The Good News Bible : Past and Present

Deadline for submissions: July 15, 2018

Good News for Modern Man (NT) was published in 1966, and the entire Good News Bible (in what was known as “Today’s English Version”) in 1976. Since then it has been both widely acclaimed and excoriated. Perhaps the most sincere form of admiration is its use as a model translation, though the way in which this has been done has not always conformed to the very translation principles that GNB enshrines. At the 2017 Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting in Boston, the Nida Institute of the American Bible Society hosted a session at which three papers reflected on the half century since the first appearance of the New Testament:

The first of these dealt with the historical and organizational background to the appearance of GNB. The second examined, along with the subsequent history, the specific issues that led to the second edition of GNB (principally the issue of gender-inclusive language). The third treated more theoretical and ideological issues arising from GNB’s methodology, focusing on the early part of 2 Corinthians.

These three papers will be published in The Bible Translator as the core of a thematic issue in December 2018, dedicated to the topic “The Good News Bible: Past and Present.” Contributions are solicited that will supplement and build on the topics covered in these papers and offer a broad reflection on the role of GNB. Areas of interest would include (but not be limited to):

Interested authors may submit their papers via the Journal’s website at https://journals-sagepub-com.web.bisu.edu.cn/home/tbt. Click on the “Submit Paper” tab. If you have any questions, please contact the Editor, Stephen Pattemore, at spattemore@biblesocieties.org.