The Revised English Bible - Ecumenical Holy Bible - contemporary English - Gender-inclusive language - British text / Cambridge University Press / Hardcover

Hardcover 2016

PAGES: 1088

ISBN: 9783438081117  /  978-3438081117

ISBN-10: 3438081113

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press

LANGUAGE: English

English Description:

* ecumenical
* the first Bible ever to have the backing of all the main Christian churches, Protestant and Roman Catholic alike ;
* clear, direct contemporary English
* gender-inclusive language
* ideal for devotions and public reading

The two-column Bible edition is equipped with an introduction to the Old and New Testaments as well as a list of abbreviations, weights and values. Bible translation: Revised English Bible Language information: English is the official language of Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. English is also used as the lingua franca in the following countries: Egypt, Ethiopia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Eritrea, Israel, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, East Timor, Panama, and the Philippines , Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Suriname and United Arab Emirates. Speakers: Approx. 330 million native speakers, according to estimates by the Federal Agency for Civic Education, 500 million second language speakers.The two-column Bible edition is equipped with an introduction to the Old and New Testaments as well as a list of abbreviations, weights and values. Bible translation: Revised English Bible Language information: English is the official language of Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. English is also used as the lingua franca in the following countries: Egypt, Ethiopia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Eritrea, Israel, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, East Timor, Panama, and the Philippines , Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Suriname and United Arab Emirates. Speakers: Approx. 330 million native speakers, according to estimates by the Federal Agency for Civic Education, 500 million second language speakers.