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The Living Oracles is a translation of the New Testament compiled and edited by the early Restoration Movement leader Alexander Campbell. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] : 87–88 Published in 1826, it was based on an 1818 combined edition of translations by George Campbell , James MacKnight and Philip Doddridge , and included edits and extensive notes by Campbell.
During World War II, while vicar of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Lee, London (1940-44), [1] he found the young people in his church did not understand the Authorised Version of the Bible. He used the time in the bomb shelters during the London Blitz to begin a translation of the New Testament into modern English , starting with the ...
Standard Publishing is a nondenominational Christian publishing company associated with the Restoration Movement. [1] It was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1872. [2] Major publications have included its flagship journal, Christian Standard, and church education materials including Vacation Bible School curricula.
Joseph Bryant Rotherham (1828–1910) was an English biblical scholar and minister of the Churches of Christ.He was a prolific writer whose best-known work was the Emphasized Bible, a new translation that used "emphatic inversion" and a set of diacritical marks to bring out shades of meaning in the original text.
The Bible Speaks Today is a series of biblical commentaries published by the Inter-Varsity Press. It includes Old and New Testament commentaries as well as books on biblical themes. All the titles begin with "The Message of..." Tremper Longman notes that the series is "readable, accurate, and relevant."
Living Bibles International (LBI) (1968–1992) was an American religious publisher dedicated to producing modern language translations of the New Testament in around 100 languages worldwide. The foundation was started by Kenneth N. Taylor as an extension of his work on Tyndale House (1962) and The Living Bible in English (1971).
The OSIS schema was developed by the Bible Technologies Group, a joint committee sponsored by the American Bible Society and the Society of Biblical Literature. Other participants in the standards work are the United Bible Societies, SIL International, and various national Bible societies, along with individual expert volunteers.
Guideposts is a spiritual non-profit organization publishing inspirational magazines, books and online material. Founded in 1945 by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Raymond Thornburg, and Peale's wife, Ruth Stafford Peale [1] with just one inaugural magazine, Guideposts has since grown to publish annual devotionals, books about faith, Christian novels, periodicals and a website.