I believe there's a direct translation of the NT from Greek that came out a few years ago and was highly praised for its attention to detail and lovely prose, but I'll be damned if I can remember the exact title and author. There's plenty of other cool stuff, though:
Differences Between Bible Versions compares versions and explains what they get right and wrong Beyond Belief by Elaine Pagels is a really cool look at the Gospel of Thomas and its effect on the early Christians, and I remember her The Gnostic Gospels as being fascinating, though I ought to go back and read it. And then there's Lost Scriptures: Books That Did Not Make It Into the New Testament and Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew by Bart D Ehrman, which I covet, having given them to my in-laws and read parts of them - they took them to their church Bible classes and the group had a really good time learning all sorts of stuff about the early church. Also, I like ex-Bishop John Shelby Spong a lot. He was my in-laws' Bish, and he's an advocate for equality and a strong opponent of fundamentalism. He's written several books - I've read Why Christianity Must Change Or Die and Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture, and they were both great.
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Date: 2005-12-05 06:31 am (UTC)Differences Between Bible Versions compares versions and explains what they get right and wrong
Beyond Belief by Elaine Pagels is a really cool look at the Gospel of Thomas and its effect on the early Christians, and I remember her The Gnostic Gospels as being fascinating, though I ought to go back and read it. And then there's Lost Scriptures: Books That Did Not Make It Into the New Testament and Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew by Bart D Ehrman, which I covet, having given them to my in-laws and read parts of them - they took them to their church Bible classes and the group had a really good time learning all sorts of stuff about the early church. Also, I like ex-Bishop John Shelby Spong a lot. He was my in-laws' Bish, and he's an advocate for equality and a strong opponent of fundamentalism. He's written several books - I've read Why Christianity Must Change Or Die and Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture, and they were both great.