To this end, the translation team of the New American Bible—which works under the auspices of the U.S.C.C.B.—hopes to significantly bridge the gap between hearing Scripture in the liturgy and ...

In the world, there are basically over hundreds of different translations of the Bible to English language, and each version can be analyzed in different ways. So, we have a literal translation ...

Alter has also done a beautiful translation of the Psalms, “The Book of Psalms,” (W.W. Norton, 2007) and a translation of I and 2 Samuel, “The David Story.” ...

The translation of the Torah alone occupied them from 1955 to 1962. The translation of Genesis alone required 13 different revisions before the committee felt confident enough to release it.

Robert Alter has accomplished the monumental feat, 22 years in the making, of single-handedly translating the Hebrew Bible into English. Since he began, Alter’s translation has been published in ...

Bible translation is inevitably shaped by theology: For instance, some conservative Christians resist gender-neutral translations, preferring, for example, that their Bible text refer to “man ...