The Living Bible (TLB)
Overview
The Living Bible is a "thought for thought" translation as opposed to a word for word translation. This is a paraphrase. Its purpose, according to the editors, is to say as exactly as possible what the writers of the Scriptures meant, and to say it simply, expanding where necessary for a clear understanding by the modern reader.
- Title: The Living Bible, Paraphrased
- Author: Kenneth N. Taylor
- Publisher: Tyndale
- Print Publication Date: 1997
- Logos Release Date: 2001
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible › English
- ISBNs: 9780842322508, 0842322507
- Resource ID: LLS:1.0.170
- Resource Type: Bible
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-28T19:48:52Z
Reviews
57 ratings
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Chad W Smith
12/19/2021
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If this was marketed and presented as a commentary, I would be fine with it. But it's not. It's presented as a Bible, this is not a Bible.
Eric Oleson
4/25/2019
I love Taylor's Paraphrase! As a person that respects and uses more wooden translations every day there is a grammatical flow and pace that TLB brings that is refreshing. Of course, always remember that TLB is just a paraphrase and is NOT the last word any theological discussion! Having said this, if you like a warm and flowing narrative than what the more labored, wooden and myopic texts provide, you may want to take a short term TLB vacation to get that bigger and broader view of the text. It’s like sipping an ice cold tea on a tropical island… :) Enjoy!Dan Olin
1/12/2019
Anthony Grubb
12/4/2018
One should always note this is not Scripture, but a paraphrase to assist youth and newcomers, also the basis of the New Living Translation. It is fairly well-known. Thus, from a comparative textual or historical perspective within that context, it has value.
David Stull
7/1/2018
Sung S. Chung
3/24/2018
Glenn Scott
1/18/2018
Carol
11/27/2017
