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| Holy Bible: Contemporary English Version | 
 enlarge | Author: Abs
Publisher: American Bible Society
Category: Book
List Price: $4.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 268709
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1354
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.3 x 1.7
ISBN: 1585160555
Dewey Decimal Number: 200
EAN: 9781585160556
ASIN: 1585160555
Publication Date: October 1, 2000
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| Customer Reviews:
 I hate giving a Bible a one but.... July 9, 2003
3 out of 17 found this review helpful
the cover of this book is terrible and not the original one I bought. It was a solid blue cover and then it went on backorder and the flower one is what I got. I had to give it away.
 Great Translation June 10, 2003
5 out of 24 found this review helpful
This modern-day translation takes difficult and arcane versions of the Holy Bible and renders them into everyday, but intelligent English. Still, though, the book itself is based upon an implausible premise, which the elucidated translation is still unable to cover up: There's an invisible, omniscient and omnipotent super-being that created everything, gave his only son to die on the cross, told another guy, Abraham, to kill his own son, and generally behaves like a two year old whose cookie has been taken away when any of his creations displease him. Otherwise, this lordly ruler is a pretty decent fellow, and bestows abundance upon his creations when they blindly follow his every whim.A rather one-dimensional protagonist this "God"; I found Jake Barnes in Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" to be a more well-rounded, fleshed out character, a much more believeable and tragic hero. However, this book has an awesome ending, full of special effects, the chapter "Revelations," which is sort of a cross between Cecil B. deMille's "The Ten Commandments," Art Bell's book "The Quickening," "Terminator II" and Liszt's "Totentanz." It's sort of like watching "Fantasia" while tripping on acid, only a lot scarier.
GREAT BIBLE FOR FIRST TIME BIBLE READERS February 16, 2003
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
THE CEV BIBLE IS EASY TO READ,YET IS NOT A PARAPHRASE.
IT IS A ACCURATE THOUGHT FOR THOUGHT BIBLE THAT USES SIMPLE EVERYDAY
ENGLISH LANGUAGE.IT IS READER FRIENDLY AND GREAT FOR THOSE WHO
WANT TO READ THE BIBLE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
ROBERT-SAN ANTONIO,TX
The best of the easy to read Bibles November 19, 2001
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
The CEV Bible is clear,accurate,and to the point.it says
God's words in a simple format that is a joy to read for
all ages.I highly recommend this Bible for devotional
reading to better understand scripture than the historical Bibles.
Robert-San Antonio,TX
CEV BIBLE September 28, 2001
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
Without going into an extensive review, let me just give you MY
understanding.
1. This Bible is an excellent choice for those just beginning their spiritual journey.
2. This should be used with a concordance for accurate translations of the original Hebrew and Greek languages.
3. As with any other purchase, individual research should be done to make a confident decision. This is CLEARLY such an example. The 'Berkley' edition is a very close contender!
4. The CEV gives clear instruction without the ancient dialog of the King James. Not taking away from the KJ as it is an old standby, but is limited in regard to our language today.
5. Most important to me is the "understandability" of the text.
If I have to ask someone to translate for me, I may as well read the original greek text.
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