The wording of the KJV was difficult for many readers in the twentieth century, both because of the antiquated language and because of the word-for-word style of the translation. The Living Bible was dramatically different from the King James Version, which had been the predominant English translation since it was first published in 1611. Taylor said he had a dream “for all peoples of the world to read and understand God’s Word and experience its power at work in their lives.” Taylor, author of The Living Bible and founder of Tyndale House Publishers, started writing the Bible paraphrase for his children, who struggled to comprehend what was really being said in the old language of the King James Version (KJV). Its purpose is to say as exactly as possible what the writers of the Scriptures meant, and to say it simply.ĭr. Written in easy-to-understand, modern English, The Living Bible is a paraphrase of the Old and New Testaments. In over 40 years since its original release, The Living Bible has touched well over 40 million lives in North America alone and been sold all around the world.
Bringing together Living Letters (1962), a book The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association gave away millions of copies of during their Crusades, as well as the subsequent books in the Living series: In 1971 Tyndale House Publishers released the highly anticipated The Living Bible.
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