Editorial
Robert V. Huber, editorial advisor. Bob is a retired Reader’s Digest Bible Books editor. He has also co-authored Bible background books with Stephen M. Miller and taught graduate courses in Scripture. Bob and Steve’s book The Bible: A History, published in the United Kingdom, won the Christian Broadcasting Council’s award for the nonfiction book of the year. Bob has been kind enough to help us begin to review and polish this beta edition of the Casual English Bible. His keen insight and scholarship are helping bring the ancient stories and teaching into the casual English language of the 21st century.
Bibles
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are taken from the Casual English Bible® (Beta Edition), Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 by Stephen M. Miller Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The Casual English Bible® (TCEB) is a trademark registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Stephen M. Miller Inc. StephenMillerBooks.com, CasualEnglishBible.com.
Verses marked CEB are taken from the Common English Bible® Copyright © 2010, 2011 by Common English Bible,™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide, The “CEB” and “Common English Bible” trademarks are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Common English Bible. Use of either trademark requires the permission of Common English Bible.
Verses marked CEV are taken from the Contemporary English Version © 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society. Used by permission.
Verses marked MSG are taken from THE MESSAGE. Copyright © by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Verses marked NASB are taken from the New American Standard Bible®, © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)
Verses marked NIRV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Reader’s Version®. nirv®. Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1998 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The “NIRV” and the “New International Reader’s Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™
Verses marked NIV are taken from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Verses marked NCV are taken from The Holy Bible, New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission.
Verses marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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