Beck's American Translation is an abbreviated version of ''"The Holy Bible: An American Translation"'' by
William F. Beck
William Frederick Beck (August 28, 1904 – October 24, 1966) was an American Lutheran minister best known for his biblical translation, ''The Holy Bible, An American Translation''.
Biography
William Frederick Henry Beck was born in Little ...
(abbreviated BECK, but also AAT; not to be confused with Smith/Goodspeed's earlier "
An American Translation
''The Bible: An American Translation'' (AAT) is an English version of the Bible consisting of the Old Testament translated by a group of scholars under the editorship of John Merlin Powis Smith, the Apocrypha translated by Edgar J. Goodspeed, ...
", which is abbreviated AAT or SGAT). The
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...
's
Concordia Publishing House
Concordia Publishing House (CPH), founded in 1869, is the official publishing arm of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS). Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, at 3558 S. Jefferson Avenue, CPH publishes the synod's official monthly maga ...
published his ''"An American Translation--The New Testament In The Language Of Today"'' in 1963.
The preface to the 1976 Bicentennial edition, written by Herman Otten, states:
Beck wanted his translation to become the official translation of the
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...
, but the synod has no official English translation.
See also
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List of English Bible translations
The Bible has been translated into many languages from the biblical languages of Aramaic, Greek, and Hebrew. The Latin Vulgate translation was dominant in Western Christianity through the Middle Ages. Since then, the Bible has been translated i ...
External links
Christian Newsis the current publisher / distributor
Beck's American Translations
Beck's American Translation
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Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
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