The ''Good News Study Bible'' is an edition of the

Good News Bible Good News Bible (GNB), also called the Good News Translation (GNT) in the United States, is an English translation of the Bible by the American Bible Society. It was first published as the New Testament under the name ''Good News for Modern Ma ...

with

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study notes and articles.

Versions

Study Bible versions of the

/ Today's English Version (GNB/TEV) include:

American Bible Society

The ''Good News Study Bible with Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha (Today's English Version)'' was published by the

American Bible Society American Bible Society is a U.S.-based Christian nonprofit headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As the American member organization of United Bible Societies, it supports global Bible translation, production, distribution, literacy, engag ...

. It uses the 1992 second edition of the GNB /TEV (with American spelling), hence the "Today's English" designation. The study notes were translated from the Spanish Version Popular Study Bible notes by Eugene A. Nida and edited by Erroll F. Rhodes, Ph.D. Notes are arranged in a section underneath the Biblical text, in similar style to the

NIV Study Bible The NIV Study Bible is a study Bible originally published by Zondervan in 1985 that uses the New International Version (NIV). Revisions include one in 1995, a full revision in 2002, an update in October 2008 for the 30th anniversary of the NIV, a ...

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is for the Biblical text only, not the notes.

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and

Psalm 151 Psalm 151 is a short psalm found in most copies of the Septuagint (LXX), but not in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible. The title given to the psalm in the Septuagint indicates that it is supernumerary, as no number is affixed to it. The p ...

are not included in this Bible.

The Bible Societies

Published in 1997 by The Bible Societies /

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, the ''Good News Study Bible'' uses the second edition of the GNB/TEV (with British spelling). General Editor The Reverend Professor Paul Ellingworth, 2039 pages. There is a greater emphasis on book and section introductions (including information about the context of the book and how it came to be written and transmitted) so notes for each verse are less comprehensive than those of and many other study Bibles. Biblical text is in a single column with the study notes in another column to the right. Section introductions are interspersed throughout the Biblical text, these being differentiated from it by a blue background.

Comparisons

Neither of these editions includes Annie Vallotton's line drawing art. The study notes in both editions attempt to explain the text and give additional information without introducing doctrinal bias. Although substantial works by major organisations in the field of Bible publishing, these Bibles came out in a market that had been dominated by the

for some years and did not gain significant market share.

References

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