The Living Bible

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The Living Bible is a 1971 English paraphrase of the Bible by Kenneth N. Taylor, created to present Scripture in contemporary, easy-to-understand language.

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The Living Bible: Paraphrased 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible paraphrase
English Bible version
abbreviation TLB
approachToTranslation paraphrase rather than literal translation
associatedOrganization Tyndale House Publishers
surface form: Tyndale House
author Kenneth N. Taylor
basedOn Bible
surface form: The Bible
compiledFrom American Standard Version
contains New Testament
Bible
surface form: Old Testament
copyrightHolder Tyndale House Publishers
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Kenneth N. Taylor
denominationalOrientation non-denominational Protestant
firstPublishedIn 1971
genre Bible paraphrase
religious text
hasAlternativeName The Living Bible
surface form: The Living Bible: Paraphrased
hasFormat New Testament edition
complete Bible edition
hasInfluenceOn popular evangelical Bible reading in the 1970s
influenced New Living Translation
intendedReadingLevel popular-level
intendedUse devotional reading
family Bible reading
language English
marketedAs easy-to-read Bible
medium print
notableFor conversational style
dynamic equivalence approach
publicationYear 1971
publisher Tyndale House Publishers
purpose to make the Bible easy to understand
to present Scripture in contemporary language
religiousTradition Evangelicalism
surface form: Evangelical Christianity
scriptureType Christian Scripture
style contemporary English
informal
subject Bible
surface form: Christian Bible
targetAudience children and young readers
general readers
textType paraphrase
timePeriod 20th century
title The Living Bible self-link
translator Kenneth N. Taylor

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New Living Translation derivedFrom The Living Bible
The Living Bible hasAlternativeName The Living Bible
this entity surface form: The Living Bible: Paraphrased
The Living Bible title The Living Bible self-link