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It is The Orthodox Jewish Bible: Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha<\/em> by Phillip E. Goble. You can take a look at it in a Google Books preview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Since this blog has a lot of readers interested in both Bible translation and weirdness<\/em>, I thought I would share this, and ask whether you agree with the assessment that this is the weirdest Bible translation ever. And if you disagree, then which would you propose as the weirdest?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"