Translations Book


English Bible Translations: A Field Guide and History

By Hope Hilton, MDiv

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This is an A to Z Field Guide and History of Biblical Translations in the English Language

The first chapters explore the history and landscape of English Biblical Translation through the following four questions:

  • Why Are There So Many Translations?

  • How Did the Bible Happen?

  • How Did the Bible Become English?

  • Which Translation Is Best?

Later chapters include Biblical translations for various readers and settings, including

  • Scholars,

  • Catholics,

  • Everyday People,

  • Communities on Margins,

  • Deeper readers,

  • Children,

  • and Study.

The final section of this book presents the field guide: an alphabetical list of English Bible translations, for reading or quick reference. This alphabetical field guide features most of the translations that you will encounter in Bible Study, at the Book Store, and in the classroom.

The A to Z guide includes the following translations:

  • Action Bible, The

  • Amplified Bible (AMP)

  • Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

  • Black Bible Chronicles

  • Brick Bible, The

  • Common English Bible (CEB)

  • Contemporary English Version (CEV)

  • Cotton Patch Bible, Cotton Patch Gospel (CPG)

  • Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

  • Da Jesus Book (Da Good an Spesho Book)

  • Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS)

  • Douay–Rheims (Challoner) Bible (DRB, DRV)

  • English Standard Version (ESV)

  • First Nations Version (FNV)

  • Good News Translation (GNT)

  • Hero Bible (Lion Comic Book 2015)

  • Hero Bible (Christ Comics, 2025)

  • Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

  • Inclusive Bible, The (TIB)

  • International Children’s Bible (ICB)

  • International Standard Version (ISV)

  • Jerusalem Bible (JB)

  • Jewish Publication Society Tanakh (JPS)

  • King James Version (KJV)

  • Lexham English Bible (LEB)

  • Living Bible, The (TLB)

  • Majority Text (Byzantine, Ecclesiastical)

  • Manuscripts, Scrolls, Papyri, Codices (A, B, C, D, P, ℵ, B19A, 1QIsaᵃ)

  • Masoretic Text and Its Critical Editions (MT, BHK, BHS, BHQ)

  • Message, The (MSG)

  • Modern English Version (MEV)

  • Moffatt, New Translation (MNT)

  • Nestle-Aland, United Bible Societies, Critical New Testaments (NA, UBS, SBLGNT)

  • New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

  • New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  • New Century Version (NCV)

  • New English Translation (NET)

  • New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

  • New International Version (NIV)

  • New Jerusalem Bible (NJB)

  • New Jewish Publication Society Tanakh (NJPS)

  • New King James Version (NKJV)

  • New Living Translation (NLT)

  • New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSV-CE)

  • New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVue)

  • Passion Translation, The (TPT)

  • Revised English Bible, New English Bible (REB/NEB)

  • Revised New Jerusalem Bible (RNJB)

  • Septuagint (LXX)

  • Textus Receptus (TR)

  • Today’s New International Version (TNIV)

  • Vulgate (Vg, Nv,V, SV, BSV)

  • World English Bible (WEB)