John E. Goldingay - Old Testament for Everyone

The Series ´Old Testament for Everyone` is designed to complete N. T. Wright's ´New Testament for Everyone` commentary series.
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Until March 2014 the following titles from this series by John E. Goldingay have been published:
Genesis I & II / Exodus & Leviticus / Numbers & Deuteronomy / Joshua, Judges, Ruth / 1 & 2 Kings / 1 & 2 Samuel / 1 & 2 Chronicles / Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther / Job.
One may hope that, as has been done with the NT, an OT one-volume translation-only-edition will be presented as soon as the series has been completed.

Click here for sample verses from the versions by John E. Goldingay

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Title: Psalms for Everyone. Part I: Psalms 1–72 [translated, revealed and unfolded by] John Goldingay
Date: ⓒ 2013
Publisher: London, England (U.K.): Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge SPCK
Contents: Psalms 1–72. Acknowledgements, Introduction, Glossary.
References:
Images: Cover, Title page
Location: Bibelarchiv-Birnbaum. Karlsruhe, Baden. Germany
Description: Paperback, octavo, adhesive binding, X & 236 pp.
Comments: Chapter and verse- numberings are set, headings are translated. The commentaries are framed in stories and a pleasure to read. Allusions to the New Testament are frequent.
Goldingay writes in “Acknowledgements“, »The translation at the beginning of each chapter (and in other biblical quotations) is my own. I have already translated the Psalms in an earlier commentary (Psalms, 3 vols., by Baker Academic 2006-2008); although I started from the scratch for this book, sometimes I have adapted phrases from that commentary. I have stuck closer to the Hebrew than modern translations often do when they are designed for reading in church so that you can see more precisely what the text says.«

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Title: Psalms for Everyone. Part II: Psalms 73–150 [translated, revealed and unfolded by] John Goldingay

Date: ⓒ 2014
Publisher: London, England (U.K.): Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge SPCK
Contents: Psalms 73–150. Acknowledgements, Introduction, Glossary.
References:
Images: Cover, Title page
Location: Bibelarchiv-Birnbaum. Karlsruhe, Baden. Germany
Description: Paperback, octavo, adhesive binding, X, 238 & (4) pp.
Comments: Chapter and verse- numberings are set, headings are translated. The commentaries are framed in stories and help building up Christian life. Allusions to the New Testament are frequent.
Goldingay writes in “Acknowledgements“, »The translation at the beginning of each chapter (and in other biblical quotations) is my own. I have already translated the Psalms in an earlier commentary (Psalms, 3 vols., by Baker Academic 2006-2008); although I started from the scratch for this book, sometimes I have adapted phrases from that commentary. I have stuck closer to the Hebrew than modern translations often do when they are designed for reading in church so that you can see more precisely what the text says. Although I prefer to use gender-inclusive language, I have let the translation stay gendered if inclusivizing it would obscure whether the text was using singular or plural – in other words, the translation often uses “he“ where in my own writing I would say „“they“ or “he or she“. Sometimes I have added words to make the meaning clear, and I have put these words in square brackets.«

The Old Testament for Everyone and the New Testament for Everyone, A sample page from the Psalms


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