CEB Study Bible - An Honest Review (of a Mainline Bible!)

In this Disciple Dojo review, we take a look at the CEB Study Bible.
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[@timwilkins2008]

I appreciated the review since this is a Bible I am purchasing. I did not appreciate the digs at Mainline Christians. I am Episcopalian (formerly UMC ordained elder for 10 years) and have used the NRSV for 30 years (since seminary) and once upon a time during that period would have been considered an evangelical. The juxtaposition of evangelical and mainline is a false one. You tend to fall into stereotypes on both sides. I can tell you fall into a more conservative theological stance than the committee. That is fine. Just evaluate the Bible on its merits.

[@felixmarinjr.66]

I didn't understand or was even aware of the differences between mainline and conservative Christian theology... thank you.

[@davidgagnon7806]

I don't think the Egyptians drowned in a marshy body of water (though that WOULD be a miracle).

[@CadillacBunner]

The CEB is scholarly. Evangelical translations are not used in reputable seminaries (Oxford, Yale and Virginia Semininary). The intellectual perspective comes from modern textual criticism (i.e, historical evidence). Perhaps you wanted to make the video longer/monetized by repeating liberalism over and over. Why not review the bible rather than your Sunday school lessons?

[@amyk6403]

I'm reading this Bible right now and I'm really enjoying it. It took a minute to get used to the common english. However, I am gaining a lot of insight from the notes and I am finding the translation refreshing.

[@danieljoshua4352]

Ain't mainline Christians evangelicals?? Coz I think both are Protestants. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[@andrewbolton2298]

The translation at Genesis 15:6 is interesting: "Abram trusted the Lord, and the Lord recognized Abram’s high moral character." But when that's quoted at Romans 4:3 it's in a more usual form: "What does the scripture say? Abraham had faith in God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."

[@HerveyShmervy]

I didnt know the CEB was mainline

[@gary_stavropoulos]

The reed sea or marsh area explanation is an attempt to rationalize an unbelievable story could be based on some historical event.

[@SoulPoetryandOtherWorks]

I always thought the CEB was a slightly better alternative to the TEV. Aimed at a similar audience.

[@AndreaCalvert-hg8fd]

Thank you for the translation information! Love this, because it allows us to understand why, and then decide if we can accept it for ourselves. Thank you!

[@PaulBarczak-gu7ku]

I used to have a CEB (w/Apocrypha)--until i gave it away. I liked reading it. BUT, I thought some of the study notes were "strange". Prob, because I am evangelical. I like the reading of yhe translation as i do the NLT. I plan to purchase the CEB again, but with

[@KurtWillems]

While I wasn’t super comfortable with the distinctions you made between mainline and evangelical-since many of the scholars in this volume, that you named, would consider themselves evangelical-I thought you gave it a fair assessment overall. I too, HATE the use of DNA. That is probably the translation choice I dislike the most. That said, I’m an evangelical (moderate theological tendency) who preaches out of this translation primarily because of the scholarly moves they made and its readability. I love 2 Cor 5: “So then, if anyone is in Christ, that person is part of the new creation. The old things have gone away, and look, new things have arrived! All of these new things are from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and who gave us the ministry of reconciliation. In other words, God was reconciling the world to himself through Christ, by not counting people’s sins against them. He has trusted us with this message of reconciliation.”

[@nendwr]

There are things where I'm surprised the CEB is so on its own: I love how it renders Genesis 1.1.

[@DaviddeSilva]

2:25

[@MM-jf1me]

I really appreciated your review. I was wanting this study Bible and still do, but you've helped temper my expectations.

[@daynehaworth9258]

I also would like to caution you using the term "mainline" so much without explaining it. Mainline is understood theologically and politically in the USA to mean something. I live in Johannesburg South Africa 🇿🇦 and only know about these terms as I take an interest in US religion and politics. But to appeal to a global audience maybe use the terms progressive or Liberal or just say which denominations might use the CEB...

[@sluggo562]

Do they avoid 'He' for God because it's masculine or because 'They' better fits God as a trinity?

[@daynehaworth9258]

Thanks for the review... Trying to use the CEB more as I heard its more Egalitarian than the NLT and NIV as functional phrase for phrase bibles. Also keen to check out the NRSV as I was discipled with the NLT and have since moved onto the AMP and NIV in personal study.

[@jamesthompson545]

Sir, Dojo, are you catholic? You mentioned that you read the apocrypha. That’s why I asked.