The Living Bible, Paraphrased, Volume 38

Kenneth Nathaniel Taylor

Tyndale House, 1971 - Bibles - 1020 pages

The Living Bible (TLB) is an English version of the Bible created by Kenneth N. Taylor. It was first published in 1971. Unlike most English Bibles, The Living Bible is a paraphrase. Mr. Taylor used the American Standard Version of 1901 as his base text. Taylor never intended for his paraphrase to be used as the reader's sole source of Biblical knowledge, or as an aid to scholarly study. Rather, his goal was to put the basic message of the Bible into modern language that could readily be understood by the typical reader without a theological or linguistic background. He never represented his work as a translation. Rather, the word "Paraphrased" was used on the front cover to show very clearly that this was a paraphrase. - Wikipedia.

Contents

• Genesis: 1
• Deuteronomy: 149
• Samuel: 534

About the author

Kenneth N. Taylor (May 8, 1917 - June 10, 2005) was an American publisher and author, better known as the creator of the The Living Bible and the founder of Tyndale House, a Christian publishing company and Living Bibles International. Taylor completed high school in Oregon, and then enrolled at Wheaton College, graduating four years later as a pre-med student. From 1940-43 he attended Dallas Theological Seminary, completing his theological studies at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Chicago in 1946. Taylor was editor for His magazine, before became the director of Moody Press, and founding Tyndale House Publishers in 1963. Taylor began paraphrasing the New Testament Epistles on the train while commuting to Moody Press. The project took seven years to complete. Unable to find a publisher to print Living Letters, Taylor took out a loan for $2,000 and had it printed privately. It was not until Billy Graham recommended Living Letters from the pulpit that they became popular. The success of this first publication resulted in the founding of Tyndale House Publishers, the completion of the Living Bible, and the establishment of the Tyndale Foundation. he died on June 10, 2005 from heart failure.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Living Bible, Paraphrased, Volume 38; The Living Bible, Paraphrased, Kenneth Nathaniel Taylor
• Author: Kenneth Nathaniel Taylor
• Edition: 17, reprint, large print
• Publisher: Tyndale House, 1971
• ISBN: 0842322507, 9780842322508
• Length: 1020 pages
• Subjects: Bibles / General; Bibles / New Living Translation / General; Religion / Biblical Studies / General