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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (Numbered Edition) (Personal Size) (Burgundy) List Price: $49.99 Amazon.com's Price: $37.49 You Save: $12.50 (25%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Bonded LeatherDewey Decimal Number: 220 EAN: 9781600062315 ISBN: 1600062318 Label: NavPress Publishing Group Manufacturer: NavPress Publishing Group Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1724 Publication Date: 2008-03 Publisher: NavPress Publishing Group Studio: NavPress Publishing Group Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: In this contemporary English version of the New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs, Eugene Peterson strives to convey the earthy truths of the original Greek and Hebrew texts. As he explains in his introduction, there were two levels of language in the Greek-speaking world, "formal" and "informal". The one was for use in official documents, epic poetry, and philosophy, the other for shopping lists and personal letters--the common idiom of everyday speech. "This is the language used throughout the New Testament ... a rough and earthy language that reveals God's presence and action where we least expect it, catching us when we are up to our elbows in the soiled ordinariness of our lives and God is the furthest thing from our minds." It is in the spirit of this "soiled ordinariness" that Eugene Peterson translates John 1:14 (NIV: "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us") to "The word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood." Likewise, in Romans 8:3 where the NIV renders "For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering," The Message reads, "God went for the jugular when he sent his own son.... In his son, Jesus, he personally took on the human condition, entered the disordered mess of struggling humanity in order to set it right once and for all." Peterson offers no pretense of elevated language or intellectualism, only the insistence that God is relevant in 20th-century work-week and weekend lives. This kind of translation is not a new enterprise, however. Tyndale--the man singularly responsible for our English translations of the Bible--is purported to have said in a dispute with opposing clergy, "If God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy that driveth the plow to know more of the Scriptures than thou dost." We're simply glad someone of our own generation chose to do the same. --Benjamin Gebhardt Product Description: The Message Personal Size allows you to experience firsthand the same relevance and directness that motivated the early Christians to change the course of history. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Great King James BackupAs a reader of the King James I sometimes find it hard to really understand the scripture; by going to the Message Bible I can read the scriptures in todays language that gives me a clearer picture of what the scripture means. One of the many good backups to the King James. I among many wish the print was a little larger. Rating:  - I Prefer the non numbered version, but still great!!!!!The Message: The Bible In Contemporary Language, Large Print Numbered Edition I love "The Message Bible" I do prefer the original none numbered version, because it showed that it wasn't made as a study Bible. The Message Bible Version is Great, enjoyably, and educational. but not Really made as a study bible. But instead is written in such a way that it draws great word pictures, it was made for explaining the bible in a more fun and leisurely way, like enjoying the word of God in say, ... Read More Rating: - Perfect for new Christian or anyone who is curious about the BibleI ordered this for a friend who wants to understand the Bible and already has the King James version. She loves it!! The Message numbered edition gives the scriptures with the numbers so you can compare with other translations if you want to. Such as John 3:16... so you can look the same passage up in any other version and get a different perspective. After studying the bible for many years, I actually love it myself because it has much more modern language and easier to understand ... Read More Rating: - Handy and easier to useI really like this little reference. The size is just right and the text is large enough to be easy to read without squinting. Having the New testament, Psalms and Proverbs together in one small portable reference is especially useful. I enjoy the freshness of the Message. It gives one another angle to view scripture and often gives surprising insight into difficult passages. Finally, I really enjoy the insight the book introductions provide as they are so right on. Well done NavPress, ... Read More Rating: - The Message by Eugene Peterson(the Bible in Contemporary language)For the first time I could understand pretty much every line and verse I come across in Eugene Peterson's Bible in contemporary language. The paraphrasing really made an huge difference to help clarify things for me! 
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