Download or read book The Comprehensive New Testament written by T. E. Clontz and published by Cornerstone Publishing (Va). This book was released on 2008 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Comprehensive New Testament only requires a sixth grade reading level and is the most accurate translation of the Nestle-Aland 27th edition Greek New Testament ever produced. The Nestle-Aland 27th edition is overwhelmingly trusted by Catholic and Protestant churches to represent the oldest surviving Greek manuscripts. The Comprehensive New Testament has complete textual variant mapping for 20 English versions: American Standard Version 1901 Douay-Rheims American Edition 1899 translation of the Vulgate English Standard Version 2001, 2007 Holman Christian Standard Bible 1999 David Stern s Jewish New Testament 1998 King James Version 1611, 1769 Blayney revision Murdock s translation of the Peshitta 1851 New American Bible, revised 1991 New American Standard Bible 1960 New American Standard Bible, 1995 revision New English Translation 2004 New International Version 1984 New Jerusalem Bible 1985 New King James Version 1982 New Living Translation, 2nd Edition 2004 New Revised Standard Version 1989 Revised English Bible 1989 Revised Standard Version, 2nd Edition 1971 Today s English Version (Good News Bible) 1966 The Living Bible (paraphrase) 1971 Over 15,000 variations in ancient manuscripts are translated in the footnotes. Uncertain readings are clearly marked in brackets. Readability, accuracy, and formal equivalence are empirically measured and charted for the 20 English versions and compared to The Comprehensive New Testament. Readability is measured using the Coleman-Liau scoring system in Readability Studio version 1.2.0.0, Copyright 2007. Accuracy and formal equivalence are measured by comparing each verse from the different versions to the Nestle-Aland 27th edition Greek New Testament. Cross references are arranged by topic, passage, and verse. Highly significant parallels are quoted in special highlight boxes throughout the cross reference index. The cross reference index includes over 40,000 references for: Old and New Testaments Old Testament Apocrypha Apostolic and Patristic Writings Dead Sea Scrolls Dhammapada Epic of Gilgamesh Golden Verses of Pythagoras Greek Literature Nag Hammadi Library New Testament Apocrypha Pseudepigrapha Rabbinic Writings Tacitus The Egyptian Book of the Dead Works of Josephus Works of Philo Works of Plato