Common English Bible

Take a fresh look at the Bible while you experience a new translation. The Common English Bible combines a commitment to both accuracy and readability. The result is a new version of the Bible the typical reader or worshipper is able to understand with ease. Written in today's modern English, the Common English Bible was created through the careful work of 118 leading biblical scholars from 22 faith traditions and thorough field tests by 77 reading groups. The CEB Thinline edition is highly portable yet easy to see with generous 9-point type and a convenient trim size that is also thinner than an inch. Available in Softcover, DecoTone simulated leather, and bonded EcoLeather bindings. FEATURES: 5 3/8" x 8 3/8" 9 point type 1264 pages Ribbon marker Two-column setting with black letter text Presentation page In-text subject headings Study and reading helps Topical index 8 pages of full-color maps exclusively from National Geographic ENDORSEMENT: SOur reading group was transformed by this experience of reading and commenting on the Common English Bible. It "s significant that people from age 15 to 85 were so fired up by reading the translation. - “Eileen Parfrey, Springwater Presbyterian Church, Estacado, Oregon