The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language - Softcover

Peterson, Eugene H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1576832732 ISBN 13: 9781576832738

Publisher: Navpress Pub Group, 2002

Synopsis

Open The Message and God’s Word comes alive!

Thinner than one inch, The Message Slimline slips easily into your bag, your briefcase, and your life. WithThe Message’s distinctive single-column format, you’ll enjoy reading the Bible as much as your favorite book.

The Message is a reading Bible translated from the original Greek and Hebrew Scriptures by scholar, pastor, author, and poet Eugene Peterson. Peterson spent ten years working onThe Message after teaching in seminary and preaching in churches for more than thirty years. Thoroughly reviewed and approved by twenty biblical scholars,The Message combines the authority of God’s Word with the cadence and energy of conversational English.

The Message awakens long-time Bible readers from their sleepy routines, renewing their desire to hear God’s voice. Now, come and delight in the unexpected passion and personality that fill God’s Word.

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Review:

Readers who have either found the Bible to be an intimidating proposition or who are so familiar with it that the words have lost their meaning will discover that Eugene Peterson's The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language is a welcome way to read and reread one of the best-loved books of all time. It's directly translated from the Greek and Hebrew texts and is intentionally designed to be a reading Bible rather than a study Bible. Each of the 66 books has an introduction by Peterson, and there are no verse numbers to interrupt the flow of the passages.

The vibrant flavor of the text is evident from the opening verses of the book of Genesis: "First this: God created the Heavens and Earth--all you see; all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness."

There's renewed vigor in some of Jesus' most well-known words of the New Testament in John 3: "This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again."

Whether it's the poetry of the Psalms, the thundering tirades of the Old Testament prophets, or the ageless words of Jesus, Peterson breaths new life into timeless passages in this fresh-voiced paraphrase. --Cindy Crosby

From the Publisher:

Voted as "Book of the Decade" by the Academy of Parish Clergy (2003)

About this edition

• Publisher: Navpress Pub Group
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1576832732
• ISBN 13: 9781576832738
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 2200