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Denelle keeps the anitquarian Bible conversation rolling with this post today. Thanks for bringing us that story, Denelle!
More on Bibles
A new Australian translation of the Bible is making headlines, in part because it is selling much better than thought and in part because of the outcry of some critics.
The "Aussie Bible" translates the Bible into the vernacular, even slang, of the Australian people.
Found Rare Bible
Joining the Irish find mentioned above, a guy in Virginia has found a very old and possibly rare Bible in a dump.
Denelle keeps the anitquarian Bible conversation rolling with this post today. Thanks for bringing us that story, Denelle!
More on Bibles
A new Australian translation of the Bible is making headlines, in part because it is selling much better than thought and in part because of the outcry of some critics.
The "Aussie Bible" translates the Bible into the vernacular, even slang, of the Australian people.
"There was this sheila who came across a snake-in-the-grass with all the cunning of a con man. The snake asked her why she didn't just grab lunch off the tree in her garden. "God, she said, had told her she'd be dead meat if her fruit salad came from that tree, but the snake told her she wouldn't die. So she took a good squiz [look] and then a bite and passed the fruit on to her bloke.The article also states that Australia has given us a version of the Bible in text message lingo.
People make the mistake of thinking that Australian English is just slang. It's much richer than that, and it's a language of the heart.It's quirky and funny but it can also convey seriousness and emotion. It connects with people at a deeper level than standard English," Richards says
"In da Bginnin God cre8d da heavens & da earth," begins the SMS version, launched last year. "Da earth waz barren, wit no 4m of life; it waz unda a roaring ocean cuvred wit dRkness."This reminds me of another translation of the Bible that I have seen, called Word on the Street. That version translates the Bible into English slang.
Found Rare Bible
Joining the Irish find mentioned above, a guy in Virginia has found a very old and possibly rare Bible in a dump.
Hoskins says he found a 188-year-old King James Bible and he's turning down offers approaching one thousand dollars.He needs to get with the guy from The Heritage Musuem that I mentioned yesterday and see what it's really worth.
The Bible was printed in Pittsburgh in 1818 and appears to have fire damage and had watermarks on some of its inner pages. According to Hoskins' research, it's one of less than a half-dozen copies in existence.
