway (the publisher behind the ESV). It isn't clear if it will be some other version of the apocrypha added in or a new translation matching the ESV.