The New English Bible, Oxford Study Edition, with Apocrypha

[@ServantsResearchMinistry]

Great video. As far as I'm concerned, this is the best English translation of the Bible in existence.

[@sempelpang]

Most beautiful Psalms of any popular post-KJV translation by a mile (I'm convinced none of the others are even aiming for a poetic rendering, just poetic formatting).

[@rickycang7407]

I've got a 1961 copy printed in Great Britain Oxford press and it's great to have this New Testament...

[@MM-jf1me]

Thanks for sharing another great review! I really like how the REB reads so I understand what you mean by the NEB holding your attention. I don't use the REB for serious study, but it's an incredibly enjoyable read. Knowing the NEB is its predecessor I'll have to keep an eye out for nice used copies of the NEB.

[@sempelpang]

The NEB is a lot looser and more unique than the REB, which feels very traditional by comparison.

[@jamesworrest3711]

I found your comments very good. You brought up some very good points on Dr. MacArthur's past and present theological stances. Excellent! I have a copy of one these Bibles and I would like to point out, I find the print too small and light for extended use--but what I find very irritating that some pages in the book of Leviticus e.g. are so lightly printed e.g., Lev. 22:18, page 183 and also some pages in Exodus are nearly impossible to read . I would tell a person not to buy a copy this Bible unless they carefully check out the copy to make sure it does not have this printing error.

[@swvincent]

Great review and comments, thanks! I picked one up today for $1 at a library sale because I remembered you reviewed it. It's the non-study version like you show at the end. I'm looking forward to using it as a supplemental translation.

[@RGrantJones]

That's an excellent price! I found a calfskin 66-book edition in a used bookstore a couple of weeks back for $6. I've been reading it alongside the '77 NASB. Thanks for the encouraging comment!

[@jesseslater728]

I've got an "Oxford/ Cambridge" reader's edition in some unidentified leather. I do most of my reading in the KJV, backed up with (N)RSV, but I do really enjoy this one. People often argue over which translation is the most literal but NEB, I think may be the most literary.

[@TXJasper]

Great review! Thank you for going over the translation and the study notes.

[@RGrantJones]

Thanks. I tried to give a sense for both translation and notes, at the risk of making the video too long. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@joest.eggbenedictus1896]

Great review. Always an enjoyable time.

[@RGrantJones]

Thanks. I enjoy making them, but I think I should cut them down to about 30 minutes. Maybe I'll collect all the data about dimensions, font size, paper thickness, and margins on a single chart and show that for 10 seconds. That could give me time to show other details. For the NEB, had I had more time, I would have shown some of the unusual (perhaps questionable) choices the NEB translators made regarding the underlying Greek to translate.

[@joest.eggbenedictus1896]

@@RGrantJones cutting down the time is an easy fix. I like that the Bibles you review are somewhat obscure or more academic. I watch other Bible reviews and there are only so many KJV reviews you can watch. I'm also an Oxford man myself, on my fourth Oxford Annot. NRSV (4th ed.). If you get around to reviewing the new 5th ed. Id be grateful.

[@alanpruett2217]

I’m interested in this Bible and am going to watch your review of the Revised English Bible next. Thanks for your review!

[@KJVPACKERS]

I appreciate your review, it was well done, Thank you. I purchased one (Bible) like it at a thrift store for $7 And a separate Bible of the New testament for $3. A two for $10 +tax deal.

[@cdavid6437]

Thank you for a great review as always!

[@RGrantJones]

Thanks, C David!

[@stnger9]

Thank you for the review, I was able to snag a leather bound copy of this many years ago. I've always liked the Times New Roman typeface of the text. I am pretty sure that it was the NEB translation of Ecclesiasticus that was read at Prince Philips funeral a few years ago.

[@powerant1914]

So happy today i just got a new translation the NEB!

[@livingwithfaithbiblereview3413]

Another great weekend review!!!! The NEB translation is not yet one I have obtained.

[@RGrantJones]

Thanks. The NEB's been out of print for decades now, I think since about 1989 when its replacement, the Revised English Bible (REB), was published. I never acquired a copy of the REB because I couldn't find one in a typesetting I liked. I think the publishers did a better job with the NEB, and inexpensive used copies are readily available on Amazon and eBay if you decide you'd like to examine it.

[@donwright5997]

Have you ever done a review on king James study Bible full color addition red letter?

[@RGrantJones]

No, I haven't. Perhaps some day. Thanks for commenting!

[@8polyglot]

Is the reader’s edition/non-study edition from that time period in red cloth hardcover also glued or sewn binding typically? I’d love to get one rebound.

[@RGrantJones]

Sorry for the delay in responding, 8polyglot. My red cloth hardcover copy is sewn.

[@angelictigerette]

It's also suspect that I can't find any version of the "New English Bible" online to read and test. In another video review, a guy had a Cambridge one and it said it was not for sale outside of the U.S. and Canada....

[@RGrantJones]

You might try here: www.katapi.org.uk/NEB/NEB.html . Thanks for commenting!

[@elwalker9034]

This translation is wildly different. At times, many times, it hard to recognize where you are in the scripture. It leaves me firmly on the fence.

[@Airik1111bibles]

That is the reason I like using my NLT study bible, it reads very nice and is basically a commentary...Unless someone uses it as their only bible, then it is Gods word😁 It is odd they chose wind and not God for Genesis 1, they could have used both leaving no need for a footnote at all😉 Blessings brother and thanks for another great show.

[@RGrantJones]

Thanks, Airik1111. Come to think of it, it's possible that the original Living Bible was inspired by the NEB and the Jerusalem Bible. Both were very free translations, and both came out in the 1960s, a little before the Living Bible was published. I think perhaps in the post-WWII era translators were looking at themselves as artists -- valuing their artistic freedom -- and they didn't want to shackle their free spirits with the Establishment's old school literalism.

[@colonyofcellsiamamachine6175]

Long ago, the neb already got replaced by the reb. There is an reb oxford study bible.

[@RGrantJones]

True. I never bought a copy of the REB, since I couldn't find one with a decent typeface. I've heard they're somewhat hard to find these days.

[@colonyofcellsiamamachine6175]

REB oxford study bible (1992) is sold in amazon. REB seems mainly used in UK and amazon.co.uk does have several editions like the REB oxford study bible (1992).

[@ScottKnitter]

@@RGrantJones I dislike the standard text edition with Swift typeface. There are older printings of this with a better face I can't remember the name of. But the best REB for typeface is the Oxford Study Bible REB, in classic Baskerville.

[@RGrantJones]

@@ScottKnitter - I saw an Oxford Study Bible ReB in a used book store last week. I would have picked it up, but the binding was loose, pages were dog-eared, and the previous owner had underlined and written in it (in a sloppy manner). I'll keep my eyes open for a nicer one.

[@donwright5997]

Thomas Nelson king James version study Bible full color maps. I think it was made in nineteen eighty six

[@gypsylane8723]

great review,

[@RGrantJones]

Thanks, gypsy.

[@angelictigerette]

It's suspect that this bible doesn't mention the Word (Jesus) in Genesis as being at the beginning.

[@mihailgae-draghici4864]

G-d is not a man, nor the son of man. After 20 centuries of lies, we find the Correct explanation for Isaiah 53, in the related notes. Congratulations to the translators! '' Christianity is in greater contrast to Judaism than to paganism. " Johann Wolfgang GOETHE, Maximen und Reflexionen, 625