Dear Briefing: Bible translations

Life

In your Bible Brief notes, you recommend some unusual Bible translations. Why is this?

In an age of so many choices, what recommends one translation over another? And how do I work out whether the additional material offered by publishers (study notes, cross-references, maps, concordances, CD-ROMs, and so on) is a help or a hindrance to my understanding of God’s word?

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