CEB Common English Compact Thin Bible DecoTone Pomegranate Flourish - Hardcover

Common English Bible

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1609260147 ISBN 13: 9781609260149

Publisher: Common English Bible, 2011

Synopsis

Take a fresh look at the Bible while you experience a new translation. The Common English Bible combines a commitment to both accuracy and readability. The result is a new version of the Bible the typical reader or worshipper is able to understand with ease. Written in today's modern English, the Common English Bible was created through the careful work of 118 leading biblical scholars from 22 faith traditions and thorough field tests by 77 reading groups. The CEB Compact Thin edition is a highly portable, small format Bible that is thinner than an inch. Plus generous line spacing offers increased legibility of 6.5-point type. Available in DecoTone simulated leather and Bonded Leather bindings

FEATURES:
4 1/4" x 6 1/2"
6.5 point type
1264 pages
Ribbon marker
Two-column setting with black letter text
Presentation page
In-text subject headings
Study and reading helps
Topical index
8 pages of full-color maps exclusively from National Geographic

ENDORSEMENT: “Our reading group was transformed by this experience of reading and commenting on the Common English Bible. It’s significant that people from age 15 to 85 were so fired up by reading the translation.” -–Eileen Parfrey, Springwater Presbyterian Church, Estacado, Oregon

About this title

About the Author:

The Common English Bible is a translation completed in 2011. One hundred and twenty biblical scholars from twenty-two faith traditions worked as translators. These women and men balanced rigorous accuracy in translation of the ancient texts with an equally passionate commitment to clarity of expression in contemporary English. The result is a clear, direct, and powerful English version of the scriptures for use in Bible study, devotional reading, and worship.

About this edition

• Publisher: Common English Bible
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1609260147
• ISBN 13: 9781609260149
• Binding: Imitation Leather
• Number of pages: 1216