Last time we looked at the King James version which is one of the strictest formal equivalence Bibles every made. This time we are going to analyze two Bibles on the other end of the spectrum: the Message Bible and the Passion Translation. These two versions share a number of characteristics in common. For example both are very popular, both were done by single translators, and both employ a very free application of dynamic equivalence.

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The Message Bible by Eugene Peterson
The Passion Translation by Brian Simmons
The Hebrew Bible by Robert Alter
The New Testament by David Bentley Hart

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