The Common English Bible - Do We Need Another Translation? Unbelievable? 25 Feb 2012

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The Common English Bible is a recently released new translation of Scripture. An interdenominational team of Bible scholars worked on the project, with thousands of people involved in test readings. The aim was to produce an accurate, but jargon-free Bible, aimed at today's English reader. Joel B Green, Professor at Fuller Theological Seminary headed the team of NT translators. He discusses some of the unusual choices of phraseology and interpretation with NIV Bible scholar David Instone-Brewer of Tyndale House, Cambridge. Do we need another English translation? Why "Human One" instead of "Son of Man"? Is gender neutral language helpful? Have passages such as 1 Tim 2 been translated to favour an egalitarian theology? Plus questions from listeners. For the Common English Bible http://www.commonenglishbible.com/ Enter the draw for a copy by emailing unbelievable@premier.org.uk For Joel B Green http://www.fuller.edu/academics/faculty/joel-green.aspx For David Instone-Brewer http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/index.php?page=david-instone-brewer For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes If you enjoyed this progamme you may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 22 Jan 2011 - Which Translation should we Trust? Unbelievable? 13 Feb 2010 - Two views on Divorce and Remarriage - David Instone-Brewer & Andrew Corn Unbelievable? 14 May 2011 - Should women be church leaders?With Christina Rees & John Richardson Join the conversation at http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

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0:30.0	Well, good afternoon and welcome along to the programme. I'm Justin Braler, your host for the next hour and a half, or unbelievable.
0:36.5	The show that aims to get Christians thinking on a Saturday afternoon.
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0:48.1	theology science history ethics today, particularly looking at biblical translations. Let me introduce
0:55.9	our topic and our guests.
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0:59.9	Well today it's a pleasure to be joined by Dr Joel B Green who is a New Testament
1:04.1	editor for the Common English Bible, a new translation of the Bible. He's
1:08.8	professor of New Testament interpretation at
1:14.2	California so he joins us by phone from there and our other guest on the studio with me today
1:19.3	a regular here on unbelievable is David in stone Brewer of Tyndale House in Cambridge.
1:24.4	He's a New Testament scholar himself.
1:26.5	Joining us for this discussion as we ask today, do we need another translation?
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