The revised English Bible

This is a new translation of the Bible for the 1990s and beyond. Commissioned by The Joint Committee of the Churches under the Chairmanship of Lord Coggan, it is the result of a unique and historic co-operation between all the major Christian Churches in the United Kingdom. While this new translation is the outcome of a very full and careful revision of The New English Bible , and builds upon that Bible's strengths, it is much more than a mere revised edition, being, in its own right, an entirely new version. Teams of specialists and ordinary people have combined to provide a text that uses clear, up-to-date but dignified language, that will appeal to young and old alike, be suitable for reading aloud in Churches, and prove essential for study in schools and colleges.;Planned and directed by representatives of The Baptist Union of Great Britain; The Church of England; The Church of Scotland; The Council of Churches for Wales; The London Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends; The Methodist Church of Great Britain; The Moravian Church in Great Britain and Ireland; The Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales; The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland; The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland; The Salvation Army; the United Reformed Church; The Bible Society; The National Bible Society of Scotland. To be published jointly by Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press.