Modern translations of the Bible, such as the New Jerusalem Bible, the Revised English Bible, the New International Version, and the New American Bible, have what advantage over the King James Version?
A. Translators worked from a far better Greek text than was available to the editors of the King James Version, and drew on expert scholarship from interdisciplinary fields. Modern translations are also more readable to the average person.
B. Modern translators used the newly discovered original manuscripts.
C. Translators are now using more literary devices and taking poetic license more freely.
D. Translators now use the universal language of the Dead Sea Scrolls to communicate more effectively.
A. Translators worked from a far better Greek text than was available to the editors of the King James Version, and drew on expert scholarship from interdisciplinary fields. Modern translations are also more readable to the average person.
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