Open English Bible
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{{Infobox Bible translation
| translation_title = Open English Bible
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| full_name = Open English Bible
| abbreviation = OEB
| NT_published = August 2010
| OT_published = WIP
| version_revised = June 2016{{official website|http://openenglishbible.org/}}
| derived_from = NT: Twentieth Century New Testament
OT: Charles Foster Kent, John Edgar McFadyen, and the JPS 1917
| textual_basis = NT: Wescott-Hort
OT: Leningrad Codex
| translation_type = "scholarly defensible mainstream translation"
| reading_level = High School{{efn|corresponding roughly to the NEB/REB or NRSV"}}
| publisher = Russell Allen
| copyright = Public domain (CC0)
| religious_affiliation =
| genesis_1:1-3 =
| john_3:16 = For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that everyone who believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.
|website={{URL|https://openenglishbible.org}}
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The Open English Bible (OEB) is a freely redistributable modern translation based on the Twentieth Century New Testament translation. A work in progress, with its first publication in August 2010, the OEB is edited and distributed by Russell Allen. It is licensed with a Creative Commons zero license,{{Cite web|url=http://openenglishbible.org/|title=Official website|website=openenglishbible.org|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324013845/http://openenglishbible.org/|archive-date=2018-03-24|access-date=2018-09-14}} which allows free use of the content and allows forking of the content and a new translation to be made based on it. Its name and the distribution of all text and related software through GitHub reinforce the open source approach.
History and textual basis
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The OEB is a modern translation created by editing the Twentieth Century New Testament translation, and derived from the Greek Wescott-Hort text. The OEB aims to be a "scholarly defensible mainstream translation", which is intended "not to push any particular theological line". The reading level of the OEB "[corresponds] roughly to the NEB/REB or NRSV", that is, High School reading level. The OEB's initial release was in August 2010, although a preview of the Book of Mark was released in March 2010.{{Cite web| title = Open English Bible
| work = The Bible Hunter| date = 27 March 2010| access-date = 2014-09-24| url = http://biblereadersmuseum.blogspot.com/2010/03/open-english-bible.html}}
Copyright status
The Open English Bible's copyright was held by Russell Allen, its author. It has been released into the public domain under a Creative Commons zero license with modified versions distributed under a different name. The OEB has been described as an "open source" translation.{{Cite web| title = Open content licensing and the NET Bible| author = Peter Kirk| work = Gentle Wisdom| date = 7 April 2010| access-date = 2014-09-24| url = http://www.gentlewisdom.org/1789/open-content-licensing-and-the-net-bible/}}{{unreliable source?|date=January 2018}}
The OEB is available online in html or using BibleWebApp.com software, or it can be downloaded in various formats.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
See also
- World English Bible – A public domain translation of the Bible, based on the Majority Text)
- New English Translation – An online translation
Notes
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|last=Taussig|first=Hal |title=A New New Testament: A Bible for the 21st Century Combining Traditional and Newly Discovered Texts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfZ3OM12AXQC|year=2013|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-547-79211-8}} – This book uses the Open English Bible, see page xx.
External links
- {{official website|http://openenglishbible.org/}}
- [https://github.com/openenglishbible/Open-English-Bible Open English Bible Source on GitHub]
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