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The first & second series of The People's Bible |
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newly
translated by Sidney Brichto
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simple purpose of this new Bible is to give it back to the people who
welcome a good story, fine poetry and inspiration. For too long now the
bible has become the best-seller, least read. The purpose of this edition
is to recast it in such a manner as to make it readable. To achieve this,
the translation features:
The recommended retail price is £6.99 Note From The Translator
While I have written on many theological issues, particulary the problem of evil in a world created by a caring and beneficent God, my present ambition is to return that, the greatest moral literature ever written, back to the ordinary person. It has always pained me that the bible, which I have read with such pleasure, even when I ceased to believe that its heroes were perfect and that every word of it was historically true, should be abandoned by the average reader. The preface and introduction to the first series of The People's Bible elaborate on this theme. I have read the Old Testament many times, but in the course of translating the bible to make it more accessable I have, myself, learned so much. This I think was due to reading it not with a need to rationalise it as my religous heritage, but as a library of books which reveal so much about the nature of men and women, and their aspirations for a purpose in life, whether or not one believed in the sanctity of its origins. As to the New Testament, this is the first time, I believe, that a Rabbi has ever translated it. I did so because I felt that as a Jew, I would have a different insight into the birth of Chrisitianity, than would Christians who were, so to speak, to the religion born. Already my translation of Luke & the Acts of the Apostles and the completion of my first draft of The Letters of Paul have given me a greater appreciation fo the revolutionary genius which led to the domination of Christianity in Western culture. Indeed I also now feel, and I direct this to my Jewish readers, that one cannot properly understand Judaism without understanding Christianity. They both present radically different, but equally valid methods for achieving a world living in harmony and peace. I would welcome anyone interested The People's Bible to share their views with me with the promise that I will make every attempt to respond |
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www.brichto.com:
the home of Sidney Brichto's translations, books and articles
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