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Improving the Bible on Corpus Christi

May 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments · Eucharist, John, Translation

The New English Bible was often one of the more daring translations in many ways, from heavy conjectural emendations in the Old Testament, through startling (and not always successful) turns of phrase everywhere. As I was reflecting on John 6 on this feast of Corpus Christi, I tracked down a vague memory that the NEB [...]

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