dollar editions of books of the bible?
Do you remember a few years ago when some publisher was coming out with individual books of the Bible published for something like $1 each, and with introductions written by celebrities of one kind or another? Bono wrote the introduction to one of the gospels, I think, and Nick Cave wrote the one for another. I'm blanking on who the publisher was, and I've yet to find any info online.
UPDATE: Ah, it's the Pocket Canon Series. Bono actually wrote the introduction to Psalms. I was thinking about these editions--wondering if I could get my hands on some of them--because of Meg's post today on Psalms.
Apparently, some aren't too happy with this series.
Comments
How much do I love that they're still worried about Jacobites? C'mon, a little toast to the king over the water won't send you to hell...
I do kind of agree, though, about the KJV being a compromised text. For my money, it's the New Oxford Annotated Bible in NRSV all the way, at least for reading purposes. For early modern scholarship, the KJV is of course better, but the NRSV has a lighter hand. I've heard Robert Alter's books of Moses and Samuel translations are phenomenal, and probably the closest to reading the Hebrew.
Posted by: carrie | August 13, 2005 4:31 PM