[PW] Re: Bible Belt Bible

[Franco, Adrienne]

In addition to the NIV (New International Version) the NAS (New American
Standard) is also used by many evangelicals.  There is also a modern
English translation of the KJV (King James Version) called the New King
James Version (NKJV).

Note that you may read from these and many other translations at
BibleGateway.com
http://www.biblegateway.com

The default translation is the NIV.  On this site, you may search by
keyword/s and you may also look up by passage, e.g. John 3:16.  Foreign
language translations are available as well.  
In addition, many commentaries, bible dictionaries and other reference
tools are available. In addition, Bible reading plans are available --
for example, if your goal is to read through the Bible cover-to-cover in
one year.  

At our institution, students are required to take some religion courses
and they frequently have to read a particular passage as well as
commentaries, etc.  It is often useful to read the same passage in
multiple translations. 

Adrienne Franco / Iona College Libraries

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[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
Tsviya Polani
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 1:42 AM
To: Project Wombat
Subject: [PW] Bible Belt Bible

I was asked yesterday what Bible is used by the Evangelicals in the US 
today.  The patron then added, as a synonym, the Bible Belt.  I'm not
sure 
the two terms are synonymous; I don't know if there is one particular 
translation that all evangelicals prefer. I can't think of any source to

which I have access that will begin to answer this question, so I am
passing 
it on to you.
As always, any help will be appreciated.

Tsviya Polani
Reference Librarian
Aranne Library
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Be'er Sheva, Israel 
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