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Recovery Version Bible + Full Set of the Life Study
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See below for a brief explaination of this Bible. p/s. It has 5-star ratings from Amazon.com
简 说
翻译圣经，历代是逐渐进步的。惯例总是承先启后，后者借助于先者，进而更有所见。本新约圣经恢复本，乃以华语中最通行的国语和合本为参照，尽力保留其语体、节奏、以及人地名音译，各面的优美；并以英语中所有权威译本，以及华语中所有寻得的其他译本为参考，不但为得借鉴、启发，也为避免偏见、误断。凡较佳辞句，无不尽力采集，务求圣言中的启示，能在华语中，得到差异最少，达意最准的发表。
翻译圣经，除基于对圣经原文之明了外，也在于对圣言中神圣启示的认识。历代圣徒对神圣启示的认识，也是基于他们所得之亮光，逐渐前进的。本译本所根据者，乃此类认识之集大成，加上附注，可谓二千年来，各方圣徒对神圣启示认识之结晶，希能继往又开来。
鉴定圣经原文古卷，乃翻译圣经之根据。最新发现，或为时最古之古卷，并非最为准确、可靠。任何一节或一段须考量之经文，均须根据其书及其章之上下文，并须比较其相同记载之经文，而作鉴定。本译本之古卷鉴定，即以此为原则。
本译本竭尽所能，探究原文精意，用中肯、浅顺之国语表达之。凡难照原文语气表达者，均加注解释。
本译本每卷书的主题、纲目，乃以史事为根据，并以灵意为发表。注解重于真理的启示、属灵的亮光、以及生命的供应，过于历史、地理和人物的解释。串珠不仅指引到相同的辞句与史事，更根据属灵的启示，指引到有关的事物和经言。
A Brief Explaination
Throughout the centuries, translations of the Bible have steadily improved. In general, each new translation inherits from previous ones and opens the way for later ones.While a new translation derives help from its predecessors, it should go further. The Recovery Version of the Holy Bible, following the precedent set by the major authoritative English versions and taking these versions as reference, not only incorporates lessons learned from an examination of others’ practices but also attempts to avoid biases and inaccurate judgments. This version, frequently guided by other versions, attempts to provide the best utterance for the revelation in the divine Word, that it may be expressed in the English language with the greatest accuracy.
Translating the Bible depends not only on an adequate comprehension of the original language but also on a proper understanding of the divine revelation in the holy Word. Throughout the centuries the understanding of the divine revelation possessed by the saints has always been based upon the light they received, and this understanding has progressed steadily. The consummation of this understanding forms the basis of this translation and its footnotes. Hence, this translation and the accompanying footnotes could be called the “crystallization” of the understanding of the divine revelation which the saints everywhere have attained to in the past two thousand years. It is our hope that the Recovery Version will carry on the heritage that it has received and will pave the way for future generations.
As with any translation of the Bible, the determination of the original text, based upon the available manuscripts, forms the basis for the text of the Recovery Version of the Holy Bible. The translation of the Old Testament is based on the current scholarly text of the Hebrew Scriptures, Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS; revised 1990 edition). The New Testament follows, for the most part, the Nestle-Aland Greek text as found in Novum Testamentum Graece (26th edition). However, in determining the original form of any verse, the translators of the Recovery Version gave careful consideration to the larger context of chapter and book and to similar portions of the Old and New Testaments. The most recently discovered manuscripts or the manuscripts of oldest date are not necessarily the most accurate or reliable; hence, the determination of the text for this version was based largely upon the principle stated above. Departures from these editions are generally indicated in the footnotes.
The Recovery Version embodies extensive research into the meaning of the original text and attempts to express this meaning with English that is to the point, easy to understand, and readable. In those places where it is difficult to express the exact meaning of the original Hebrew and Greek, explanatory footnotes have been supplied.
The subject provided at the beginning of each book and the outline of each book take the historical facts as their base and express the spiritual meaning in each book. The footnotes stress the revelation of the truth, the spiritual light, and the supply of life more than history, geography, and persons. The cross references lead not only to other verses with the same expressions and facts but also to other matters related to the spiritual revelation in the divine Word.
The Life Study
The life study is a very great collection for supplementing the understanding for each book in the Bible. It is hard for me to explain. You are better off to just click on teh link and discover yourself. No other christian literature have I ever come across so far which I still think this set of Life Study is the best! Get into it!
