The Kingdom New Testament, Paperback: A Contemporary Translation

It’s a fantastic translation

Tom Wright is the preeminent biblical scholar of our time. His translation is fresh, readable, accurate and opens the mind to greater understanding of scripture.

For those interested in N.T. Wright, for others don't bother.

This is hands down my go to translation now for the New Testament. The readability is absolutely phenomenal while still maintaining an accurate translation from the Greek. It's a word-for-word translation, with contemporary language when it is needed (in other words how Paul or any of the NT authors would've conveyed a certain idea/phrase with how we would actually say it today). Indebted to Wright for his hard work on this.

I am using this book in conjunction with some online courses taught by N. T. Wright. His contemporary translation reads well. The margins can support note taking. I would recommend a gel based or pencil type highlighter as a liquid base highlighter would easily bleed through the pages. If you want to delve deeper into the New Testament, then this book, along with any other of Bishop Wright's study guides, will help you do that.

I bought David Bentley Hart's "A New Translation" and N. T. Wright's "The Kingdom New Testament" to compare their insights. They are having a public argument over the value of each other's translation. However, they are both trying to do different things with their translation, so they read very differently.N.T. Wright is a Christian historian and he wants to help the reader hear the writings as the 1st Century Christians heard them. For example, what did they think when "Lord" was used when addressing Jesus? N. T. Wright suggests that they hear 'king' in competition with the Roman emperor. N. T. Wright's version is clear and helps one understand the flow of the New Testament. In that, it is a good translation. I liked it.David Bentley Hart is a Greek Scholar of ancient Greek writings and he wants the reader to see the Greek as it was written. He translates the clumsy Greek writing into clumsy English. He translates as transparently as possible. However, there are not headings to guide your reading as in Wright's translation. This is because the Greek manuscripts have none. Hart wants you to experience the Greek. He has some wonderful essays in the appendix that clarifies his most important choices in translation.So they want to do different things with there translations. I believe that David Bentley Hart's translation will be the more influential translation. It will actually influence other translations, because of his high scholarship in Ancient Greek. I now enjoy going to Hart's translation, because it is getting me to see new things in the New Testament (I have read about 10 different English translations) with NRSV being my favorite mainline translation.I recommend Hart's over Wright's for it's startling translational clarity. However, Wright's is a good New Testament for smooth flow of reading.

Enjoying it!

I am currently reading this book instead of my NLT bible and I have to say I really enjoy the ease of readability and contemporary language NT Wright uses. I do use my NLT for comparison between NT Wrights' use of words and translation of phrases and so far nothing really pops out as outlandish. The print is easy to read and the paperpack issue is light compared to my NLT bible.

Fantastic! Kingdom focus - vocation focused just as Jesus intended :-)

It is such a joy to read the scriptures again with fresh eyes. I am studying theology and this contemporary translation has helped me see the scriptures again with a new understanding. This is very definitely a translation, not a paraphrase. The translation has been made by the highly respected Theologian, N.T. Wright. I cannot recommend this new translation highly enough.

Easy read, plain language very helpful!

Just received it but great so far with new insights

Excellent.