The Message: The New Testament in Contemporary Language

Peterson, Eugene H

ISBN 10: 1589260880 / ISBN 13: 9781589260887

Published by Oasis Audio, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Message: The New Testament in Contemporary Language
• Publisher: Oasis Audio
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589260880
• ISBN 13: 9781589260887
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

THE MESSAGE is a presentation of the Word of God crafted for a modern age. Eugene Peterson, translator and editor, learned from his years of teaching and pastoring that most people, through familiarity or frustration with the Bible, were missing the whole message of Scripture: 'the Word that God uses to create and save us, heal and bless us, judge and rule over us.' So he set out to give us that word in language we use every day - a reading Bible that would enable the Word to penetrate our hearts and minds, transforming us day by day into the person God desires us to become.

Reviews

It seems odd to list an author for a translation of the Bible, but it's appropriate here. In addition to translating the Bible, Eugene Peterson includes an extensive explanation of how this translation differs from previous ones. He provides overviews of the individual books of the New Testament, which place them in historical context. At times, Peterson goes too far, including jarring anachronisms, but, for the most part, the translation is interesting and refreshing. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the narration. Both readers have clear voices but present far too narrow an emotional range and often strike inappropriate tones, sounding, for example, angry or petulant when the verse is about love. G.T.B. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine