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Updating the Bible

Updating the Bible
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  • Updating the Bible
  • Duration: 02:54
  • Rob Lacey, author of 'The Word on the Street', reads his contemporary version of the story of creation. This is compared with the King James version. Lacey's paraphrase is not, he explains, a replacement for the 'real' Bible, but a way into it for those for whom the traditional translations are inaccessible.
  • Subject:

    Religious Education

       Topic:

    Christianity: The Bible

  • Keywords: Bible, translation, version, language, creation, modern
Ideas for use in class
  • Explain that the Bible, originally written in Hebrew and Greek, has been translated into many languages, and discuss reasons for this. Use the clip to explore differences between the language of the King James Bible, published in 1611, and Lacey's version for today. Which do they prefer? Does one help to explain the other? Should 'religious' language be different from everyday language? Try some dramatic reading of the texts, possibly using images and music, and explore how meaning is most effectively conveyed.
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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