The New Living Translation (NLT) is a translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Published in 1996 by Tyndale House Foundation, the NLT was created "by 90 leading Bible scholars."The NLT relies on recently published critical editions of the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts. The NLT originated from a project aiming to revise The Living Bible (TLB). This effort eventually led to the creation of the NLT—a new translation separate from the LB. The first NLT edition retains some text from the LB, but these are less evident in text revisions that have been published since then. The New Living Translation used translators from a variety of Christian denominations. The method combined an attempt to translate the original texts literally with a dynamic equivalence synergy approach used to convey the thoughts behind the text where a literal translation may have been difficult to understand or even misleading to modern readers. A part of the reasoning behind adapting the language for accessibility is the premise that more people will hear the Bible read aloud in a church service than are likely to read it or study it on their own. It has been suggested that this "thought-for-thought" methodology, while making the translation more straightforward to understand, is less accurate than a literal (formal equivalence) method. Thus, the New Living Translation may not be suitable for those wishing to undertake a detailed study of the Bible.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation

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