Moffatt, New Translation
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Holy Bible, The | |
|---|---|
| Full name: | The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, a New Translation |
| Abbreviation: | MNT |
| Language: | English |
| Complete Bible published: | 1922 |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press |
| Genesis 1:1-3 | |
| When God began to form the universe, the world was void and vacant, darkness lay over the abyss; but the Spirit of God was overing over the waters, and God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. | |
| John 3:16 | |
| For God loved the world so dearly that he gave up his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life, instead of perishing. | |
Moffatt, New Translation (MNT) is an abbreviation of the title, "The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, a New Translation" by James Moffatt.
In the Introduction to his 1926 edition, Moffatt wrote, "The aim I have endeavoured to keep before my mind in making this translation has been to present the books of the Old and the New Testament in effective, intelligible English. No translation of an ancient classic can be quite intelligible, it is true, unless the reader is sufficiently acquainted with its environment to understand some of its flying allusions and characteristic metaphors. But something may be done and, I am convinced, ought to be done at the present day to offer the unlearned a transcript of the Biblical literature as it lies in the light thrown upon it by modern research. The Bible is not always what it seems to those who read it in the great prose of the English version, or, indeed, in any of the conventional versions. What it is, may be partly suggested by a new rendering, such as the following pages present, that is, a fresh translation of the original, not a revision of any English version."
[edit] See also
List of English Bible translations
[edit] External links
| The Bible in English |
| Old English (pre-1066) |
| Middle English (1066-1500) |
| Early Modern English (1500-1800) |
| Modern Christian (1800-) |
| Modern Jewish (1853-) |
| Miscellaneous |
 |
This article about a book related to Christianity is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
