Hi Judy,
I believe that CEV was particularly aimed at ESL, but can someone
remind me whether the CEV is an update of the Good News Bible? I
recently read a passage from Romans in church using GNB rather than
NIV, and one NESB member [Korean] remarked that for once she had been
able to understand the reading. Sorry, as I haven't owned a CEV I
don't know whether the language is inclusive - try an Indonesian one!
:)Sue
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:48:15 +1000, Judy Redman wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I know we've had part of this discussion before, but I've forgotten what
>people have said.
>
>>From time to time, students ask if I can lend them a Bible. The one who
>asked me today ran out of room to pack one when she came here from the US.
>Often it's an international ESL student who wants an English translation.
>My response is normally to give them one to keep, but the choice in Armidale
>is not particularly broad. My preference would be to give them the NRSV
>because it uses reasonably inclusive language, has fairly standard English
>usage and where the translators have had to choose between possible English
>translations, they usually have chosen ones that I find myself in agreement
>with theologically.
>
>Our local Koorong stocks NKJV, KJV, NIV, New Century, the Message and
>Contemporary English Version. Particularly for ESL students, versions like
>the Message aren't particularly helpful because they often use
>colloquialisms that are puzzling for students. KNJV, KJV and NIV don't use
>inclusive language. I am not familiar with New Century or CEV. Is anyone
>else? Do either of them fit my criteria?
>
>And is anyone aware of a source of reasonably priced NRSV bibles (preferably
>in NSW) that are nice to read ie reasonable sized print and pleasant to
>touch paper. I don't want to spend $45-50 on one, but I do, if possible,
>want to get Bibles that invite reading, which many very cheap ones don't.
>
>Judy
Sue Bolton
Sydney, Australia
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