"Holy Parentheticals, Batman!"

Dan Delgado (Level 5) ~ 7/31/2012 12:44 AM

From the "Good grief!" department:

New Bible translation has screenplay format
news.yahoo.com/bible-translation-screenplay-format-085746946.html

"NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new Bible translation tackles the challenge of turning ancient Greek and Hebrew texts into modern American English and then adds a twist: It's written like a screenplay.

Take the passage from Genesis in which God gets angry at Adam for eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil:

"Adam (pointing at the woman): It was she! The woman You gave me as a companion put the fruit in my hands, and I ate it.

"God (to the woman): What have you done?

"Eve: It was the serpent! He tricked me, and I ate."

Later, Eve bears her first son, Cain.

"Eve (excited): Look, I have created a new human, a male child, with the help of the Eternal."
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"It's written like a screenplay", should have the modifier; "It's written like a CRAPPY screenplay."

My eyes would be bleeding if I tried to read the WHOLE Bible, written like that.

Masoud Soheili (Level 4) ~ 7/31/2012 1:41 AM

Really nice!
Like to read it

Margaret Ricke (Level 5) ~ 8/1/2012 3:46 AM

Good grief. Don't get me started...