Rainbow Good News Bible: (GNB)

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The need for the Good News Bible came from somewhere further afield than most other Bible translations. Also provided is a unique range of NEW features to help young children get the most out of the Bible and to find their way around: read it, especially 7-11 year olds, and will help deepen their understanding and help to answer the thought provoking questions that arise from exploring and reading the Bible. I recommend the Children’s Rainbow Edition of the Good News Bible as so much time and thought has been put into developing it and tailoring it for 7-11 year olds. It is a Bible that is much needed.' The Good News Bible is written at about a 3rd Grade Reading Level. This means readers from the ages of 8 or 9 should be able to confidently read the majority of the Good News text and understand what it means. The new Rainbow Good News Bible is a lovely edition of the Christian scriptures very well suited to the needs of 7-11 year olds in church, school or family. It’s very child friendly and full of helpful and supportive extras.'

Endorsements 'Accessible, informative, beautifully illustrated, but, most of all, fun. It's a Bible that will help your child understand and grow to love God’s big story!’

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This means that the Good News Bible is firmly and proudly a thought-for-thought Bible. Its goal is to always communicate what is meant by the Bible text in a way that readers today can immediately grasp. How Easy is the Good News Bible to Read? A bright, lively new edition of the UK’s bestselling Bible, perfect for helping children to enjoy and engage with the Bible. This is the Bible that teachers have been looking for! Filled with vocabulary and supporting knowledge, this new edition of the Rainbow Bible will be indispensable in the teaching of RE. Notes explain biblical terms and the linking to other sections of the Bible is an inspired idea in aiding children to connect the stories. This will be our new go-to Bible in school.’ So, what is the true meaning of the rainbow? To answer that question, we must look beyond the children’s coloring books and really weird movies to the Bible — the only truly infallible, inspired, and authoritative source of truth that we have. Throughout the Good News Bible's story, there was one other person whose contribution helped make the Good News Bible what it is: Annie Vallotton.

What determines this level is the total number of unique words, as well as sentence length and the length of the words themselves. Other grammatical features also carry weight in the score. The greater the complexity, the higher the score. The reading level doesn’t take into account any understanding of a text's history and context. Only the words and grammar.

The New Testament was first published as ‘Good News for Modern Man’ by the American Bible Society in 1966, and then the whole Bible was printed as Today's English Version (TEV) in 1976. In the USA it is now called the Good News Translation (GNT).

At the very heart of the Good News Bible’s story is one man: Eugene Nida. A prominent linguist as well as a Baptist minister, Eugene Nida was a key figure in the field of Bible translation. He was a founding member of the Wycliffe Bible Translators, a linguist at the American Bible Society before rising to the level of Executive Secretary for Translations, and ordained as a Baptist minister in the same year he received his Ph.D. in Linguistics. The achievement that has outlasted all of these, though, is his development of a new way to translate the Bible: Dynamic Equivalence . Adopting an educational tone, it is perfect for use in schools and churches, while the colourful interactions and beautiful illustrations will keep a child engaged as they delve into the text. The perfect choice for a child’s first full-text Bible, the Rainbow Good News Bible is recommended both by primary school teachers for use in class, as well as in church Sunday schools. Along with the classic, much-loved line drawings by Annie Vallotton – including many previously unseen original drawings – the Rainbow GNB retains the 24 beautiful full-colour paintings of children’s favourite Bible stories.Instead, be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ.- Ephesians 4:32 Versions You Can Buy Today As an example, this sentence you are currently reading would score at a Grade Nine on the readability test.